# 2025 Minneapolis City Council election

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The 2025 Minneapolis City Council election will occur in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States on November 4, 2025. The Minneapolis City Council is made up of 13 members representing different parts of the city. Members elected in 2025 will serve four-year terms. Council members will be elected alongside the mayor and other municipal offices.

## Background

This is the first Minneapolis City Council election since 2017 in which members are elected to the usual 4-year terms, rather than 2-year terms. In 2020, voters passed a ballot measure to elect council members to two separate, two-year terms in 2021 and 2023. This measure was meant to keep city council and mayoral terms concurrent.
The 2023 election saw a progressive-leaning and democratic socialist majority elected to the council. Prior to 2023, the more moderate faction held the majority. The progressive-leaning faction is associated with the PAC Mpls for the Many and has support from the Twin Cities faction of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Its members include council members Payne, Chavez, Wonsley, Chughtai, Chowdhury, Ellison, and Cashman. The moderate faction, represented by the All of Mpls PAC, includes council members Jenkins, Rainville, Vetaw, Palmisano, and Koski. Councilmember Jamal Osman was not endorsed by either PAC in 2023 but has voted more often with the progressives.
The mayor's 2025 city budget was approved by the council in December 2024, but with a record 71 amendments. Mayor Jacob Frey, who is associated with the moderate faction, vetoed the council's budget, the first time in city history. He cited fiscal irresponsibility and concerns over increased property taxes. The city council overrode the mayor’s veto with a supermajority vote of 9–4, thereby enacting the amended budget. The amended budget included a $1.9 billion allocation with a 6.8% tax levy increase, diverging from Mayor Frey’s initial proposal which had an 8.1% property tax levy cap (later adjusted to 8.3%).

### Retiring members

* Jeremiah Ellison (DFL), Ward 5
* Andrea Jenkins (DFL), Ward 8
* Emily Koski (DFL), Ward 11 (running for mayor)

## Electoral system

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

## Summary of results

| Party | Party | Candidates | 1st Choice Votes | 1st Choice Votes | 1st Choice Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Candidates | No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % |
| | Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) | | | | | | | |
| | Democratic Socialists of America | | | | | | | |
| | Republican Party | | | | | | | |
| | Socialist Workers Party | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | | | | | | | |
| | Write-in | | | | | | | |
| Total | Total | | | | | | | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | | | | | | |
| Overvotes | Overvotes | Overvotes | | | | | | |
| Undervotes | Undervotes | Undervotes | - | - | - | | | |
| Turnout (registered voters) | Turnout (registered voters) | Turnout (registered voters) | | | | | | |

## Ward 1

Ward 1 is based in northeast Minneapolis, stretching from the neighborhoods of Waite Park and Columbia Park down to Como. The incumbent is Democrat and council president Elliott Payne, who was elected with 89.71% of the vote in 2023.

### Candidates

* Elliott Payne (DFL), incumbent, City Council president

## Ward 2

Ward 2 contains the neighborhoods of Cooper, Prospect Park, and University District, as well as portions of Seward and Cedar-Riverside. The incumbent is independent Robin Wonsley, who was re-elected with 67.63% of the vote in the first round 2023.

### Candidates

* Robin Wonsley (DSA), incumbent
* Michael Baskins (DFL), write-in candidate for this ward in 2023
* Alexander Fooy (DFL)

## Ward 3

Ward 3 contains the neighborhoods of Beltrami, Como, Downtown East, Downtown West, Marcy Holmes, Nicollet Island - East Bank, North Loop, Sheridan, St. Anthony East and St. Anthony West. The incumbent is Democrat Michael Rainville, who won 69.45% of the vote in the first round in his 2023 re-election.

### Candidates

* Marcus Mills (DFL), candidate for this ward in 2023
* Michael Rainville (DFL), incumbent
* Emilio Rodríguez (DFL), candidate for Senate District 60 in the 2025 special election

#### Withdrew

* Jacob Thomas (DFL)

## Ward 4

Ward 4 is in the northwest corner of the city. It contains the neighborhoods of Camden Industrial Area, Cleveland, Folwell, Humboldt Industrial Area, Jordan, Lind-Bohanon, McKinley, Shingle Creek, Victory, Webber-Camden and Willard-Hay. The incumbent is Democrat LaTrisha Vetaw, who was re-elected with 69.36% of the vote in the first round in 2023.

### Candidates

* Latrisha Vetaw (DFL), incumbent
* Marvina Haynes (DFL), candidate for this ward in 2023

## Ward 5

Ward 5 contains the neighborhoods of Harrison, Near North, Hawthorne, and North Loop. The incumbent is Democrat Jeremiah Ellison, who was re-elected in Round 1 with 52.54% of the vote in 2023. Ellison is not seeking re-election.

### Candidates

* Ethrophic Burnett (DFL)
* Tinitha Pearll Warren (DFL)
* Anndrea Young (DFL)
* Miles Wilson (DFL)
* Jovan Northington (DFL)
* Amber Frederick

## Ward 6

Ward 6 contains the neighborhoods of Philips West, and Ventura Village, as well as portions of Seward, Stevens Square-Loring Heights, Cedar-Riverside, and Elliot Park. The incumbent is Democrat Jamal Osman, who was re-elected in the second round of ranked-choice tabulation, receiving 44.73% of first-choice votes and 58.18% of final votes.

### Candidates

* Jamal Osman (DFL), incumbent
* Mohamoud Hassan (DFL)

## Ward 7

Ward 7 contains the neighborhoods of Bryn Mawr, Cedar-Isles-Dean, Downtown West, East Isles, Kenwood, Loring Park, and Lowry Hill, as well as portions of Stevens Square-Loring Heights and Elliot Park. The incumbent is Democrat Katie Cashman, who was first elected in the second round of ranked-choice tabulation in 2023, winning 48.41% of first-choice votes and 51.12% of final votes.

### Candidates

* Katie Cashman (DFL), incumbent
* Paula Chesley (DFL)
* Elizabeth Shaffer (DFL), Park Board commissioner
* Corey Ryan West (DFL)

## Ward 8

Ward 8 contains the neighborhoods of Kingfield, Lyndale, Northrop, and Regina. Incumbent Democrat Andrea Jenkins (DFL) is not seeking re-election.
Jenkins was re-elected in the second round of ranked-choice-voting in 2023 after receiving fewer first-choice votes than opponent Soren Stevenson (DFL). Jenkins won in 2023 with 43.32% of first-choice votes and 50.24% of final-round votes. Stevenson announced his bid for the ward in December 2024.

### Candidates

* Soren Stevenson (DFL), candidate for this ward in 2023
* Josh Bassais (DFL), union organizer

## Ward 9

Ward 9 contains the neighborhoods of Corcoran, East Phillips, Longfellow, Midtown Phillips, and Powderhorn Park. The incumbent is Democrat Jason Chavez, who was re-elected in the first round of tabulation with 78.94% of the vote in 2023.

### Candidates

* Jason Chavez (DFL), incumbent
* Dan Orban (independent), candidate for this ward in 2023
* Marques Jones (DFL), MFD firefighter

## Ward 10

Ward 10 contains the neighborhoods of East Bde Maka Ska, Lowry Hill East, South Uptown, and Whittier, as well as a portion of East Harriet. The incumbent is Democrat and current council vice president Aisha Chughtai, who was re-elected in the first round with 60.74% of the vote in 2023.

### Candidates

* Aisha Chughtai (DFL), incumbent
* Lydia Millard (DFL)

## Ward 11

Ward 11 contains the neighborhoods of Diamond Lake, Hale, Page, Northrop, Tangletown, Wenonah, and Windom, as well as a portion of Keewaydin. The incumbent is Democrat Emily Koski, who was re-elected with 88.36% of the first-round vote in 2023. Koski is not seeking re-election, focusing instead on a bid for mayor.

### Candidates

* Jamison Whiting (DFL), police reform attorney
* Mariam DeMello (DFL), lawyer

## Ward 12

Ward 12 contains the neighborhoods of Cooper, Ericsson, Hiawatha, Howe, Minnehaha, Morris Park, and Standish, as well as a portion of Keewaydin. The incumbent is Democrat Aurin Chowdhury, who was first elected with 53.75% of the vote in round 1 in 2023.

### Candidates

* Aurin Chowdhury (DFL), incumbent
* Becka Thompson (DFL), Park Board commissioner

## Ward 13

Ward 13 contains the neighborhoods of Armatage, Fulton, Kenny, Linden Hills, Lynnhurst, and West Maka Ska, as well as a portion of East Harriet. The incumbent is Democrat Linea Palmisano, who was re-elected in the first round with 73.58% of the vote in 2023.

### Candidates

* Linea Palmisano (DFL), incumbent