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The2009 Minneapolis mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009, to elect theMayor ofMinneapolis for a four-year term. IncumbentR. 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 useinstant-runoff voting, popularly known as ranked choice voting. Voters had the option of ranking up to three candidates. Municipal elections inMinnesota arenonpartisan, although candidates were able to identify with a political party on the ballot.
| Party | Candidate |
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| MinneapolisDFL[1] | R. T. Rybak |
| Fifth Congressional DistrictIndependence Party of Minnesota | Papa John Kolstad |
| Minneapolis CityRepublican Committee[2] | Papa John Kolstad |
| Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009[3][4][5] | ||||
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| 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 | |
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