2009 Minneapolis mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 2009 Minneapolis mayoral election Minneapolis presidential no File:2009 Minneapolis mayoral election by precinct.svg 150px First preference votes by precinctRybak: #3A82C5 40–50% #146ABA 50–60% #105595 60-70% #0C4070 70-80% #082A4A 80-90% 2005 Minneapolis mayoral election 2005 2013 Minneapolis mayoral election 2013 2009 11 03 RTRybak (cropped).JPG R. T. Rybak Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party 33,234 73.60% 3x4.svg Papa John Kolstad Independent (politician) 4,953 10.97% Mayor R. T. Rybak Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party R. T. Rybak Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party thumb|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 Party Candidate Minneapolis DFLhttp://www.mpls.dfl.org/endorsed-candidates 2009 Endorsements Minneapolis DFL October 29, 2013 October 29, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029050351/http://www.mpls.dfl.org/endorsed-candidates dead R. T. Rybak Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota Papa John Kolstad Minneapolis City Republican Committeehttp://minneapolisrepublicans.org/candidates Minneapolis Republican endorsed candidates Minneapolis City Republican Committee October 29, 2013 Papa John Kolstad Results Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009http://www.minneapolismn.gov/elections/results/elections_may-web 2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Mayor City of Minneapolis October 28, 2013 November 1, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131101090441/http://www.minneapolismn.gov/elections/results/elections_may-web dead http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@clerk/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-103882.pdf 2009 Precinct Statistics with Turnout City of Minneapolis October 28, 2013 November 1, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131101092007/http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@clerk/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-103882.pdf dead http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20091103/ElecRslts.asp?CtyCd=27&M=MCD&Races=MAYOR%20-%201st%20CHOICE%20%28CITY%20OF%20Minneapolis-135%29&CtyNm=%3A43000&ZoneName=43000%20-%20City%20of%20Minneapolis&DID=43000%20&mcdOffDist=1001 Results for the City/Township of 43000 - City of Minneapolis Minnesota Secretary of State October 28, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031222839/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20091103/ElecRslts.asp?CtyCd=27&M=MCD&Races=MAYOR%20-%201st%20CHOICE%20%28CITY%20OF%20Minneapolis-135%29&CtyNm=%3A43000&ZoneName=43000%20-%20City%20of%20Minneapolis&DID=43000%20&mcdOffDist=1001 October 31, 2013 dead Political party/principle Candidate % 1st Choice Round 1 DFL R. T. Rybak (incumbent) 73.60 33,234 Independent Civic Leader Papa John Kolstad 10.97 4,953 DFL Al Flowers 3.98 1,795 DFL Dick Franson 3.50 1,579 Libertarian Party of Minnesota Christopher Clark 2.96 1,337 Socialist Workers Party Tom Fiske 1.44 650 Is Awesome Joey Lombard 0.98 444 Social Entrepreneurship James R. Everett 0.79 357 New Dignity Party Bill McGaughey 0.51 232 Moderate Progressive Censored Bob Carney Jr. 0.50 228 Edgertonite National Party John Charles Wilson 0.30 137 N/A Write-in 0.47 211 Threshold: 22,579 Valid: 45,157 Undervotes: 811 Turnout: 45,968 (19.64%) Registered: 234,028 See also 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections References Category:2009 Minnesota elections Minneapolis Category:Mayoral elections in Minneapolis