2025 Bloomington, Minnesota municipal election

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2025 Bloomington, Minnesota municipal election
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The 2025 Bloomington, Minnesota municipal elections will be held on November 4, 2025. Three city council seats will be up for election, in addition to four school board seats. In the city council race, which is conducted via ranked-choice voting, voters can rank up to three candidates per office by preference. [1] In the school board election, voters will be able to choose four candidates, and the four candidates with the most votes are elected. All offices are non-partisan. [2] [3]

Contents

The candidate filing period lasted from July 29 to August 12, 2025. Early voting begins on September 19, 2025. [4]

City Council

Three seats on the Bloomington City Council will be up for election for four year terms: one at-large seat, and the seats of Districts I and II. [2] [4]

At-large

One of two at-large seats on the Bloomington City Council, this seat has been held by Chao Moua since his appointment by the City Council in February 2023 to fill a vacant seat. He was elected in the November election of that year, winning in the second round of ranked-choice tabulation, receiving 41.88% of first-choice votes and 54.56% of final votes. [5] [6]

Candidates

Filed
  • Jonathan Minks, business owner and chair of the Bloomington Parks, Arts, and Recreation Commission [7]
  • Danielle Robertson, lawyer [8] [9]
  • Isaak Rooble, small business owner [3]
Declined
  • Chao Moua, incumbent councilmember (at-large) [10]
Endorsements
Danielle Robertson

State officials

City officials

  • Chao Moua, incumbent councilmember [10] [11]

Organizations

District I

District I covers the southwest quadrant of Bloomington and has been represented by Dwayne Lowman since 2013. [15] [16] Lowman was re-elected in the first round of tabulation with 50.38% of the vote in 2023. [5]

Candidates

Filed
  • Dwayne Lowman, incumbent councilmember (District I) [3]
  • Jessica Keehan [3]
  • Aaron Smith, business owner and member of the Bloomington Sustainability Commission [17]
Endorsements
Dwayne Lowman

Organizations

District II

District II covers the southeast quadrant of Bloomington and has been represented by Shawn Nelson since 2017. [6] Nelson was last re-elected in 2023, winning with 51.87% of the vote in the first round of tabulation. [5]

Candidates

Filed
  • Andrew Luckraft [3]
  • Shawn Nelson, incumbent councilmember (District II) [3]
Endorsements
Shawn Nelson

Organizations

School board

Four of the seven school board seats are up for election in 2025 for four year terms. All Bloomington School Board seats are at-large positions. Board seats are non-partisan. [18]

Candidates

Filed

  • Tom Bennett, incumbent school board member and vice-chair [19]
  • Alex Blanco [3]
  • Beverly Buchanan, Bloomington Public Schools parent [3] [20]
  • Matt Dymoke, incumbent school board member and chair [21]
  • Ted Moore, Bloomington Public Schools parent [22]
  • Dawn Steigauf, incumbent school board member [23]

Withdrawn

  • Dani Indovino Cawley, disability and education advocate [24] [25]

Declined

  • Beth Beebe, incumbent school board member and treasurer [3]

Endorsements

Dani Indovino Cawley (withdrawn)

Organizations

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Letter of support; multiple can be issued for the same office.

References

  1. ↑ "Ranked-Choice Voting | City of Bloomington MN". City of Bloomington, MN . 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  2. 1 2 "2025 Municipal Candidate Information" (PDF). City of Bloomington, MN . 2025-05-12. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hanks, Mike (2025-08-12). "Ballots set for Bloomington, Richfield elections". hometownsource.com. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  4. 1 2 "Voting Information | City of Bloomington MN". City of Bloomington, MN . 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  5. 1 2 3 "2023 Official General Election Results" (PDF). City of Bloomington, MN . 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  6. 1 2 "Bloomington Briefing" (PDF). City of Bloomington, MN . January 2024. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  7. ↑ Hanks, Mike (2025-06-30). "Commission chairman seeks Bloomington City Council seat". hometownsource.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  8. ↑ "Home". Robertson 4 Bloomington. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  9. ↑ Hanks, Mike (2025-06-01). "Robertson will seek Bloomington's at-large council seat". hometownsource.com. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  10. 1 2 Moua, Chao (2025-05-09). "Chao Moua for Bloomington City Council's post". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Endorsed Candidates". Robertson 4 Bloomington. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  12. 1 2 3 "2025 Election | Minnesota Council 5". afscmemn.org. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "2025 Bloomington Candidates We Support". Senate District 51 DFL. 2025-04-07. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  14. ↑ "Endorsed Candidates". Women Winning. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  15. ↑ "City Councilmembers and district maps | City of Bloomington MN". City of Bloomington, MN . 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  16. ↑ "Bloomington City Councilmember Dwayne Lowman joins Definitely Someday Advisory Board". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  17. ↑ "News". Aaron Smith for Bloomington City Council District I. 2025-06-03. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
  18. ↑ "School Board | Bloomington Public Schools". www.bloomington.k12.mn.us. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  19. ↑ Bennett, Tom (2025-04-30). "Tom Bennett for Bloomington School Board's post". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  20. ↑ "Meet Beverly | Beverly Buchanan". Beverly Buchanan for Bloomington MN School Board. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  21. ↑ Hanks, Mike (2025-03-25). "Dymoke announces reelection bid". Bloomington-Richfield Sun Current . Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  22. ↑ Moore, Ted (2025-06-01). "Ted for Bloomington's post". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  23. ↑ Steigauf, Dawn (2025-06-30). "Dawn Steigauf for School Board's post". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  24. ↑ Indovino Cawley, Dani (2025-05-02). "Dani Indovino Cawley for Bloomington School Board's post". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  25. ↑ Indovino Cawley, Dani (2025-07-10). "Dani Indovino Cawley for Bloomington Public Schools's post". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  26. 1 2 3 4 Dymoke, Matt (2025-06-02). "Matt Dymoke for Bloomington School Board's post". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  27. 1 2 3 "2025 Endorsements". Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.org. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  28. ↑ Coulter, Nathan (2025-07-24). "Nathan Coulter's post". Facebook . Retrieved 2025-08-04.

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