City elections officials posted unofficial results for the undetermined wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 that afternoon, after tabulating second- and third-choice votes under ranked choice voting rules. Here s a quick look at the newly announced victors:
All 13 Minneapolis City Council seats were up for grabs during Tuesday s elections, with the city s residents weighing in via ranked-choice voting. As of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Secretary of State s Office showed all precincts reporting in each of the city council races.
The future of public safety in Minneapolis will continue to lie with the established police department. The city s voters soundly defeated a ballot question during Tuesday s elections, which if approved would have struck the Minneapolis Police Department from the city s charter and replaced it with a new Department of Public Safety.
Even before Election Day, Minneapolis residents had voted in record numbers. The city s early voting dashboard shows 28,831 ballots were submitted by end of day Nov. 1, ahead of polls opening at 7 a.m. Tuesday.