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2001 Minneapolis City Election Toolkit

Candidate Directory

Names, contact info, rumors about who is running.

2001 Election Data

General election

2001 General election results (Excel spreadsheet, may not download on some computers, only some Council precinct totals available)

Primary

2001 Primary results (Excel spreadsheet, may not download on some computers)

2001 Primary precincts won (mayoral race)

2001 Primary turnout, by precinct

2001 Mayoral Primary: R.T. Rybak % support, by precinct

2001 Mayoral Primary: Sharon Sayles Belton % support, by precinct

Minneapolis Precinct map

Party groups, unions, and activist groups screen candidates seeking their endorsement. They often ask candidates to fill out questionnaires about issues facing the city. These candidates have provided their answers voluntarily.

* - lost in primary

DFL Stonewall Caucus

Mayor-Council questionnaire

R.T. Rybak (Mayor)

Sharon Sayles Belton (Mayor)

Barb Lickness (6th Ward*)

Dean Zimmerman (6th Ward)

Shada Buyobe-Hammond (6th Ward*)

Tamir Nolley (6th Ward*) note: Nolley didn’t screen, but provided answers

Robert Lilligren (8th Ward)

School Board questionnaire

Central Labor Union

R.T. Rybak (Mayor)

Sharon Sayles Belton (Mayor)

Lisa McDonald (Mayor*)

Cam Gordon (2nd Ward)

Dean Zimmermann (6th Ward)

Annie Young (Park At-Large)

Teamsters D.R.I.V.E.

Lisa McDonald (Mayor*)

Minneapolis Green Party

Questionnaire

Cam Gordon (2nd Ward)

Dean Zimmermann (6th Ward)

Tamir Nolley (6th Ward*)

Mark Knapp (10^th Ward*)

Annie Young (Park At-Large)

Lavender Greens

Cam Gordon (2nd Ward)

Dean Zimmermann (6th Ward)

Annie Young (Park At-Large)

Scott Vreeland (Park - 3rd District)

Lynn Levine (Park - 4th District)

Sierra Club

R.T. Rybak (Mayor)

Paul Ostrow (1st Ward)

Paul Zerby (2nd Ward)

Cam Gordon (2nd Ward)

Robert Lilligren (8th Ward)

Doug Kress (10th Ward)

Dan Niziolek (10th Ward)

Scott Benson (11th Ward)

Wade Russell (12th Ward)

Annie Young (Park At-Large)

Lynn Levine (Park - 4th District)

Clean Water Action

Dan Niziolek (10th Ward)

AFSCME

Annie Young (Park At-Large)

Sheldon Mains (Library)

Independence Party

Tamir Nolley (6th Ward*)

DFL Green Caucus

R.T. Rybak (Mayor)

Dean Zimmermann (6th Ward)

Annie Young (Park Board At-large)

Shada Buyobe-Hammond (6th Ward*)

Minneapolis Professional Employees Association

Cam Gordon (2nd Ward)

Annie Young (Park At-Large)

United Electrical and Radio

Annie Young (Park At-Large)

Party Endorsements

(See Candidate Directory for contact info. Offices not listed have not had endorsement contests yet. Italics indicates delegates explicitly made no endorsement, or the endorsement is vacant.)

DFL

Mayor: No endorsement
Ward 1: Paul Ostrow
Ward 2: Paul Zerby
Ward 3: Joe Biernat
Ward 4: Barb Johnson
Ward 5: Jackie Cherryhomes
Ward 6: Dean Kallenbach
Ward 7: Lisa Goodman
Ward 8: No endorsement
Ward 9: Gary Schiff
Ward 10: No endorsement
Ward 11: Scott Benson
Ward 12: Sandy Colvin-Roy
Ward 13: Greg Abbott
Schools: Ross Taylor
Schools: Sharon Henry-Blythe
Schools: Patrick Peterson
Park At-Large: John Erwin
Park At-Large: Rochelle Berry-Graves
Park At-Large: Traci Scott
Park 1: Walt Dziedzic
Park 2: Jon Olson
Park 3: Marie Hauser
Park 4: Vivian Mason
Park 5: Ed Solomon
Park 6: Tracy Nordstrom
Library: Diane Hofstede
Library: Sheldon Mains
Library: Rod Krueger
Library: Laurie Savran
Library: Wizard Marks
Library: George Garnett
Estimate & Taxation: Wally Swan
Estimate & Taxation: Gordon Nelson

Green

Mayor: No endorsement
Ward 2: Cam Gordon
Ward 3: Shane Price
Ward 5: Natalie Johnson Lee
Ward 6: Dean Zimmermann
Ward 10: Mark Knapp (lost in primary, running as write-in)
Schools: Frank Zaragosa (lost in primary)
Schools: Freeman Wicklund (lost in primary)
Park At-large: Annie Young
Park 3: Scott Vreeland

Park 4: Lynn Levine

Park 5: Michael Sumner
Park 6: Fran Dassier (lost in primary)

Republican

Ward 9: Lucky Rosenbloom

Ward 10: Shirley Carlson (lost in primary)

Independence

Mayor: Lisa McDonald (lost in primary)

Ward 3: Valdis Rozentals (lost in primary)

Ward 6: Tamir Nolley (lost in primary)

Ward 12: Wade Russell

Library: Hansel Hall (lost in primary)

Grassroots

Mayor: Jeff Booty (lost in primary)
Ward 2: Cam Gordon
Ward 6: Tamir Nolley (lost in primary)

Letters to Party Delegates

Mayor

Sharon Sayles Belton letter to DFL delegates

Ward 2

Paul Zerby letter to DFL delegates

Ward 4

Barbara Johnson letter to DFL delegates

Ward 6

Shada Buyobe-Hammond letter to DFL delegates

Ward 9

Kathy Thurber withdrawal letter to DFL delegates

Gary Schiff letter to DFL delegates

Michael Guest postcard to DFL delegates

Michael Guest postcard to DFL delegates following anonymous attack on Gary Schiff

Ward 10

Dan Niziolek letter to DFL delegates

Douglas Kress letter to DFL delegates

Ann Berget letter to DFL delegates

Ward 11

John Casserly letter to DFL delegates

Ward 13

Greg Abbott letter to DFL delegates

Library Board

Wizard Marks letter to DFL delegates