Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009

Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009

November 3, 2009 (2009-11-03)

175px Candidate R. T. Rybak Papa John Kolstad Party DFL Independent Popular vote 33,234 4,953 Percentage 73.60% 10.97%

Mayor before election R. T. Rybak DFL Elected Mayor R. T. Rybak DFL

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 DFL	R. T. Rybak
Fifth Congressional District Independence Party of Minnesota	Papa John Kolstad
Minneapolis City Republican Committee	Papa John Kolstad

Results

Minneapolis mayoral election, 2009
Political party/principle		Candidate	% 1st Choice	Round 1
	DFL	R. T. Rybak	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

• Minneapolis municipal elections, 2009