Ageneral election was held inMinneapolis on November 5, 2013. Minneapolis'smayor was up for election as well as all the seats on theCity Council, the two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on thePark and Recreation Board. Voters were able to rank up to three candidates for each office in order of preference.
IncumbentDemocratic–Farmer–LaborMayorR. T. Rybak announced on December 27, 2012, that he will not be seeking re-election.[1] 35 candidates ran for election.Betsy Hodges was elected in the 33rd round after two days of vote tabulations.
The two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation were up for election. Incumbents Carol Becker and David Wheeler were re-elected in the first round, both having passed the threshold to be elected.
As no candidate passed the maximum possible threshold to be elected in the first round, several rounds of vote tabulations were necessary until three members were elected. John Erwin was elected in the fourth round andAnnie Young and Meg Forney in the ninth round.
Steve Barland, Meg Forney, Jason Stone, and Tom Nordyke were candidates in the 2009 Park and Recreation Board election, but were all defeated. Barland and Stone ran in District 5 and Forney in District 6. Tom Nordyke served on the Board as an at-large member from 2006 to 2009 and as its president from 2008 to 2009.
^"Steve Barland"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"John Erwin"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 4, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Meg Forney"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Casper Hill"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Ishmael Israel"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Mary Lynn McPherson"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Tom Nordyke"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 4, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Jason Stone"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Hashim Yonis"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Annie Young"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Candidates". Fifth District Green Party. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.
^"Liz Wielinski"(PDF).Affidavit of Candidacy. City of Minneapolis. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 5, 2013. RetrievedSeptember 30, 2013.