2009 Minneapolis City Council Election
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The 2009 Minneapolis City Council elections were held on November 3, 2009 to elect the 13 members of the
Minneapolis City Council The Minneapolis City Council is the lawmaking body of Minneapolis. It consists of 13 members, elected from separate wards to four-year terms, via a ranked-choice method. The council structure has been in place since the 1950s. In recent elections ...
for four-year terms. Candidates affiliated with the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won 12 seats and the Green Party of Minnesota one seat. Members were elected from
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, popularly known as ranked choice voting. Voters had the option of ranking up to three candidates. Municipal elections in
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, although candidates were able to identify with a political party on the ballot.


Political party endorsements


Results


Summary


Ward 1


Ward 2


Ward 3


Ward 4


Ward 5


Ward 6


Ward 7


Ward 8


Ward 9


Ward 10


Ward 11


Ward 12


Ward 13


See also

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Minneapolis municipal elections, 2009 A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 3, 2009. Minneapolis's mayor was up for election as well as all the seats on the City Council, the two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and ...


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Minneapolis City Council The Minneapolis City Council is the lawmaking body of Minneapolis. It consists of 13 members, elected from separate wards to four-year terms, via a ranked-choice method. The council structure has been in place since the 1950s. In recent elections ...
2009 Minnesota elections Local elections in Minnesota Minneapolis City Council 2009