# 2017 Minneapolis City Council election

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The 2017 Minneapolis City Council election was held on November 7, 2017, to elect the members of the Minneapolis City Council. The political composition remained unchanged, with the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) retaining 12 seats and the Green Party of Minnesota one seat. Three DFL incumbents were defeated by intraparty opponents. The new City Council convened on January 8, 2018.

## Retiring members
### DFL

* Jacob Frey, Ward 3 (running for mayor)
* Elizabeth Glidden, Ward 8

## Electoral system

The 13 members of the City Council were elected from single-member districts via instant-runoff voting, commonly known as ranked choice voting, for four-year terms. Voters had the option of ranking up to three candidates in order of preference. Municipal elections in Minnesota are officially nonpartisan, although candidates were able to identify with a political party on the ballot. Write-in candidates must have filed a request with the Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services Division for votes for them to be counted.

## Candidates

| Ward | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates |
| Ward | Name | Party | First elected | Name | Party | Party endorsement |
| 1 | Kevin Reich | DFL | 2009 | John Hayden | Independent | |
| 1 | Kevin Reich | DFL | 2009 | Jillia Pessenda | DFL | |
| 1 | Kevin Reich | DFL | 2009 | Kevin Reich | DFL | |
| 2 | Cam Gordon | Green | 2005 | Cam Gordon | Green | Fifth District Green Party |
| 3 | Jacob Frey | DFL | 2013 | Tim Bildsoe | DFL | |
| 3 | Jacob Frey | DFL | 2013 | Steve Fletcher | DFL | Minneapolis DFL |
| 3 | Jacob Frey | DFL | 2013 | Ginger Jentzen | Socialist Alternative | Socialist Alternative |
| 3 | Jacob Frey | DFL | 2013 | Samantha Pree-Stinson | Green | Fifth District Green Party |
| 4 | Barb Johnson | DFL | 1997 | Phillipe Cunningham | DFL | |
| 4 | Barb Johnson | DFL | 1997 | Stephanie Gasca | DFL | |
| 4 | Barb Johnson | DFL | 1997 | Dana Hansen | Libertarian | Libertarian Party of Minnesota |
| 4 | Barb Johnson | DFL | 1997 | Barb Johnson | DFL | |
| 5 | Blong Yang | DFL | 2013 | Jeremiah Ellison | DFL | Minneapolis DFL |
| 5 | Blong Yang | DFL | 2013 | Cathy Spann | DFL | |
| 5 | Blong Yang | DFL | 2013 | Raeisha Williams | DFL | |
| 5 | Blong Yang | DFL | 2013 | Blong Yang | DFL | |
| 6 | Abdi Warsame | DFL | 2013 | Mohamud Noor | DFL | |
| 6 | Abdi Warsame | DFL | 2013 | Abdi Warsame | DFL | Minneapolis DFL |
| 6 | Abdi Warsame | DFL | 2013 | Fadumo Yusuf | Republican | Minneapolis City Republican Committee |
| 7 | Lisa Goodman | DFL | 1997 | Janne Flisrand | DFL | |
| 7 | Lisa Goodman | DFL | 1997 | Lisa Goodman | DFL | |
| 7 | Lisa Goodman | DFL | 1997 | Joe Kovacs | Republican | Minneapolis City Republican Committee |
| 7 | Lisa Goodman | DFL | 1997 | Teqen Zéa-Aida | DFL | |
| 8 | Elizabeth Glidden | DFL | 2005 | David Holsinger | Libertarian | Libertarian Party of Minnesota |
| 8 | Elizabeth Glidden | DFL | 2005 | Andrea Jenkins | DFL | Minneapolis DFL |
| 8 | Elizabeth Glidden | DFL | 2005 | April Kane | DFL | |
| 8 | Elizabeth Glidden | DFL | 2005 | Terry White | Green | Fifth District Green Party |
| 9 | Alondra Cano | DFL | 2013 | Alondra Cano | DFL | Minneapolis DFL |
| 9 | Alondra Cano | DFL | 2013 | Mohamed Farah | DFL | |
| 9 | Alondra Cano | DFL | 2013 | Ronald Peterson | Republican | |
| 9 | Alondra Cano | DFL | 2013 | Gary Schiff | DFL | |
| 10 | Lisa Bender | DFL | 2013 | Lisa Bender | DFL | Minneapolis DFL |
| 10 | Lisa Bender | DFL | 2013 | Bruce Lundeen | Republican | Minneapolis City Republican Committee |
| 10 | Lisa Bender | DFL | 2013 | Saralyn Romanishan | DFL | |
| 10 | Lisa Bender | DFL | 2013 | David Schorn | DFL | |
| 11 | John Quincy | DFL | 2009 | Erica Mauter | DFL | |
| 11 | John Quincy | DFL | 2009 | John Quincy | DFL | |
| 11 | John Quincy | DFL | 2009 | Jeremy Schroeder | DFL | |
| 12 | Andrew Johnson | DFL | 2013 | Harrison Bullard | Independent | |
| 12 | Andrew Johnson | DFL | 2013 | Will Jaeger | Independent | |
| 12 | Andrew Johnson | DFL | 2013 | Andrew Johnson | DFL | Minneapolis DFL |
| 13 | Linea Palmisano | DFL | 2013 | Linea Palmisano | DFL | Minneapolis DFL |
| 13 | Linea Palmisano | DFL | 2013 | Bob Reuer | Independent | |

## Results

Results by 1st Choice Votes
There were clear winners in several wards on election night. Green Council Member Cam Gordon (Ward 2), who did not have an opponent, won re-election. Other council members who won on election night include DFLers Lisa Goodman (Ward 7), Lisa Bender (Ward 10), Andrew Johnson (Ward 12), and Linea Palmisano (Ward 13). Ward 8 DFL candidate Andrea Jenkins also won, replacing retiring DFL Council Member Elizabeth Glidden. Wards which did not have a clear winner underwent several rounds of vote transfers on November 8.
Three incumbents lost re-election. DFL Council President Barb Johnson (Ward 4) lost to DFL candidate Phillipe Cunningham, DFL Council Member Blong Yang (Ward 5) to DFL candidate Jeremiah Ellison, and DFL Council Member John Quincy (Ward 11) to DFL candidate Jeremy Schroeder. DFL Council Members Kevin Reich (Ward 1), Abdi Warsame (Ward 6), and Alondra Cano (Ward 9) retained their seats.
In Ward 3, DFL candidate Steve Fletcher won over Socialist Alternative candidate Ginger Jentzen, who won the most first-choice votes but did not gain sufficient transfer votes. This was the first occurrence of the initial leader not ending up the winner of an election in Minneapolis since it switched to ranked-choice voting in 2009. A similar situation subsequently occurred in Ward 4 in which Johnson lost to Cunningham.
Jenkins and Cunningham are the first transgender persons to be elected to the City Council.
| Party | Party | Candidates | 1st Choice Votes | 1st Choice Votes | 1st Choice Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Candidates | No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 29 | 84,203 | 82.69 | +3.38 | 12 | 0 | 92.31 |
| | Green Party of Minnesota | 3 | 7,926 | 7.78 | +0.42 | 1 | 0 | 7.69 |
| | Socialist Alternative | 1 | 3,297 | 3.24 | +1.16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| | Republican Party of Minnesota | 4 | 1,365 | 1.34 | +0.68 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| | Libertarian Party of Minnesota | 2 | 607 | 0.60 | +0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| | Independent | 4 | 3,958 | 3.89 | −4.14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 472 | 0.46 | −0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 101,828 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 13 | ±0 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 101,828 | 96.13 | +1.97 | | | |
| Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | 7 | 0.01 | −0.03 | | | |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 4,093 | 3.86 | −1.94 | | | |
| Turnout (out of 249,512 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 249,512 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 249,512 registered voters) | 105,928 | 42.45 | +9.07 | | | |

### Ward 1

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Kevin Reich (incumbent) | 45.97 | 4,015 | 4,296 | 49.19 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Jillia Pessenda | 44.03 | 3,846 | 4,112 | 47.08 |
| | Independent | John Hayden | 9.77 | 853 | | |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.23 | 20 | | |
| Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | 326 | 3.73 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,734 | | |
| Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | 4,368 | | |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 130 | | |
| Turnout (out of 19,722 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 19,722 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 19,722 registered voters) | 44.94 | 8,864 | | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||||

### Ward 2

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 |
| | Green Party of Minnesota | Cam Gordon (incumbent) | 97.27 | 5,912 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 2.73 | 166 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,078 |
| Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | 3,518 |
| Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | 1 |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 955 |
| Turnout (out of 17,702 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 17,702 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 17,702 registered voters) | 39.74 | 7,034 |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||

### Ward 3

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | % Final |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Steve Fletcher | 28.24 | 2,709 | 3,103 | 4,861 | 50.68 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Ginger Jentzen | 34.37 | 3,297 | 3,598 | 3,844 | 40.08 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Tim Bildsoe | 26.61 | 2,552 | 2,734 | | |
| | Green Party of Minnesota | Samantha Pree-Stinson | 10.50 | 1,007 | | | |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.28 | 27 | | | |
| Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | 157 | 887 | 9.25 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 9,592 | | | |
| Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | 4,797 | | | |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 285 | | | |
| Turnout (out of 24,522 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 24,522 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 24,522 registered voters) | 40.28 | 9,877 | | | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services ||||||||

### Ward 4

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Phillipe Cunningham | 40.66 | 2,140 | 2,605 | 49.50 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Barb Johnson (incumbent) | 42.90 | 2,258 | 2,430 | 46.17 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Stephanie Gasca | 12.05 | 634 | | |
| | Libertarian Party of Minnesota | Dana Hansen | 4.18 | 220 | | |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.21 | 11 | | |
| Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | 228 | 4.33 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,263 | | |
| Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | 2,632 | | |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 86 | | |
| Turnout (out of 17,156 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 17,156 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 17,156 registered voters) | 31.18 | 5,349 | | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||||

### Ward 5

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Jeremiah Ellison (incumbent) | 47.13 | 1,987 | 2,313 | 54.86 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Blong Yang | 38.35 | 1,617 | 1,769 | 41.96 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Raeisha Williams | 10.56 | 445 | | |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Cathy Spann | 3.77 | 159 | | |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.19 | 8 | | |
| Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | 134 | 3.18 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,216 | | |
| Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | 2,109 | | |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 62 | | |
| Turnout (out of 15,302 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 15,302 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 15,302 registered voters) | 27.96 | 4,278 | | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||||

### Ward 6

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Abdi Warsame (incumbent) | 50.17 | 3,629 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Mohamud Noor | 46.86 | 3,390 |
| | Republican Party of Minnesota | Fadumo Yusuf | 2.53 | 183 |
| | Write-in | Tiffini Forslund | 0.08 | 6 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.36 | 26 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,234 |
| Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | 3,618 |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 163 |
| Turnout (out of 15,725 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 15,725 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 15,725 registered voters) | 47.04 | 7,397 |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||

### Ward 7

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Lisa Goodman (incumbent) | 52.26 | 4,742 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Janne Flisrand | 31.21 | 2,832 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Teqen Zéa-Aida | 9.79 | 888 |
| | Republican Party of Minnesota | Joe Kovacs | 6.60 | 599 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.14 | 13 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 9,074 |
| Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | 4,628 |
| Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | 3 |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 178 |
| Turnout (out of 20,789 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 20,789 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 20,789 registered voters) | 44.52 | 9,255 |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||

### Ward 8

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Andrea Jenkins | 73.09 | 5,762 |
| | Green Party of Minnesota | Terry White | 12.77 | 1,007 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | April Kane | 9.01 | 710 |
| | Libertarian Party of Minnesota | David Holsinger | 4.91 | 387 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.22 | 17 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,883 |
| Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | 4,138 |
| Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | 1 |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 391 |
| Turnout (out of 18,090 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 18,090 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 18,090 registered voters) | 45.74 | 8,275 |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||

### Ward 9

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Alondra Cano (incumbent) | 47.53 | 2,623 | 2,982 | 54.03 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Gary Schiff | 29.43 | 1,624 | 1,934 | 35.04 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Mohamed Farah | 19.64 | 1,084 | | |
| | Republican Party of Minnesota | Ronald Peterson | 3.03 | 167 | | |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.38 | 21 | | |
| Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | 603 | 10.93 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,519 | | |
| Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | 2,760 | | |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 131 | | |
| Turnout (out of 13,111 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 13,111 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 13,111 registered voters) | 43.09 | 5,650 | | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||||

### Ward 10

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Lisa Bender (incumbent) | 64.34 | 4,883 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Saralyn Romanishan | 20.57 | 1,561 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | David Schorn | 9.34 | 709 |
| | Republican Party of Minnesota | Bruce Lundeen | 5.48 | 416 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.26 | 20 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,589 |
| Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | 3,956 |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 322 |
| Turnout (out of 20,942 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 20,942 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 20,942 registered voters) | 37.78 | 7,911 |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||

### Ward 11

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 | Round 2 | % Final |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Jeremy Schroeder | 35.26 | 3,230 | 4,757 | 51.93 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | John Quincy (incumbent) | 34.93 | 3,200 | 3,981 | 43.46 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Erica Mauter | 29.43 | 2,696 | | |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.37 | 34 | | |
| Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | Exhausted ballots | 422 | 4.61 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 9,160 | | |
| Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | Threshold | 4,581 | | |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 432 | | |
| Turnout (out of 20,264 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 20,264 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 20,264 registered voters) | 47.34 | 9,592 | | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||||

### Ward 12

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Andrew Johnson (incumbent) | 87.15 | 8,874 |
| | Independent | Will Jaeger | 9.40 | 957 |
| | Independent | Harrison Bullard | 3.10 | 316 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.34 | 35 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 10,182 |
| Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | 5,353 |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 522 |
| Turnout (out of 22,735 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 22,735 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 22,735 registered voters) | 47.08 | 10,704 |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||

### Ward 13

| Party | Party | Candidate | % 1st Choice | Round 1 |
| | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Linea Palmisano (incumbent) | 83.19 | 9,404 |
| | Independent | Bob Reuer | 16.21 | 1,832 |
| | Write-in | N/A | 0.60 | 68 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 11,304 |
| Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | Maximum possible threshold | 5,872 |
| Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | 2 |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | 436 |
| Turnout (out of 23,452 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 23,452 registered voters) | Turnout (out of 23,452 registered voters) | 50.07 | 11,742 |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services |||||

## President of the City Council election

After the election, which resulted in the defeat of Council President Barb Johnson, it was reported that DFL Council Members Lisa Bender, Linea Palmisano, and Council Member-elect Andrea Jenkins were seeking to replace her. When the new City Council convened on January 8, 2018, it unanimously elected Bender to be president.
Following Bender's election, it was revealed that Jenkins and Palmisano were respectively seeking to be elected president and vice-president as a ticket. Bender said that while she had the votes to defeat them and install her supporters as chairs of choice committees, she wanted to avoid the Council splitting into factions that had sometimes characterized the previous City Council. As part of a deal to get her unanimous support and to present a united front, Bender agreed that Jenkins would be vice-president, who was also elected unanimously. A new committee structure was agreed to and council members that did not nominally support her would be given choice committee chairs. Bender said that all council members had to compromise. A final deal was not reached until January 7.