Brian Strahan

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Brian Strahan

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

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Brian Strahan (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Minneapolis City Council to represent Ward 1 in Minnesota. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.

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.

Elections

2025

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

General election

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Note: The vote totals below are from the first round of ranked-choice voting. If voting goes beyond the first round, Ballotpedia will include additional rounds of voting after results from the final round become available.

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Elliott Payne in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Elliott Payne	64.9	7,876	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Brian Strahan	29.4	3,565	0	1
		Edwin Fruit	5.4	661	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.	0.3	36	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 12,138
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Campaign themes

2025

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