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.
Cameron A. Gordon is an American politician who was a Green Party member of the Minneapolis City Council from 2006 to 2022. He was a co-founder of the Green Party of Minnesota and was called "the most prominent Green elected official in the US."
James A. Nash is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2015. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Nash represents District 48A in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the cities of Waconia,Victoria,and Chaska,and parts of Carver County.
Andrea Jenkins is an American politician,writer,performance artist,poet,and transgender activist. She is known for being the first Black openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States,since January 2018 on the Minneapolis City Council and as the council's president from January 2022 to January 2024.
Jacob Lawrence Frey is an American politician and attorney who has served as the mayor of Minneapolis,Minnesota since 2018. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,he served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2014 to 2018.
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 Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is an independent park district that owns,maintains,and programs activities in public parks in Minneapolis,Minnesota,United States. It has 500 full-time and 1,300 part-time employees and an $111 million operating and capital budget.
Michael 'Mike' Howard is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Howard represents District 51A in the south-central Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes the city of Richfield and parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
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.
Esther Agbaje is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Agbaje represents District 59B,which includes portions of north and downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota.
The police abolition movement gained momentum in the U.S. city of Minneapolis during protests of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and culminated in the failed Question 2 ballot measure in 2021 to replace the city's police department with a public safety department. The measure would have removed minimum staffing levels for sworn officers,renamed the Minneapolis Police Department as the Minneapolis Department of Public Safety,and shifted oversight of the new agency from the mayor's office to the city council. It required the support of 51 percent of voters in order to pass. In the Minneapolis municipal election held on November 2,2021,the measure failed with 43.8 percent voting for it and 56.2 percent voting against it.
The 2021 Minneapolis City Council elections was held on November 2,2021,to elect representatives for all 13 wards of the Minneapolis City Council. These elections occurred alongside the mayoral race and several other municipal offices,including Park Board and Board of Estimate and Taxation positions. The council elections were conducted using a ranked-choice voting system,which allows voters to rank candidates by preference on their ballots.
The aftermath of the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul describes the result of civil disorder between May 26 and June 7,2020,in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Protests began as a response to the murder of George Floyd,a 46-year-old African-American man on May 25,after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds as three other officers assisted during an arrest. The incident was captured on a bystander's video and it drew public outrage as video quickly circulated in the news media by the following day.
The U.S. city of Minneapolis featured officially and unofficially designated camp sites in city parks for people experiencing homelessness that operated from June 10,2020,to January 7,2021. The emergence of encampments on public property in Minneapolis was the result of pervasive homelessness,mitigations measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota,local unrest after the murder of George Floyd,and local policies that permitted encampments. At its peak in the summer of 2020,there were thousands of people camping at dozens of park sites across the city. Many of the encampment residents came from outside of Minneapolis to live in the parks. By the end of the permit experiment,four people had died in the city's park encampments,including the city's first homicide victim of 2021,who was stabbed to death inside a tent at Minnehaha Park on January 3,2021.
A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 2,2021. Minneapolis's mayor was up for election as well as all the seats on the City Council,the two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation,and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. Voters were able to rank up to three candidates for each office in order of preference. Additionally,there were three ballot measures on the ballot related to government structure,public safety,and rent control.
Emily Hofstede Koski is an American businesswoman and politician from Minneapolis,Minnesota. Koski has served on the Minneapolis City Council,representing the 11th Ward in South Minneapolis,since 2022,and is running for mayor of Minneapolis in 2025.
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,with one council member representing each of the city's 13 wards. Typically,council members serve four year terms,but due to census redistricting,the 2021 and 2023 elections were for two-year terms. The 2023 election was the first to elect members to redrawn districts and 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.
Elliott Payne is an American politician and consultant serving as president of the Minneapolis City Council and representing Ward 1. A member of the DFL,he defeated the incumbent Kevin Reich in 2021 to become the first Black councilmember for Ward 1. Payne is now the first Black man to serve as council president.
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.
