Minneapolis midterm election study guide

Tomorrow is Election Day — have you done your homework?

Midterm elections are never as popular as presidential elections, but that doesn’t make them any less important. We want to make your decision process as easy as possible, so we’ve lined up every election this midterm year that will affect Minneapolis residents.

Following are candidates for U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Minnesota State Representative, Minneapolis School Board, and Minnesota 4th Judicial District (which essentially covers Hennepin County) candidates, as they will appear on Minneapolis ballots for the Nov. 4 General Election.

Also on the ballot will appear two measures for voters to consider for inclusion in the Minneapolis City Charter. The first question pertains to increasing the filing fees candidates pay to run for city offices — mayor, city council, and other city of Minneapolis offices. The current $20 fee was set in 1967 and has remained unchanged. If the proposed fee increases are approved by voters, they will go into effect for the 2017 municipal election.

The second question simply asks whether the ordinance requiring Minneapolis restaurants “holding on-sale wine licenses in the City must serve food with every order of wine or beer” should be amended “to remove mandatory food to wine and beer sales ratios?” Since 1966, liquor licenses have been issued to restaurants in certain areas outside of downtown Minneapolis if at least 70 percent of their gross receipts came from the sale of food. Customers of those restaurants who want alcohol are required to also buy a meal.

Note: Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. Ranked choice voting was first used in Minneapolis in 2009, but only for municipal elections, like Mayor, City Council, Board of Estimate and Taxation, and Park and Recreation Board. Since it is not used in school board, county, state, or federal elections, it will not be implemented in this year’s elections.

 

Federal Offices

US Senator

Steve Carlson—Independence

Mike McFadden—Republican

Al Franken—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Heather Johnson—Libertarian Party

US Representative

District 3

Erik Paulsen—Incumbent, Republican

Sharon Sund–Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 5

Lee Bauer—Independence

Doug Daggett—Republican

Keith Ellison—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer Labor

State Offices

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Hannah Nicollet and Tim Gieseke—Independence

Jeff Johnson and Bill Kuisle—Republican

Mark Dayton and Tina Smith—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer Labor

Chris Holbrook and Chris Dock—Libertarian Party

Chris Wright and David Daniels—Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis

State Representative

District 41A

Jeff Phillips—Republican

Connie Bernardy—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 46A

Timothy O. Manthey—Republican

Ryan Winkler—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 50A

Dean Mumbleau—Republican

Linda Slocum—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 59A

Fred Statema—Republican

Joe Mullery—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 59B

Margaret E. Martin—Republican

Raymond Dehn—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 60A

Brent Millsop—Republican

Diane Loeffler—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 60B

Abdimalik Askar—Republican

Phyllis Kahn—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 61A

Frank Taylor—Republican

Frank Hornstein—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 61B

Tom Gallagher—Republican

Paul Thissen—Incumbent, Democratoc-Farmer-Labor

District 62A

Yolandita Colon—Independence

Bruce Lundeen—Republican

Karen Clark—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 62B

Julie Hanson—Republican

Susan Allen—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 63A

Kyle Bragg—Republican

Jim Davnie—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

District 63B

Andres Hortillosa—Republican

Jean Wagenius—Incumbent, Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Minneapolis School Board

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER

SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1

AT LARGE

Iris Altamirano

Rebecca Gagnon, incumbent

Ira Jourdain

Don Samuels

District 1

Jenny Arneson, incumbent

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER

SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1

District 5

Nelson Inz

Jay Larson

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER

SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1

District 3

Siad Ali

4^th DISTRICT JUDICIAL OFFICES

Judge – 4th District Court 1	WILLIAM H. KOCH	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 5	KERRY W. MEYER	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 9	PHILIP D. BUSH	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 10	KATHRYN L. QUAINTANCE	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 14	MARTHA HOLTON DIMICK	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 16	BRUCE MICHAEL RIVERS	NONPARTISAN
Judge – 4th District Court 16	JAMES A. MOORE	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 19	GINA M BRANDT	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 20	DANIEL C. MORENO	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 25	PAMELA G. ALEXANDER	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 27	JAY M. QUAM	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 28	TODDRICK S. BARNETTE	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 30	SUSAN M. ROBINER	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 31	MARGARET A. DALY	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 32	PETER A. CAHILL	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 38	KATHLEEN D. SHEEHY	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 42	LUIS A. BARTOLOMEI	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 43	PAUL SCOGGIN	NONPARTISAN
Judge – 4th District Court 43	BRIDGET ANN SULLIVAN	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 47	TANYA M. BRANSFORD	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 51	IVY S. BERNHARDSON	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 53	BEV BENSON	NONPARTISAN
Judge – 4th District Court 53	CHRIS RITTS	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 54	KRISTIN A. SIEGESMUND	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 55	EDWARD T. WAHL	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 56	HERBERT P. LEFLER	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 57	JEANNICE M. REDING	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 58	JAMES T. SWENSON	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 61	AMY DAWSON	NONPARTISAN
Judge – 4th District Court 61	BEVERLY J. AHO	NONPARTISAN
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Judge – 4th District Court 62	RONALD L. ABRAMS	NONPARTISAN
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The ballot also contains two proposed amendments to the Minneapolis City Charter:

City Question 1: FILING FEE FOR CITY ELECTED OFFICES

Shall the Minneapolis City Charter be amended to increase the filing fees for candidates seeking City elected offices from the current fee of $20 for each office to $500 for the office of Mayor, $250 for the office of Council Member, $100 for the office of Board of Estimate and Taxation Member, and $100 for the office of Park & Recreation Commissioner and, as an alternative to payment of a filing fee, allow a candidate to submit a petition of voter signatures as provided in state law?

City Question 2: REMOVE MANDATORY FOOD REQUIREMENTS FOR WINE LICENSES

Shall the Minneapolis City Charter be amended to remove the requirement that businesses holding on-sale wine licenses in the City must serve food with every order of wine or beer and to remove mandatory food to wine and beer sales ratios?

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Coverage of the 2014 elections is funded in part by a grant from The Minneapolis Foundation.