The 2009 Minneapolis mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009, to elect the Mayor of Minneapolis for a four-year term. Incumbent R. T. Rybak won re-election for a third term in the first round with 73.6% of the vote.
This was the first mayoral election in the city's history to use instant-runoff voting, popularly known as ranked choice voting. Voters had the option of ranking up to three candidates. Municipal elections in Minnesota are nonpartisan, although candidates were able to identify with a political party on the ballot.
Political party endorsements Party Candidate Minneapolis DFL R. T. Rybak Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota Papa John Kolstad Minneapolis City Republican Committee Papa John Kolstad
Results Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL R. T. Rybak (incumbent) 73.60 33,234 Independent Civic Leader Papa John Kolstad 10.97 4,953 DFL Al Flowers 3.98 1,795 DFL Dick Franson 3.50 1,579 Libertarian Party of Minnesota Christopher Clark 2.96 1,337 Socialist Workers Party Tom Fiske 1.44 650 Is Awesome Joey Lombard 0.98 444 Social Entrepreneurship James R. Everett 0.79 357 New Dignity Party Bill McGaughey 0.51 232 Moderate Progressive Censored Bob Carney Jr. 0.50 228 Edgertonite National Party John Charles Wilson 0.30 137 N/A Write-in 0.47 211
See also 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections
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