Bob Carney Jr.

Bob Carney Jr.

Climate Revolution Elephant

Candidate, Minneapolis City Council Ward 13

Elections and appointments

Next election

November 4, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

Macalester College, 1984

Personal

Birthplace

Minneapolis, Minn.

Religion

Christian

Profession

Consultant

Contact

Personal Facebook

Personal LinkedIn

Bob Carney Jr. (Climate Revolution Elephant) (also known as Again) is running for election to the Minneapolis City Council to represent Ward 13 in Minnesota. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.^[source]

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.

Biography

Bob Carney Jr. was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carney earned a bachelor's degree from Macalester College in 1984. His career experience includes working as a consultant.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)

General election

The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 13

Incumbent Linea Palmisano and Bob Carney Jr. are running in the general election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 13 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Linea Palmisano (D)
		Bob Carney Jr. (Climate Revolution Elephant)

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2024

U.S. President

See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2024

The Republican Party selected former President Donald Trump (R) as its 2024 presidential nominee at the 2024 Republican National Convention, which was held from July 15-18, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Republican presidential primaries 2024

	Candidate	Pledged delegates
	Donald Trump	2,268
	Nikki Haley	97
	Ron DeSantis	9
	Vivek Ramaswamy	3

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Total pledged delegates: 2,377

State House

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B

Incumbent Jamie Long defeated Bob Carney Jr. in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jamie Long (D)	89.1	23,864
		Bob Carney Jr. (R)	10.7	2,861
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	61

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,786
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jamie Long advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Bob Carney Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Carney in this election.

2023

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2023)

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 13

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Linea Palmisano in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Linea Palmisano	65.5	6,563	0	Won (1)
		Kate Mortenson	23.8	2,387	0	1
		Zach Metzger	7.7	771	0	1
		Bob Carney Jr.	2.2	224	0	1
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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,014
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Endorsements

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2022

Minnesota Governor

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Walz (D)	52.3	1,312,349
		Scott Jensen (R)	44.6	1,119,941
	Submit photo	James McCaskel (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	1.2	29,346
		Steve Patterson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	0.9	22,599
		Hugh McTavish (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota)	0.7	18,156
	Submit photo	Gabrielle Prosser (Socialist Workers Party)	0.3	7,241
		Joyce Lacey (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	11
	Submit photo	Mohamed Mourssi-Alfash (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	5
		Loner Blue (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4
	Submit photo	Joshua Olgbolahan Jubril (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1,009

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,510,661
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cory Hepola (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota

Incumbent Tim Walz defeated Ole Savior in the Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Walz	96.5	416,973
		Ole Savior	3.5	14,950

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 431,923
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brandon Millholland-Corcoran (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota

Scott Jensen defeated Joyce Lacey and Bob Carney Jr. in the Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Jensen	89.3	288,499
		Joyce Lacey	6.6	21,308
		Bob Carney Jr.	4.1	13,213

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 323,020
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mike Murphy (R)
• Neil Shah (R)
• Michelle Benson (R)
• Paul Gazelka (R)
• Mike Marti (R)
• Kendall Qualls (R)
• Richard Stanek (R)
• Scott Magie (R)

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Governor of Minnesota

Steve Patterson defeated Darrell Paulsen in the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Patterson	59.1	1,003
	Submit photo	Darrell Paulsen	40.9	693

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,696
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Governor of Minnesota

James McCaskel defeated Chris Wright in the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	James McCaskel	51.9	1,461
		Chris Wright	48.1	1,356

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,817
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U.S. House

See also: Minnesota's 1st Congressional District special election, 2022

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Brad Finstad defeated Jeff Ettinger, Richard Reisdorf, and Haroun McClellan in the special general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Finstad (R)	50.7	59,788
		Jeff Ettinger (D)	46.8	55,155
		Richard Reisdorf (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	1.3	1,536
		Haroun McClellan (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	0.7	865
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	548

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,892
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Ettinger	64.4	12,130
		Sarah Brakebill-Hacke	13.2	2,492
		Richard Painter	9.1	1,718
	Submit photo	Candice Deal-Bartell	6.2	1,158
	Submit photo	James Rainwater	2.4	446
		Rick DeVoe	2.0	379
	Submit photo	Warren Anderson	1.9	363
	Submit photo	George Kalberer	0.7	137

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,823
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brandon Millholland-Corcoran (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Finstad	38.1	13,695
		Jeremy Munson	36.9	13,268
	Submit photo	Jennifer Carnahan	8.0	2,887
	Submit photo	Matt Benda	7.3	2,629
		Nels Pierson	5.2	1,878
	Submit photo	Kevin Kocina	2.7	960
		Bob Carney Jr.	0.5	193
		Roger Ungemach	0.4	151
	Submit photo	J.R. Ewing	0.4	142
		Ken Navitsky (Unofficially withdrew)	0.4	127

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,930
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Special Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Haroun McClellan advanced from the special Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Haroun McClellan	100.0	194

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 194
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Special Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Richard Reisdorf advanced from the special Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Reisdorf	100.0	363

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 363
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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.

See also: Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021)

General election

General election for Mayor of Minneapolis

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jacob Frey in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jacob Frey	56.2	70,669	9,049	Won (2)
		Katherine Knuth	43.8	55,007	28,539	2
		Sheila Nezhad	0.0	0	-30,368	1
		AJ Awed	0.0	0	-6,860	1
		Laverne Turner	0.0	0	-4,620	1
		Clint Conner	0.0	0	-4,309	1
		Bob Carney Jr.	0.0	0	-2,788	1
	Submit photo	Marcus Harcus	0.0	0	-1,189	1
		Nate Atkins	0.0	0	-1,179	1
		Mark Globus	0.0	0	-1,158	1
	Submit photo	Doug Nelson	0.0	0	-739	1
	Submit photo	Jerrell Perry	0.0	0	-687	1
		Mike Winter	0.0	0	-642	1
	Submit photo	Christopher W. David	0.0	0	-493	1
	Submit photo	Kevin Ward	0.0	0	-282	1
	Submit photo	Paul E. Johnson	0.0	0	-243	1
		Troy Benjegerdes	0.0	0	-184	1
		Christopher Robin Zimmerman	0.0	0	-2	1
	Submit photo	Adam Drissi	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jacob Frey	42.8	61,620	0	Won (2)
		Katherine Knuth	18.4	26,468	0	2
		Sheila Nezhad	21.1	30,368	0	1
		AJ Awed	4.8	6,860	0	1
		Laverne Turner	3.2	4,620	0	1
		Clint Conner	3.0	4,309	0	1
		Bob Carney Jr.	1.9	2,788	0	1
	Submit photo	Marcus Harcus	0.8	1,189	0	1
		Nate Atkins	0.8	1,179	0	1
		Mark Globus	0.8	1,158	0	1
	Submit photo	Doug Nelson	0.5	739	0	1
	Submit photo	Jerrell Perry	0.5	687	0	1
		Mike Winter	0.4	642	0	1
	Submit photo	Christopher W. David	0.3	493	0	1
	Submit photo	Kevin Ward	0.2	282	0	1
	Submit photo	Paul E. Johnson	0.2	243	0	1
		Troy Benjegerdes	0.1	184	0	1
		Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in)	0.0	2	0	1
	Submit photo	Adam Drissi (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.1	143	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 143,974
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2020

See also: United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Smith (D)	48.8	1,566,522
		Jason Lewis (R)	43.6	1,398,145
		Kevin O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	5.8	185,064
		Oliver Steinberg (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	1.8	57,174
	Submit photo	Rob Barrett Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	22
		George Dennis Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	5
		Steve Carlson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	3
		John Berman (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2
	Submit photo	Jason Shaver (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Josh Ondich (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,261

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,209,198
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Tina Smith defeated Paula Overby, Ahmad Hassan, Steve Carlson, and Christopher Seymore in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Smith	87.1	497,501
		Paula Overby	5.3	30,497
		Ahmad Hassan	3.5	20,037
		Steve Carlson	2.9	16,429
		Christopher Seymore	1.1	6,480

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570,944 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alexandra Marie Holker (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Jason Lewis defeated Cynthia Gail, John Berman, Bob Carney Jr., and James Reibestein in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Lewis	78.1	191,288
	Submit photo	Cynthia Gail	7.2	17,675
		John Berman	6.6	16,212
		Bob Carney Jr.	4.3	10,503
	Submit photo	James Reibestein	3.8	9,210

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 244,888 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Forest Hyatt (R)
• Christopher Chamberlin (R)
• Theron Preston Washington (R)
• Rob Barrett Jr. (R)

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Oliver Steinberg advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Oliver Steinberg	100.0	3,275

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,275 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Kevin O'Connor advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin O'Connor	100.0	6,996

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,996 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2018

See also: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Ilhan Omar defeated Jennifer Zielinski in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar (D)	78.0	267,703
		Jennifer Zielinski (R)	21.7	74,440
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,215

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 343,358 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar	48.2	65,237
		Margaret Kelliher	30.4	41,156
		Patricia Torres Ray	13.0	17,629
		Jamal Abdulahi	3.7	4,984
		Bobby Joe Champion	2.8	3,831
		Frank Nelson Drake	1.8	2,480

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 135,317
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Julie Sabo (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Jennifer Zielinski defeated Christopher Chamberlin and Bob Carney Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Zielinski	56.5	8,680
		Christopher Chamberlin	32.5	4,999
		Bob Carney Jr.	11.0	1,688

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,367
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See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

Carney was seeking the Republican nomination for governor of Minnesota in 2018.

2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Scott Dibble defeated Bob Carney, Jr. in the Minnesota State Senate District 61 general election.

Minnesota State Senate, District 61 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Scott Dibble Incumbent	81.26%	43,045
	Republican	Bob Carney, Jr.	18.74%	9,924
Total Votes				52,969
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Incumbent Scott Dibble ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 61 Democratic primary.

Minnesota State Senate, District 61 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Scott Dibble Incumbent (unopposed)

Bob Carney, Jr. ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 61 Republican primary.

Minnesota State Senate, District 61 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Bob Carney, Jr.  (unopposed)

2012

See also: United States Senate elections in Minnesota, 2012

Carney ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Minnesota. He was defeated by Kurt Bills in the Republican primary.

2010

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2010

In 2010, Carney ran in the election for the governor of Minnesota. He was defeated in the Republican primary on August 10, 2010.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Republican Primary, 2010
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tom Emmer and Annette T. Meeks	82.5%	107,558
Bob Carney Jr. and William McGaughey	7.6%	9,856
Leslie Davis and Gregory K. Soderberg	6.6%	8,598
Ole' Savior and Todd "Elvis" Anderson	3.4%	4,396
Total Votes		130,408
Election results via Minnesota Secretary of State.

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2025

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2024

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2023

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2022

Minnesota Governor

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Bob Carney Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Bob Carney Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Carney's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a writer and inventor, trying to help the Republican party move beyond Trump -- and to become a respected and competitive organization in Minneapolis and other big-city political communities. I believe America's big cities need annual elections to break up a kind of monopoly of Democratic machines, activists, and special interests. When there is only one election every four years -- 100% of all eligible voters are suppressed the other three years. With annual elections, during Presidential years, and State-election mid-term elections, local and municipal issues can be made a legitimate part of the campaign. As a semi-retired person, I've also been driving a school bus part-time -- I have some innovative ideas about how to solve the school bus driver crisis -- a nationwide problem.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We need to have annual elections.
• We need public safety
• We need to solve the school bus crisis

Community Question Featured local question

How would you balance the needs and desires of existing business and housing communities with new development? Would you take gentrification and displacement into consideration when planning neighborhood development?

Unfortunately with COVID still on-going, and the downtown workforce only a small fraction of what it was, we simply must concentrate first on restoring economic vitality to downtown -- I simply can't say anything or make any promises until we know more about our budget situation, and how downtown is rebounding. We need new housing development. I consider gentrification to be an issue when planning for neighborhood development -- we must give consideration to the character of neighborhoods.

Community Question Featured local question

Please list the criteria you would use to evaluate which projects are worth maintaining or starting in Minneapolis when it comes to public infrastructure.

Will it last? Is the cost reasonable? Will it not obstruct traffic?

Community Question Featured local question

What do you think about the city's environmental health? Would you make any changes to current policy?

In general I think it's good -- our outstanding park system is a big plus here. As noted, I'm favoring a plan to move to a carbon-neutral transportation system by 2030 -- that's my main priority in this category.

Community Question Featured local question

What role do you feel police should play in Minneapolis? What are your thoughts on the city council’s proposed changes to the Minneapolis Police Department?

I'm opposed to Charter Amendment 2. We need a fully staffed police department. Police departments are law enforcement agencies -- law enforcement includes public safety, but also goes beyond public safety, to such things as securing property rights. If charter amendment 2 is adopted, it is not all clear how law enforcement will be provided for in Minneapolis, or even if it will be provided for.

Community Question Featured local question

What would you like Minneapolis' public safety system to look like by the end of your term? What would you do to accomplish your vision of public safety?

We need to establish 311 as the first choice for all non-emergency calls. When there is a mental health issue, the first responders should be ambulance crews and fire department units -- with police performing their traditional role of providing safety for these responders. We need a top-to-bottom review of arrest procedures -- to ensure than no unnecessary force is used.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Public safety is a crucial issue in Minneapolis today -- our police force is demoralized and down about 300 officers on a de facto basis. We need to restore it. Transportation and transit are also big issues -- I've been working on these for years, and have a book-length plan available on my website as a free download. Studying our misunderstood impeachment process is another important issue to me -- I've also written a book on that. Impeachments can be prospective -- it's better to impeach and disqualify a dangerous person BEFORE they become President. I also have a book-length plan for getting Minneapolis to a carbon-neutral transportation system by the year 2030.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I'm a Christian.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Character -- open mindedness.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Out of time here.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Public safety is #1.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Not sure.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Managing a Republican Congressional campaign at age 18 -- $200 a month for the last two months.

A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?

There's a debate about "strong mayor/weak mayor" associated with a Charter Amendment. Hubert Humphrey was one of the best mayors we ever had -- and he worked under the "weak mayor" model. If you know how to lead, and how to work with people -- it starts with listening -- that's the key to success -- not formal legal structures.

Mayors have many responsibilities, which vary from city to city. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your city?

Right now public safety is our first priority -- we must both restore it, and also reform the police department.

If the mayor in your city is a member of the city council and there's a city manager appointed to handle the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe should be the mayor's top priority in office?

N/A

If the mayor in your city is not a member of the city council and oversees the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor and city council?

It should be collaborative -- unfortunately it's broken down badly recently. Frankly, a lot of members of the current City Council need to be voted out.

What do you love most about your city?

The parks system.

What do you perceive to be your city's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Recovering from COVID.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the state government?

Unfortunately, if Minneapolis moves further to the left, we need to consider action at the State level that can be taken to both safeguard the rule of law, and property rights. I'm worried about the current direction. City governments are given freedoms based on the ideas that they can and will be responsible -- if this isn't met, then a variety of city issues must move to the state level by default.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the federal government?

I see the relationship with the federal government as being one where various programs are made available to cities, and the cities can choose to participate in them. Minneapolis has historically been good at participating in worthwhile federal programs -- I want that to continue.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor's office and law enforcement?

I favor the current City Charter structure.

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2020

Bob Carney Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Bob Carney Jr. campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B	Lost general	$0	$0
2022	Governor of Minnesota	Lost primary	$3,670	$3,258
2022	U.S. House Minnesota District 1	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$3,670	$3,258
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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