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Blong Yang
Blong Yang was a member of the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota, representing Ward 5. Yang assumed office in 2014. Yang left office in 2018.
Yang ran for election to the Hennepin County Commission to represent District 2 in Minnesota. Yang lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Although municipal elections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, candidates can choose a party affiliation to appear on the ballot.[1] Yang ran as a DFL candidate.[2]
Biography
Yang earned a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. His experience includes work as an investigator with the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights, a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, an attorney in private practice, and a member of the Hennepin County Bar Association's Commitment Defense Panel.[3]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Hennepin County Commission District 2
Irene Fernando defeated Blong Yang in the general election for Hennepin County Commission District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Irene Fernando (Nonpartisan) | 57.5 | 39,896 |
 | Blong Yang (Nonpartisan) | 41.9 | 29,108 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 434 | ||
| Total votes: 69,438 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Hennepin County Commission District 2
Irene Fernando and Blong Yang defeated Natalie Johnson Lee, Tim Bildsoe, and Iyob Waldsmayate in the primary for Hennepin County Commission District 2 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Irene Fernando (Nonpartisan) | 33.2 | 9,577 |
| ✔ | | Blong Yang (Nonpartisan) | 26.3 | 7,593 |
| Natalie Johnson Lee (Nonpartisan) | 19.6 | 5,649 | ||
 | Tim Bildsoe (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 5,226 | |
| Iyob Waldsmayate (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 794 | ||
| Total votes: 28,839 | |||
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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.[4]
| Minneapolis City Council Ward 5, 2017, Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Blong Yang (i) | 43.3% | 1,769 | 152 |
| Jeremiah Ellison - Winner | 56.7% | 2,313 | 326 |
| Cathy Spann - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −159 |
| Raeisha Williams - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −445 |
| Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −8 |
| Exhausted | 134 | 134 | |
| Total Votes | 4,216 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
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| Minneapolis City Council Ward 5, 2017, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Blong Yang (i) | 38.4% | 1,617 | |
| Jeremiah Ellison - Most votes | 47.1% | 1,987 | |
| Cathy Spann | 3.8% | 159 | |
| Raeisha Williams | 10.6% | 445 | |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0.2% | 8 | |
| Exhausted | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 4,216 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
Campaign themes
2017
Yang's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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Visions for the future: My job is to serve the residents of Ward 5. I will continue working to make your interactions with City government and services as responsive, accountable, and effective as possible. Specifically, I will
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| —Blong Yang's campaign website, (2017)[6] | ||
Endorsements
2017
Yang received endorsements from the following in 2017:[7]
- AFL-CIO-Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation
- AFSCME Council 5
- Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council
- Minneapolis Firefighters Local 82
See also
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External links
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 City Council, "About Blong Yang," accessed November 4, 2017
- ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Elizabeth Glidden Won't Seek Re-election to Minneapolis City Council," December 12, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Re-Elect Blong Yang, "Issues," accessed November 4, 2017
- ↑ Re-Elect Blong Yang, "Endorsements," accessed November 4, 2017
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