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Table of Contents
 

Mayor
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Ward 10
Ward 11
Ward 12
Ward 13
Park At-Large
Park 1
Park 2
Park 3  
Park 4
Park 5
Park 6
School Board
Library Board
Estimate/Tax
 
A Minneapolis-Issues project
For the 2001 Minneapolis City Election


Additions/corrections: mplslist@email.com

Some info cribbed from: http://www.scc.net/~t-bonham/MPLSEN01.HTM

 

Star Tribune Voter Guide:  http://www.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/guide.shtml

 

City Elections Candidate directory (no electronic contact information)

 
Note: candidates self-identified their political affiliation. For party-endorsed candidates, see the Election Toolkit.

Mayor

R.T. Rybak

DFL

Phone: 612-871-4025

Fax: 612-879-5776
Email: rt@rtformayor.com

Web: http://rtformayor.com

Campaign manager: Laura Sether, Peter Wagenius, campaign@rtformayor.com

Sharon Sayles Belton

DFL (incumbent)

Phone: 612-378-1759

Fax: 612-378-1796

Web: http://www.saylesbeltonformayor.com/

Campaign manager: Jo Matson, campaignmanager@saylesbeltonformayor.com

 

Lost in primary

Lisa McDonald

DFL

Phone: (612) 362-7826

Fax: (612) 362-7827 

Web: http://www.mcdonaldformpls.org/

Campaign manager: Jason Amundsen, 612-644-5247, amundsen72@yahoo.com

Dick Franson

Conservative Democrat

Phone: 612-729-6752 

Fax: 612-729-6752 

Mark Stenglein

Independent

Phone: 612-373-7050

Email: mark@markstenglein.com

Web: http://www.markstenglein.com/
Campaign manager: Brian McClung, mcclung@markstenglein.com

Mark Koscielski

Independent Fiscal Conservative

Phone: 612-827-3832

Fax: 612-824-4255

Email: symbia@juno.com

Web: http://www.millcitymayor.com

Larry A. Leininger

 White Working Mans Party

Phone: 612-378-0000 
Email: luciferotto@excite.com

Web: http://members.odinsrage.com/wwmp/

Jeffrey Amadeus Booty

 Empowering Your Community

Phone: 612-879-6520

Email: jeffreybooty@hotmail.com

Tim Connolly

 Social Justice

Phone: 612-339-4557

Email: conmansix@yahoo.com

Debra Joyce Renderos

DFL
Phone: 612-813-0433

Travis Manning

DFL
Phone: 612-871-6693, 612-558-2066 (cel)

Fax: 612-813-1770

William McGaughey

Affordable Housing Preservation

Phone: 612-374-5916

Email: wmcg@prodigy.net

Bobby Causewell

National Freedom Party

Fax: 612-339-1652

John L. Hartwig

Independent

Phone: 612-825-2407

Fax: 612-822-2330

Steven T. Houdek

Old Skool

Phone: 612-721-4287

Email: sthoudek@hotmail.com

Marcus Harcus

People's Party

Phone: 1-877-719-0912 (toll free voice mail), 612-408-1331 (cell)

Email: marcusharcus@tbwt.com

Web: http://www.dunation.com

Rodney Johari

Republican

Phone: 612-214-5603

Email: rodjohari@yahoo.com

Joshua B. Jore

No Snow Emergencies

Phone: 612-287-9824

Email: jjore@greentechnologist.org

Robert S. Barnett

Better Democracy/Capitalism

Phone: 612-337-3245

Email: MallOfHumanity@Timism.com

Web: http://www.Timism.com

Leslie Davis

Protect the Earth

Phone: 612-522-9433

Fax: 612-521-5506

Email: leslie@lesliedavis.com

Web: http://www.lesliedavis.com

Gregory A. "Ernie" Brown

Independent

Phone: 612-729-4030

Mahamoud Wardere

New Voices Party

Phone: 612-827-0474

Email: wardere1@aol.com

Web: http://www.wardereformpls.org

  

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Ward 1

Paul Ostrow

DFL (incumbent)

Phone: 612-788-4581

Fax:  same - call first

Email: jmostrow@qwest.net

Web: http://www.paulostrow.com/

Campaign manager: Julie Mattson Ostrow, 612-788-4581, jmostrow@qwest.net

Dave Ramstad

DFL

Phone: 612-379-2909

Fax: 612-379-2937

Email: ramstad@earthlink.net

Web: http://www.daveramstad.com/

 

Lost in primary

Gary Bowman

DFL

Phone: 612-789-9404

Email: gary@bowman2001.org

Web: http://www.bowman2001.org/

Lori McCready

Independent

Phone: 612-789-7103

Email: LoriM@mccreadyward1.org

Web: http://www.mccreadyward1.org/

Jeremy Stomberg

Independent

Phone: 612-362-9001

Web: http://www.jeremystomberg.com

 

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Ward 2

Cam Gordon

Green

Phone: 612-332-6210 

Email: cam@camgordon.org

Web: http://www.camgordon.org/

Campaign managers: Kim Middendorf, 651-699-9707, 612-747-1824 (mobile);  Robin Garwood, 612-331-5349, xerxes373@juno.com; Nick Raleigh 612-281-2585, fiddler@flash.net

Paul Zerby

DFL
Phone: 612-379-8095

Fax: 612-379-8095 (call first)

Email: pgzerby@yahoo.com

Web: http://www.zerby.com/paul

Campaign manager: Betts Zerby, 612-379-8095

 

Lost in primary

Joan Campbell

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-340-1450, 612-673-2202 

Email: joan.campbell@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

Daniel Clipper

Independent Moderate Conservative

Phone: 612-362-0859

Email: clippercampaign@aol.com

Web: www.Danielclipper.org

David W. Dann

Independent

Michael F. Scroggins

Independent

Phone: 612-378-0532
 

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Ward 3

Joe Biernat

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-331-5181 

Email: joe.biernat@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

Web: http://www.joebiernat.com/

Brother Shane Price

Green
Phone: 612-824-7185

Email: Circlekeeper@uswest.net

Web: www.positivechange.com

Campaign managers: Jessica Hughes, circlekeepertoo@qwest.net; Tom Taylor, Fredlud@aol.com

 

Lost in primary

Makeda Zulu-Gillespie

Service, Accountability, Change
Phone: 612-522-3290

Fax: 612-529-5951

Email: makedaz@mn.rr.com

Valdis Rozentals

Independent Democrat
Phone: 612-623-4005 

Fax: 612-623-4005 

Email: valdis2001@aol.com

Website: http://www.valdiworld.org

Campaign manager: Peter Grotans, 612-331-2556 

Brian Monroe

Preserving Individual Rights

Phone: 612-706-9483

Email: BrianMonroe3rdWard@MSN.com
 

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Ward 4

Barbara A. Johnson

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-522-7873 

Fax: 612-522-0892 

Email: johnsfam@mm.com

Campaign manager: Mary Babcock, 612-522-4020 

George Belmore

DFL
Phone: 612-522-5534

Fax: same number, call first

Email: georgecanon@aol.com
 

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Ward 5

Jackie Cherryhomes

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-522-8039, 612-673-2205 (O) 

Email: jackie.cherryhomes@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

Natalie Johnson Lee

Green
Phone: 612-529-3564

Email: NJohnsonLee5@aol.com

 

Lost in primary

Barry Duran Alexander Sr.

Republican

Phone: 612-529-4954

Email: Alxbadas9@cs.com
  

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Ward 6

Dean Zimmermann

Green
Phone: 612-722-8768 or 612-724-3888

Email: dean@zimmerperson.org

Web: http://www.zimmerperson.org/

Campaign brain trust: 612-724-3888 or dean@zimmerperson.org

Dean Kallenbach

DFL
Phone: 612-872-6907 

Email: deankallenbach@hotmail.com

Web: www.deankallenbach.org

Campaign manager: Rick Stafford, 612-728-9495, rwstafford@qwest.net

 

Lost in primary

Barb Lickness

DFL
Phone: 612-870-9214 

Email: blickness@yahoo.com

Web: http://www.barblickness.com/

Campaign manager: Terry Erickson, 612-871-0046, essthyme@mm.com

Shada Buyobe-Hammond

DFL
Phone: 612-872-1149, 651-642-9639 (O) 

Email: buyobehammonds@aol.com

Campaign manager: Sasha Baltins, 651-642-9639 or 612-296-6195 (cel), mnacornmsp@acorn.org

Tamir Nolley

Independence
Phone: 612-872-4188

Email: tamir@nolleytrolley.org

Web: http://www.nolleytrolley.org/

Campaign manager: Laverne Turner, 612-722-3312, laverne@nolleytrolley.org

Jonathan Palmer

DFL
Phone: 612-872-4673

Email: PalmerIn2001@aol.com

Web: http://www.jonathanpalmer.org/

Campaign manager: Lynn Daniels, 612-824-2531

Christopher Bryant

Independent

Phone: 612-722-1900

Email: cbryant705@netscape.net

Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~cbryant04/

  

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Ward 7

Lisa Goodman

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-338-6869

Email: friendsforlisa@yahoo.com

Campaign manager contact: Monte Jarvis, 612-384-8737

Sean Flynn

Independent

 

Lost in primary

Leonard Joseph Weiss

Sense with Dollars

Phone: 612-377-0692

Email: weis0123@tc.umn.edu
 

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Ward 8

Robert Lilligren

DFL
Phone: 612-825-2237

Fax: 612-870-7762

Email: rlilli@aol.com

Web: http://www.voterobert.com/

Campaign manager: Tom Reid, 612-871-0975

Vickie Ann Brock

DFL

Vickie Brock

phone: 612-332-BROK

email: brockcampaign@yahoo.com

 

Write-In candidacy

Zachary Metoyer

(Write-In)

Email: zippinzack@aol.com

Web: http://metoyercampaign.cjb.net/

 

Lost in primary

Sandra Miller

Independent
Phone: 612-822-5405

Email: millerforcitycouncil@hotmail.com

Web: www.millerforcitycouncil.com

Rory I. Lucas

Republican

Phone: 612-702-1756

Email: neko@cpinternet.com

  

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Ward 9

Gary Schiff

DFL
Phone: 612-724-5942 

Email: gary@garyschiff.com
Web: http://www.garyschiff.com/
Campaign manager: Monte Jarvis, schiff2001monte@yahoo.com, 612-729-7971 

Lucky Rosenbloom

Republican
Phone:  612-661-0923
Email: lreyn97887@aol.com

 

Lost in primary

Willie L. Daniels

Democrat

Phone: 612-729-5905

Email: pcwld@aol.com

Tiffany Ring

Independent

Phone: 612-729-7241

Fax: same number, call first

Email: tiffany@ninthward.com

Web: http://ninthward.com

  

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Ward 10 

Douglas Kress

DFL
Phone: 612-825-8245 

Email: kressds0@yahoo.com

Web: http://www.dougkress.org/

Campaign Manager: Jer Hanson, 612-306-5274, jerhanson@yahoo.com

Dan Niziolek

DFL
Phone: 612-822-8343 

Email: Niziolek@qwest.net

Web: http://www.danforcouncil.org/

Campaign manager: Joe Barisonzi, 612-518-5536, joe@communityleader.com

 

Lost in primary

Mark Knapp

Green (staging write-in campaign)
Phone: 612-827-3179 

Email: uptown_knappster@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.knappster.org/

Shirley Carlson

Republican
Phone and Fax:  612-824-7597 

Email: shirlcrl@AltaVista.com

Web: http://shirleycarlson.org

Campaign manager: Carleton Crawford, 612-384-0356, carleton.crawford@att.net

 

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Ward 11

Scott Benson

DFL
Phone: 612-824-2085 
Fax: 612-337-5151 
Email: Scott@scottbenson.org
Web: http://www.scottbenson.org/

Campaign manager: Kerri Ruch, KPRuch@aol.com

John Casserly

DFL
Phone: 612-822-4251 

Email: john@johncasserly.org

Web: http://www.johncasserly.org/

 

Lost in primary

David Albert Alvarado

Reform

Phone: 612-325-2585

Ron Ravensborg

Independent

Phone: 612-825-6512

Email: contact@ronravensborg.org

Web: http://www.RonRavensborg.org

 

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Ward 12

Sandy Colvin Roy

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-722-2274, 612-673-2212 (office) 

Email: scr@mtn.org

Wade Russell

Independent

Phone: 612-729-7352

Email: wade@waderussell.org

Website: http://www.waderussell.org

Campaign manager: Sonja Dahl, 612-724-1887

 

Lost in primary

 

Gregg A. Iverson

DFL

Phone: 612-724-7567

 

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Ward 13

Greg Abbott

DFL
Phone: 612-925-0630

Fax: 612-927-7634 

Email: greg@gregabbott.org

Web: http://www.gregabbott.org/

Barret Lane

Independent (incumbent)
Phone: 612-928-9507, 612-673-2213 (office) 

Email: barret.lane@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

Web: http://www.barretlane.org/
 

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Park & Rec At-large 

(Top 3)

Annie Young

Green (incumbent)
Phone: 612-729-3359 

Email: info@annieyoung.org

Web: http://www.annieyoung.org/

Rochelle Berry Graves

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-374-5601

Email: rbgraves@prodigy.net

John Erwin

DFL
Phone: 612-624-9703 (O), 612-728-7060 (H)

Web: http://www.johnerwin.org

Email: erwin001@tc.umn.edu

Traci Scott

DFL
Phone: 612-788-1552

Email: traci_scott@yahoo.com

Margret (Meg) Forney

Phone: 612-926-7707, 612-924-4343 (O)

Fax: 612-920-4706

Email: meg@honeycomb.net

Web: http://www.megforney.org

Bruce Whelan

Phone: 612-347-8475

  

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Park & Rec Dist. 1

Walt Dziedzic

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-781-4080

Email: WaltDz@hotmail.com

Campaign manager: Kari Dziedzic, 612-623-7758,  kdz1@hotmail.com

Shannon Holleman

Phone: 612-706-6087

Fax: 612-721-2803 (address to Shannon)

Email: shaholle@hotmail.com

  

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Park & Rec Dist. 2

Jon Olson

DFL
Phone: 612-521-2422

Email: lilqueens@qwest.net

Timothy M. Davis Sr.

DFL

Phone: 612-529-4550

Fax: 612-522-8337

 

Lost in primary

Brett Buckner

Phone: 612-285-8395

Email: bdbuckner@yahoo.com
 

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Park & Rec Dist. 3

Marie Hauser

DFL

Phone: 612-825-8351 
Email: marieh@visi.com

Scott Vreeland

Green
Phone: 612-721-7892

Email: svattheriver@aol.com
 

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Park & Rec Dist. 4

Vivian Mason

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-673-5384 (Park Board), 612-377-5238 (H)

Email: vivianmason@earthlink.net

Campaign manager: Jean Deatrick, 612-377-7353, deatrick@bitstream.net

Lynn Levine

Green

Phone: 612-920-8891

Email: lynnlevine4parks@yahoo.com

 

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Park & Rec Dist. 5

Ed Solomon

DFL (incumbent)

Phone: 612-673-5385 (Park Board), 612-823-9125

Fax: 612-661-4777

Michael Sumner

Green

Phone: 612-729-7248

Email: msumner@mn.rr.com

Web: www.michaelsumner.org

 

Lost in primary

Thomas Taft Westcott

Phone: 612-729-5612
 

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Park & Rec Dist. 6

Tracy Nordstrom

DFL
Phone: 612-386-6257 

Email: tracy@tracynordstrom.com

Web: http://www.tracynordstrom.com/

Campaign Manager: Renee Williams, 612-926-6303, wrenee@uswest.net

Bob Fine

DFL
Phone: 612-922-6992 
Email: yorkfines@juno.com

 

Lost in primary

 

Frannie Dassier

Green
Phone: 612-827-2962

Campaign manager: Brian Wilcox, 612-871-5922

 

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School Board

(Top 3)

Ross Taylor

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-925-1106 

Email: rosstaylor2001@hotmail.com

Web: http://www.progressivemn.org/current_campaigns.htm

Patrick Peterson

DFL
Phone: 612-204-3016

Email: patrickpeterson@hotmail.com

Web: http://www.patrickpeterson.com/

Campaign manager: Brandon Lacy Campos, lacy0006@tc.umn.edu

Sharon Henry-Blythe

DFL
Phone: 612-825-3550

Email: sharonthb@hotmail.com

Web: www.sharon4schools.org

Dennis Schapiro

Phone: 612-928-3761

Fax: 612-521-2289

Email: schapiro@denny4schools.org

Web: http://www.denny4schools.org

Evelyn Eubanks

Phone: 612-521-3688

Email: eubankscrew@aol.com

Kathy Kosnoff

Phone: 612-926-2175

Email: kathykosnoff@hotmail.com

 

Lost in primary

Freeman Wicklund

Green
Phone: 612-879-5878

E-mail: freeman@freemanwicklund.com

Web: http://www.freemanwicklund.com

Frank Zaragoza

Green
Phone: 612-623-9242

Web: http://www.frankzaragoza.com

Doug Mann

Independent/Socialist
Phone: 612-822-3776

Email: dougmann99@cs.com
Web: http://educationright.tripod.com

Austin Gillespie

 Phone: 612-729-6714

Email: majkgill@wavetech.net

Christopher Stratton

DFL/Reformer

Phone: 612-375-0017

Fax: 612-339-8119

Email: christopherstratton@usa.net

Barbara Jo Koch Smith

Phone: 612-729-4288

Dick R. Anderson

Democrat

Phone: 612-922-1705

Email: kadanderson@yahoo.com

Jonathan Kelland

Phone: 612-827-4415

Email: harmony7074@yahoo.com

Carmen Christine Oldre

Phone: 612-521-9993

Email: coldre@cbburnet.com

   

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Library Board

 (Top 6)

Rod Krueger

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-721-8076

Fax: 612-722-8988 

Email: rodmn@hotmail.com

Web: http://www.mplibcampaign.org

Laurie Savran

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-822-0606 x 15, 612-929-0901
Fax: 612-827-1323 
Email: lafscal@aol.com

Web: http://www.mplibcampaign.org

Diane Hofstede

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-331-6042, 952-835-0334 x 102 (work)

Fax: 952-835-0335

Email: dhofstede@qwest.net

Web: http://www.dhofstede.com/

Wizard Marks

DFL
Phone: 612-822-4344

Email: wizardmarks@uswest.net

Sheldon Mains

DFL
Phone: 612-729-4088

Email: shel@mtn.org

Web: http://www.mainsforlibrary.org/

George Garnett

DFL
Phone: 612-940-2785

Email: ggarnett@uswest.net

Michael Hohmann

Independent
Phone: 612-922-1490 

Email: hohmann@mikeforlibrary.org

Web: http://www.mikeforlibrary.org/

Anita Duckor

Independent
Phone: 612-920-0796 
Email: anita@duckor.org
Web: http://duckor.org/

Mary Beth Wehrman

Republican

Phone: 612-729-9482

Email: gwehrman@computer.org

Virginia Holte

Phone: 612-729-7951

Email: virginiaholte@netscape.net

Hansel C. Hall

Independent

Phone: 612-332-2685

Travis "Tron" Lee

Phone: 612-588-7320


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Estimate/Taxation

 (Top 2)

Wally Swan

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-338-6597 

Fax: 612-338-6597 

Email: swanx009@gold.tc.umn.edu

Campaign manager: Tim Bonham, t-bonham@scc.net, 612-721-1007 

Gordon Nelson

DFL (incumbent)
Phone: 612-729-7572

Eric Pone

Independent
Phone: 612-522-6957

Email: epone@qwest.net
 

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