Minneapolis Election Results (updated)

by: Joe Bodell

Tue Nov 03, 2009 at 08:33:29 AM CST

BTW, I'll be analyzing how IRV/Ranked Choice voting worked tomorrow. - promoted by The Big E)

Final edit at midnight.  All precincts reported in.

First results are in and Elizabeth Glidden wins the reelection to the 8th Ward City Council Seat with 73% on first ballot.

Robert Lilligren wins reelection in the 6th Ward 53% on first ballot.

Barb Johnson got 47% on the first ballot in Ward 4.  Her nearest opponent, Troy Parker, had 28%.  It looks like a 2nd ballot win will be forthcoming for the Council Prez.

Lisa Goodman won in Ward 7 with 68%.  Easy peasy.

Gary Schiff is confident that he won on the first ballot in Ward 9.  His numbers are between 55-65% on first ballot.  It turned out to be right in the middle with 60%.

Kevin Reich appears to have 50.3% on the first ballot in Ward 1.  MN Progressive Project is calling this for Kevin on the 1st ballot.  Congrats, Kevin.

Meg Tuthill win the Ward 10 open seat with 72% on the first ballot.  Congrats, Meg.

Don Samuels will most likely win the 5th Ward.  He had 47% on the first ballot.

Cam Gordon strolled to victory with 83% in Ward 2.

Betsy Hodges trounced her opposition with 69% in Ward 13.

Sandy Colvin Roy had an easy time in Ward 12, far outdistancing her opponents with 64%.

Diane Hofstede coasted to victory in Ward 3 with 66%.

And last, but only last because it was always a stroll, congrats go out to John Quincy who won with 63%.

Park Board
Liz Wielinski will win the District 1 race with 74%.

Jon Olson wins reelection in District 2 with 56%.

Scott Vreeland easily won reelection for District 3 with 72%.

Anita Tabb was unopposed for District 4.

Carol Kummer leads Jason Stone by 169 votes in the District 5 race, but Steve Barland's supporters will crown the winner on the 4th ballot as he garnered 15% (Looney will drop on the 2nd round and Peterson will drop on the 3rd round ... see the District 5 table below).  It will be a few days before we know who their second choices were.

Brad Bourn has 48% on the first ballot.  Should I congratulate Brad, yet?  Meg Forney will need almost every single 2nd choice from third place finisher Steve Jecha to win.  M'kay ... maybe I will.  Congrats.

At Large ...
No clear winners tonight.  Nobody garnered 25% to instantly qualify for any of the 3 seats.  Analysis of how this works tomorrow.

Bob Fine is leading the pack with 22%.  Annie Young is well-positioned with 19% and John Erwin is looking good, too.

Board President Tom Nordyke and Mary Merrill Anderson have got to be worried with their poor showings.  They will need to be 2nd and 3rd choice for a lot of ballots to pull this one out.

Board of Estimate and Taxation
Carol Becker cruised to reelection with 52% on the first ballot.  David Wheeler is clearly in 2nd place with 19%, but he needs to get to 33% for the final spot.  I'll analyze the math for y'all on this one tomorrow.

Charter Question 1, abolish the Board of Estimate and Taxation?  Answer = Nope.  With 75% of precincts reporting, this is over.
YES - 33%
NO - 66%

^Mayor
Oh ... I'm sorry.  I forgot we even had a mayoral race.  Um ... well ... that Al Flowers guy didn't do too well.  But at least he did better than John Charles Wilson who is coocoo for cocoa puffs.

RT Rybak	73.63%
Al Flowers	3.95%
John Charles Wilson	0.3%
Papa John Kolstad	10.97
A bunch of others combined	11.15%

City Council
Ward 1 Kevin Reich 50.3% Susan Howitz Hanna 13.5% Larry Ranallo 23.6% Tom Alessi 8.6% Mark Fox 3.8%	Ward 2 Cam Gordon 84% Allen Aigbogun 15%	Ward 3 Diane Hofstede 65% Melissa Hill 5% Allen Kathir 16% Jeffrey Cobia 11%	Ward 4 Barb Johnson 47% Troy Parker 28% Marcus Harcus 13% Grant Cermak 11%
Ward 5 Don Samuels 47% Natalie Johnson-Lee 30% Kenya McKnight 15.6% Lennie Chism 3% Roger Smithrud 4%	Ward 6 Robert Lilligren 53% Michael Tupper 15% Laura Jean 12% Andy Exley 9% Mahamed Cali 8% Bruce Lundeen 3%	Ward 7 Lisa Goodman 69% Michael Katch 23% Alan Wagner 7%	Ward 8 Elizabeth Glidden 73% Greg McDonald 3.5% Jeanine Estime 14% Michael Cavlan 1% David Regan 5%
Ward 9 Gary Schiff 60% Dave Bicking 27% Todd Eberhardy 9%	Ward 10 Meg Tuthill 72% Kim Vlaisavljevich 10% Dan Alvin 8% Matt Dowgwillo 9%	Ward 11 John Quincy 64% Gregg Iverson 18% David Alvarado 18%	Ward 12 Sandy Colvin Roy 64% Charlie Underwood 14% Rick Nyhlen 19% Brent Perry 3%
Ward 13 Betsy Hodges 69% Kris Broberg 26% Joseph Henry 4%

Park Board
Park Board District 1 Liz Wielinski 74% Bernie Kunza 16% John Malone 10%	Park Board District 2 Jon Olson 56% Michael Guest 43%	Park Board District 3 Scott Vreeland 72% Mike Wendorf 26%	Park Board District 4 Anita Tabb 97%
Park Board District 5 51% reporting Carol Kummer 37.76% Jason Stone 35.6% Steve Barland 19.63% McLaine Looney 1.93% Dan W. Peterson 4.7%	Park Board District 6 Brad Bourn 48% Meg Forney 36% Geneva Hanvik 3% Steven Jecha 12%	Park Board At Large John Erwin 17% Tom Nordyke 10% Mary Merrill Anderson 15% Annie Young 19% Bob Fine 22% Nancy Bernard 6% John Butler 3% David Wahlstedt 8%