David John Wilson (Minnesota)

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David John Wilson

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 7, 2017

Education

Bachelor's

Rutgers University

Personal

Profession

Technical and customer support

Contact

Personal website

David John Wilson 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. Wilson ran as a Rainbows Butterflies Unicorns candidate.

Biography

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Wilson earned a B.A. in history, communications, and political science from Rutgers University. His professional experience includes work in technical and customer support for the telecommunication services industry.

Elections

2017

See also: Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017) and Municipal elections 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.

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.

Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost

This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

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

In response to a question from KARE about why he was running, Wilson said:

“	I am running to create a greater awareness among the citizens of Minneapolis that 2017 is an election year here in our beloved city. My campaign for the office of mayor is inspired by the memorable election campaigns of Paul Wellstone for whom I do not seek to imitate, but to honor Paul in my own way as fellow Happy Warrior. I wish to encourage people to keep faith in the Democratic election process with a joyful campaign that gets us past the general down mood many of us feel right now.	”
—David John Wilson (2017)

Asked about his main issues, he said:

“	Democracy is great, more democracy is better. Technology should enable broader and deeper participation of all its citizens in civic life than it has been in past and even at the present. I believe very strongly that all the problems we face locally, nationally, and globally should be solved by securing inclusiveness and assuring consensus, that means accepting that none of us is 100 percent right, that we are better off without political extremism, and that no citizen under any circumstances should be disenfranchised of their right to vote.	”
—David John Wilson (2017)

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See also

Minneapolis, Minnesota	Minnesota	Municipal government	Other local coverage

External links

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• Office of the mayor of Minneapolis
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