Minneapolis municipal elections, 2005
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The 2005 Minneapolis municipal elections in the U.S. state of Minnesota are scheduled for a primary election on 13 September and a general election on 8 November. Voters in the city will elect:
- 1 mayor
- 13 city council members, elected by ward
- 6 Minneapolis Public Library trustees
- 2 members of the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and
- 3 at-large and 6 elected by district members of the Park and Recreation Board
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Recent developments
City Council Member Dean Zimmermann has been accused by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of accepting bribes , see Minneapolis City Council.
Primary Results, Mayor
- R.T. Rybak and Peter McLaughlin, both DFLers, advanced to the general election on November 8 for the mayoral post. Rybak, the incumbent, who failed to attain the DFL's endorsement, was the overall winner with 44.47% of the vote. Full election results are available on the City's website [1].
General Election Results, Mayor
- Incumbent mayor, R.T. Rybak, was reelected.
External links
- Minneapolis Elections Office
- Minneapolis candidate links and discussion from E-Democracy.Org
- Minneapolis Observer - Community newspaper covering the elections
Categories
Minneapolis-St. Paul | Minneapolis, Minnesota