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Al Flowers
Al Flowers was a candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017. Although municipal elections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, candidates can choose a party affiliation to appear on the ballot.[1] Flowers ran as a DFL candidate.[2]
Flowers previously ran for mayor of Minneapolis in 2009.[3]
Biography
Flowers' experience includes work as the communication and outreach director for African American Woman and Men In Need and as the owner of a child care center. He has also served as a member of the Federal Mediation Committee, the founder of the United Black Legislative Agenda, and the host of the MTN TV show "Politically Speaking" and the KMOJ radio show "Community Value Conversations."[4]
Elections
2017
Minneapolis, Minnesota, held a general election for mayor, all 13 seats on the city council, both elected members of the board of estimate and taxation, and all nine members of the park and recreation board on November 7, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 15, 2017.
Incumbents ran for re-election to all but two of the city council seats. Ward 3 Councilman Jacob Frey filed to run for mayor instead, and Ward 8 Councilwoman Elizabeth Glidden opted not to run for re-election.[5]
| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −26,875 |
| Raymond Dehn | 42.8% | 34,971 | 7,613 |
| Al Flowers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Frey - Winner | 57.2% | 46,716 | 7,348 |
| Tom Hoch | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Gregg Iverson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Aswar Rahman | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| L.A. Nik | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Benjegerdes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lischeid | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David Rosenfeld | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Simpson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David John Wilson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 22,835 | 11,914 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) | 28.7% | 26,875 | 3,364 |
| Raymond Dehn | 29.2% | 27,358 | 3,330 |
| Al Flowers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Frey - Most votes | 42.1% | 39,368 | 9,888 |
| Tom Hoch - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −22,754 |
| Gregg Iverson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Aswar Rahman | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| L.A. Nik | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Benjegerdes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lischeid | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David Rosenfeld | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Simpson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David John Wilson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 10,921 | 6,172 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) | 23.6% | 23,511 | 4,044 |
| Raymond Dehn | 24.1% | 24,028 | 5,454 |
| Al Flowers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Frey - Most votes | 29.5% | 29,480 | 2,730 |
| Tom Hoch | 22.8% | 22,754 | 1,842 |
| Gregg Iverson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −16,189 |
| Aswar Rahman | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| L.A. Nik | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Benjegerdes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lischeid | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David Rosenfeld | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Simpson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David John Wilson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 4,749 | 2,119 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) | 19.1% | 19,467 | 552 |
| Raymond Dehn | 18.2% | 18,574 | 473 |
| Al Flowers - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −711 |
| Jacob Frey - Most votes | 26.3% | 26,750 | 634 |
| Tom Hoch | 20.5% | 20,912 | 787 |
| Gregg Iverson - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −335 |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds | 15.9% | 16,189 | 473 |
| Aswar Rahman - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −756 |
| Charlie Gers - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −1,233 |
| L.A. Nik - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −612 |
| Troy Benjegerdes - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −184 |
| Ron Lischeid - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −325 |
| David Rosenfeld - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −477 |
| Ian Simpson - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −119 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −438 |
| David John Wilson - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −220 |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −1 |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −138 |
| Exhausted | 2,630 | 2,630 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
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| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) | 18.1% | 18,915 | |
| Raymond Dehn | 17.3% | 18,101 | |
| Al Flowers | 0.7% | 711 | |
| Jacob Frey - Most votes | 25% | 26,116 | |
| Tom Hoch | 19.3% | 20,125 | |
| Gregg Iverson | 0.3% | 335 | |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds | 15% | 15,716 | |
| Aswar Rahman | 0.7% | 756 | |
| Charlie Gers | 1.2% | 1,233 | |
| L.A. Nik | 0.6% | 612 | |
| Troy Benjegerdes | 0.2% | 184 | |
| Ron Lischeid | 0.3% | 325 | |
| David Rosenfeld | 0.5% | 477 | |
| Ian Simpson | 0.1% | 119 | |
| Captain Jack Sparrow | 0.4% | 438 | |
| David John Wilson | 0.2% | 220 | |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) | 0% | 1 | |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0.1% | 138 | |
| Exhausted | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
Campaign themes
2017
Flowers' campaign website highlighted the following issues:
"Al Flowers believes that police accountability starts with the City of Minneapolis following the Federal Mediation Agreement between the Police Federation and the community.
Al Flowers reveals his New Housing Policy and Funding Platform at the Northside Minneapolis Mayoral Forum.
Al Flowers work includes organizing for the The North Minneapolis African American Housing Opportunity Survey in collaboration University of Minnesota Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)."[6]
Recent news
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See also
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External links
- Office of the mayor of Minneapolis
- Campaign website
- Social media
Footnotes
- ↑ MinnPost, "Minnesota Loves to Brag About Turnout. But Minneapolis and St. Paul Residents Are Actually Pretty Bad About Voting in Municipal Elections," July 7, 2017
- ↑ City of Minneapolis, "Official Ballot," accessed November 3, 2017
- ↑ Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "2009 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Mayor," accessed October 24, 2017
- ↑ KARE, "Al Flowers," October 15, 2017
- ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Elizabeth Glidden Won't Seek Re-election to Minneapolis City Council," December 12, 2016
- ↑ Al Flowers for Minneapolis Mayor, "Issues," accessed October 24, 2017
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