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Andrew Johnson (Minnesota)

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Andrew Johnson
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Prior offices
Minneapolis City Council Ward 12
Successor: Aurin Chowdhury

Personal
Profession
Systems engineer
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Andrew Johnson was a member of the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota, representing Ward 12. He assumed office in 2014. He left office on November 21, 2023.

Johnson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council to represent Ward 12 in Minnesota. He won in the general election on November 2, 2021.

Elections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, but the Minneapolis City Charter allows mayoral and city council candidates to choose a party label to appear below their name on the official ballot. Ballotpedia includes candidates' party or principle to best reflect what voters will see on their ballot.[1]

Biography

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Johnson's professional experience includes work as a systems engineer for the Target Corporation and as the owner of a small business that helps teachers use technology in the classroom. He has also served as the president of the Longfellow Community Council.[2]

Elections

2021

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021)

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 12

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Andrew Johnson in round 1 .


Total votes: 15,333
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017) and Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (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.[3] Incumbent Andrew Johnson defeated Will Jaeger and Harrison Bullard in the general election for the Ward 12 seat on the Minneapolis City Council.[4]

Minneapolis City Council, Ward 12 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Andrew Johnson Incumbent 87.15% 8,874
Will Jaeger 9.40% 957
Harrison Bullard 3.10% 316
Write-in votes 0.34% 35
Total Votes 10,182
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "2017 Minneapolis Election Results," accessed November 22, 2017

Endorsements

Johnson received endorsements from the following in 2017:[5]

  • AFSCME
  • AFL-CIO-Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation
  • DFL Environmental Caucus
  • Minneapolis DFL
  • Minnesota Nurses Association
  • Minnesota Young DFL
  • Our Revolution Twin Cities
  • OutFront Minnesota Action
  • SEIU Minnesota State Council
  • Sierra Club
  • Southside Pride
  • Stonewall DFL
  • TakeAction Minnesota

Campaign themes

2021

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Andrew Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

  • Click here to view an archived version of Johnson's campaign website.

See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Minneapolis City Council Ward 12
2014-2023
Succeeded by
Aurin Chowdhury