Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009
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November 3, 2009 (2009-11-03) |
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Rybak campaigning
The 2009 Minneapolis mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009 to elect the Mayor of Minneapolis for a four-year term. Incumbent R. T. Rybak won re-election for a third term in the first round with 73.6% of the vote.
This was the first mayoral election in the city's history to use instant-runoff voting, popularly known as ranked choice voting. Voters had the option of ranking up to three candidates. Municipal elections in Minnesota are nonpartisan, although candidates were able to identify with a political party on the ballot.
Political party endorsements
Results
Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009[3][4][5] |
Political party/principle |
Candidate |
% 1st Choice |
Round 1 |
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DFL |
R. T. Rybak |
73.60 |
33,234 |
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Independent Civic Leader |
Papa John Kolstad |
10.97 |
4,953 |
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DFL |
Al Flowers |
3.98 |
1,795 |
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DFL |
Dick Franson |
3.50 |
1,579 |
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Libertarian Party of Minnesota |
Christopher Clark |
2.96 |
1,337 |
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Socialist Workers Party |
Tom Fiske |
1.44 |
650 |
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Is Awesome |
Joey Lombard |
0.98 |
444 |
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Social Entrepreneurship |
James R. Everett |
0.79 |
357 |
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New Dignity Party |
Bill McGaughey |
0.51 |
232 |
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Moderate Progressive Censored |
Bob Carney, Jr. |
0.50 |
228 |
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Edgertonite National Party |
John Charles Wilson |
0.30 |
137 |
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N/A |
Write-in |
0.47 |
211 |
- Threshold: 22,579
- Valid: 45,157
- Undervotes: 811
- Turnout: 45,968 (19.64%)
- Registered: 234,028
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