The 2021 Minneapolis City Council election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the 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 ...

. The candidate filing period was from July 27 to August 10.

Retiring members

DFL

Alondra Cano Alondra Cano (born September 26, 1981) is an American politician, activist, and former member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 9th Ward. Early life and education Cano was born in Cokato, Minnesota and raised in Chihuahua, Mexico befo ...

, Ward 9 *

Lisa Bender Elizabeth Peterson "Lisa" Bender (born May 11, 1978) is an American politician, city planner, and a former member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 10th Ward. In 2018, she was unanimously elected president of the Minneapolis City Council. ...

, Ward 10

Candidates

Electoral system

The 13 members of the City Council are elected from

single-member district A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes called single-winner vo ...

s via

instant-runoff voting Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a type of ranked preferential voting method. It uses a majority voting rule in single-winner elections where there are more than two candidates. It is commonly referred to as ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the Un ...

, commonly known as ranked choice voting. Voters have the option of ranking up to three candidates in order of preference. Municipal elections in

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

are officially nonpartisan, although candidates are able to identify with a political party on the ballot.

Write-in candidate A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...

s must file a request with the Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services Division for votes for them to be counted.

Results

Results remain unofficial until The City Council convenes on November 12, when they will be canvassed and certified.

References

External links

Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services
{{Minnesota elections

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Non-partisan elections