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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:
[edit] Recent developments
City Council Member Dean Zimmermann has been accused by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of accepting bribes , see Minneapolis City Council. In December 2006, he was convicted and sentenced to prison. He is currently in a Federal Prison in Colorado.
[edit] Primary Results, Mayor
- Incumbent R.T. Rybak and Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, both DFLers, advanced to the general election on November 8 for the mayoral post. Rybak, who failed to win 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].
[edit] General Election Results
- Incumbent mayor, R.T. Rybak, was reelected.
[edit] Other Offices
- In other offices, the DFL-endorsed candidates won in all races except Ward 2 (Green Party Cam Gordon won by 141 votes over DFLer Cara Letofski), 1 Park Board seat (Incumbent Annie Young had no DFL-endorsed opponent) and 1 Library Board seat (Incumbent Anita Duckor (independent) beat Gary Thaden (DFL). (Thaden was later appointed by the Minneapolis City Council). In wards where there was no DFL endorsement (8 & 10), the seat was won by the candidate who came closest to getting the DFL endorsement.
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