The 2013 Minneapolis City Council elections were held on November 5, 2013, to elect the 13 members of the Minneapolis City Council for four-year terms. 10 races produced a winner in the first round and the remaining three in the second round. Candidates affiliated with the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won all 12 of the seats where they had fielded a candidate, and the Green Party of Minnesota won the remaining one seat.

Members were elected from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting, popularly known as ranked choice voting. Voters had the option of ranking up to three candidates. Municipal elections in Minnesota are officially nonpartisan, although candidates were able to identify with a political party on the ballot.

Candidates Names of incumbents are italicized.

Ward Candidate Political party/principle Political party endorsement(s) 1 Vincent Coffeen Minnesota Pirate Party Minnesota Pirate Party Mark Fox Independent Kevin Reich DFL Minneapolis DFL 2 Cam Gordon Green Party of Minnesota Fifth District Green Party Diana Newberry Socialist Workers Party 3 Jacob Frey DFL Minneapolis DFL Kristina Gronquist Green Party of Minnesota Fifth District Green Party Diane Hofstede DFL Michael Katch Libertarian Libertarian Party of MinnesotaMinnesota Pirate PartyMinneapolis City Republican Committee 4 Kris Brogan DFL Barb Johnson DFL Minneapolis DFL Dan Niesen Republican Party of Minnesota 5 Ian Alexander DFL Brett Buckner DFL Kale Severson Green Party of Minnesota Fifth District Green Party Blong Yang DFL Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota 6 Abukar Abdi DFL Sheikh Abdul DFL Abdi Addow DFL Mahamed Cali DFL Robert Lilligren DFL Abdi Warsame DFL Minneapolis DFL 7 Lisa Goodman DFL Minneapolis DFL 8 Elizabeth Glidden DFL Minneapolis DFL 9 Abdi Abdulle DFL Alondra Cano DFL Minneapolis DFL Charles Curtis Politics with Principle Pat Fleetham DFL Gregory McDonald DFL Ty Moore Socialist Alternative Fifth District Green Party 10 Lisa Bender DFL Minneapolis DFL Scott Hargarten Minnesota Pirate Party Minnesota Pirate Party Meg Tuthill DFL 11 Bob Schlosser Non-Party Affiliate Matt Steele Independent Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota John Quincy DFL Minneapolis DFL 12 Charlie Casserly Independent Dick Franson DFL Ben Gisselman DFL Andrew Johnson DFL Chris Lautenschlager Green Party of Minnesota Fifth District Green Party 13 Missy Durant DFL Linea Palmisano DFL Minneapolis DFL Matt Perry DFL David Regan Libertarian Party of Minnesota Bob Reuer Independent Minneapolis City Republican Committee

Dropped out

Ward Candidate Political party/principle Political party endorsement(s) 10 Nate Griggs Independence Party of Minnesota Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota

Griggs announced on October 20, 2013, that he had accepted a job offer and would no longer be running.

Results

Summary + Summary of the November 5, 2013 Minneapolis City Council elections results Party Candidates 1st Choice Votes Seats # % ∆ # ∆# % Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 29 59,814 79.31 9.74 12 92.31 Green Party of Minnesota 4 5,553 7.36 2.40 1 7.69 Socialist Alternative 1 1,569 2.08 2.08 0 Socialist Workers Party 1 524 0.69 0.69 0 Republican Party of Minnesota 1 501 0.66 1.84 0 Minnesota Pirate Party 2 342 0.45 0.45 0 Independence Party of Minnesota 1 226 0.30 0.94 0 Libertarian Party of Minnesota 1 199 0.26 0.17 0 Independent 7 6,057 8.03 8.21 0 Write-in N/A 637 0.84 0.53 0 Total 75,422 100.00 — 13 ±0 100.00 Valid votes 75,422 94.16 3.30 Undervotes 4,649 5.80 3.26 Overvotes 30 0.04 N/A Turnout 80,101 33.38 13.74 Registered voters 239,985

Ward 1

Minneapolis City Council Ward 1 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Kevin Reich 76.08 4,268 Independent Mark Fox 19.06 1,069 Minnesota Pirate Party Vincent Coffeen 4.39 246 N/A Write-ins 0.48 27 Maximum possible threshold 2,972 Valid votes 5,610 Undervotes 331 Overvotes 1 Turnout 30.93% 5,942 Registered voters 19,209

Ward 2

Minneapolis City Council Ward 2 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 Green Party of Minnesota Cam Gordon (incumbent) 87.14 4,060 Socialist Workers Party Diana Newberry 11.25 524 N/A Write-ins 1.61 75 Maximum possible threshold 2,579 Valid votes 4,659 Undervotes 497 Turnout 27.56% 5,156 Registered voters 18,705

Ward 3

Minneapolis City Council Ward 3 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Jacob Frey 61.31 3,722 DFL Diane Hofstede 26.59 1,614 Libertarian Michael Katch 5.98 363 Green Party of Minnesota Kristina Gronquist 5.88 357 N/A Write-ins 0.25 15 Maximum possible threshold 3,104 Valid votes 6,071 Undervotes 132 Overvotes 3 Turnout 30.99% 6,206 Registered voters 20,027

Ward 4

Minneapolis City Council Ward 4 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Barb Johnson 56.60 2,153 DFL Kris Brogan 29.92 1,138 Republican Party of Minnesota Dan Niesen 13.17 501 N/A Write-ins 0.32 12 Maximum possible threshold 1,971 Valid votes 3,804 Undervotes 134 Overvotes 2 Turnout 23.06% 3,940 Registered voters 17,086

Ward 5

Minneapolis City Council Ward 5 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 Round 2 % Final DFL Blong Yang 42.15 1,475 1,842 52.64 DFL Ian Alexander 29.95 1,048 1,394 39.84 DFL Brett Buckner 21.32 746 Green Party of Minnesota Kale Severson 6.29 220 N/A Write-ins 0.29 10 Exhausted ballots 263 7.52 Threshold 1,750 Valid votes 3,499 Undervotes 123 Turnout 23.54% 3,622 Registered voters 15,388

Ward 6

Minneapolis City Council Ward 6 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Abdi Warsame 63.92 3,090 DFL Robert Lilligren (incumbent) 32.21 1,557 DFL Abdi Addow 1.80 87 DFL Sheikh Abdul 0.81 39 DFL Mahamed Cali 0.52 25 DFL Abukar Abdi 0.41 20 N/A Write-ins 0.33 16 Maximum possible threshold 2,526 Valid votes 4,834 Undervotes 205 Overvotes 12 Turnout 33.62% 5,051 Registered voters 15,023

Ward 7

Minneapolis City Council Ward 7 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Lisa Goodman 94.89 5,309 N/A Write-ins 5.11 286 Maximum possible threshold 3,298 Valid votes 5,595 Undervotes 994 Overvotes 5 Turnout 33.56% 6,594 Registered voters 19,651

Ward 8

Minneapolis City Council Ward 8 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Elizabeth Glidden 97.74 5,105 N/A Write-ins 2.26 118 Maximum possible threshold 3,032 Valid votes 5,223 Undervotes 839 Overvotes 1 Turnout 35.00% 6,063 Registered voters 17,322

Ward 9

Minneapolis City Council Ward 9 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 Round 2 % Final DFL Alondra Cano 40.63 1,698 1,987 47.55 Socialist Alternative Ty Moore 37.54 1,569 1,758 42.07 Politics with Principle Charles Curtis 8.09 338 DFL Abdi Abdulle 6.84 1286 DFL Pat Fleetham 3.66 153 DFL Gregory McDonald 2.80 117 N/A Write-ins 0.43 18 Exhausted ballots 434 10.39 Threshold 2,090 Valid votes 4,179 Undervotes 131 Turnout 34.05% 4,310 Registered voters 12,658

Ward 10

Minneapolis City Council Ward 10 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Lisa Bender 64.21 3,704 DFL Meg Tuthill 30.02 1,732 Independence Party of Minnesota Nate Griggs 3.92 226 Minnesota Pirate Party Scott Hargarten 1.66 96 N/A Write-ins 0.19 11 Maximum possible threshold 2,967 Valid votes 5,769 Undervotes 160 Overvotes 4 Turnout 30.49% 5,933 Registered voters 19,456

Ward 11

Minneapolis City Council Ward 11 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL John Quincy (incumbent) 67.48 4,952 Independent Matt Steele 27.97 2,053 Non-Party Affiliate Bob Schlosser 4.48 329 N/A Write-ins 0.07 5 Maximum possible threshold 3,901 Valid votes 7,339 Undervotes 460 Overvotes 1 Turnout 38.81% 7,800 Registered voters 20,100

Ward 12

Minneapolis City Council Ward 12 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL Andrew Johnson 54.33 4,553 DFL Ben Gisselman 17.04 1,428 Independent Charlie Casserly 13.79 1,156 Green Party of Minnesota Chris Lautenschlager 10.93 916 DFL Dick Franson 3.51 294 N/A Write-ins 0.41 34 Maximum possible threshold 4,372 Valid votes 8,381 Undervotes 360 Overvotes 1 Turnout 39.54% 8,742 Registered voters 22,108

Ward 13

Minneapolis City Council Ward 13 election, 2013 Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 Round 2 % Final DFL Linea Palmisano 42.57 4,452 5,059 48.37 DFL Matt Perry 38.85 4,063 4,705 44.99 DFL Missy Durant 9.43 986 Independent Bob Reuer 7.16 749 Libertarian Party of Minnesota David Regan 1.90 199 N/A Write-ins 0.10 10 Exhausted ballots 695 6.64 Threshold 5,230 Valid votes 10,459 Undervotes 283 Turnout 46.20% 10,742 Registered voters 23,252

See also Minneapolis municipal elections, 2013 Minneapolis mayoral election, 2013

Notes

References

External links Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services Elections & Voting - Minnesota Secretary of State

News media coverage 2013 Minneapolis elections from the Star Tribune Election News from The Journal Election News from the Southwest Journal 2013 Elections from My Broadsheet