The Minneapolis City Council is the legislative branch of the city of Minneapolis in Minnesota,United States. Comprising 13 members,the council holds the authority to create and modify laws,policies,and ordinances that govern the city. Each member represents one of the 13 wards in Minneapolis,elected for a four-year term. The current council structure has been in place since the 1950s.
The 2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election was an election for the United States House of Representatives for the open seat of incumbent Martin Olav Sabo (DFL),who retired after serving the Minneapolis-based district for 28 years.
Rick Hansen is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2005. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),Hansen represents District 53B in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of South St. Paul,Inver Grove Heights,Cottage Grove and St. Paul Park,and parts of Dakota and Washington Counties.
Frank Hornstein is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2003. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Hornstein represents District 61A,which includes parts of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
The 2013 Minneapolis mayoral election was held on November 5,2013,to elect the mayor of Minneapolis for a four-year term. This was the second mayoral election in the city's history to use instant-runoff voting,popularly known as ranked choice voting,first implemented in the city's 2009 elections. Municipal elections in Minnesota are nonpartisan,although candidates are able to identify with a political party on the ballot. After incumbent Mayor R. T. Rybak announced in late 2012 that he would not seek a fourth term,35 candidates began campaigns to replace him. Many of these candidates sought the endorsement of the Minneapolis unit of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),though the convention ultimately ended with no endorsement.
Mohamud Noor is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Noor represents District 60B,which includes parts of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
Fue Lee is a Hmong-American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2016. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),Lee represents District 59A,which includes parts of northern Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
Elizabeth Peterson "Lisa" Bender is an American politician,city planner,and a former member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 10th Ward. In 2018,she was unanimously elected president of the Minneapolis City Council.
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.
Dave Lislegard is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Lislegard represents District 7B in northeast Minnesota,which includes the city of Virginia and parts of St. Louis County in the Iron Range.
Jamie Long is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Long represents District 61B,which includes parts of southern Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
Hodan Hassan is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Hassan represents District 62B,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota. Hassan served as an assistant majority leader of the House DFL caucus from 2019 to 2020. She announced that she will not seek reelection in 2024.
Aisha Gomez is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Gomez represents District 62A,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
Sydney Jordan is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2020. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Jordan represents District 60A,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
A mayoral election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of the U.S. city of Minneapolis. Incumbent DFL mayor Jacob Frey won reelection to a second term,becoming the first Minneapolis mayor to win a second term since R. T. Rybak in 2005. Minneapolis mayoral elections use instant-runoff voting,also known as ranked-choice voting. All candidates appear on the same ballot and there is no primary election,nor is there a runoff. Minneapolis's twin city,Saint Paul,also held a mayoral election on the same day,using the same system.
Emma Greenman is an American politician who has served in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),Greenman represents District 63B,which includes parts of south Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
Robin Wonsley is an American activist and politician affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America who has been a member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 2nd Ward since 2021.
Aisha Siddida Chughtai is an American community organizer and politician serving as the vice president of the Minneapolis City Council,representing the 10th Ward. A member of the DFL,she was elected in 2021 to succeed retiring Council President Lisa Bender. She is the youngest person and first Muslim woman elected to the Council.
Don Samuels is an American politician,activist,and non-profit executive who served as a member of the Minneapolis City Council from 2003 to 2014. A member of the DFL,Samuels represented the 3rd and 5th wards during his three-term tenure. He also served one term as an at-large representative on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board from 2015 to 2019.
The 2023 Minneapolis City Council election took place in the city of Minneapolis,Minnesota,United States on November 7,2023. The Minneapolis City Council is made up of 13 members serving four-year terms,with one council member representing each of the city's 13 wards. The 2023 election was the first election since the city's form of government moved to an Executive Mayor-Legislative Council structure. The change was prompted after voters narrowly approved a ballot measure in 2021 to shift certain powers from the city council to the mayor. Topics surrounding public safety,affordable housing,rent control,and racial justice were at the forefront of the campaign.
