Doug Mann (Minnesota)
Doug Mann ran for election for an at-large seat of the Minneapolis Board of Education in Minnesota. Mann lost in the primary on August 11, 2020.
Mann unsuccessfully ran for a board seat in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018.[1][2]
Biography
Mann is a licensed practical nurse. He served on the Minneapolis NAACP Branch Education Advocacy Committee from 1998 to 1999, the Minneapolis Parents Union Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001, and the NAACP MN-Dakota Conference Education Advocacy Committee in 2003. Mann earned an associate degree and Practical Nursing Diploma from the Minneapolis Community and Technical College. He is the father of a district graduate.[3]
Elections
2020
See also: Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large
Incumbent Kim Ellison defeated Michael Dueñes in the general election for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kim Ellison (Nonpartisan) | 61.3 | 114,821 |
 | Michael Dueñes (Nonpartisan)  | 38.1 | 71,421 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 1,047 | ||
| Total votes: 187,289 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large
Incumbent Kim Ellison and Michael Dueñes defeated Lynne Crockett, Doug Mann, and William Awe in the primary for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kim Ellison (Nonpartisan) | 57.6 | 60,667 |
| ✔ | | Michael Dueñes (Nonpartisan) | 24.2 | 25,497 |
| Lynne Crockett (Nonpartisan) | 11.6 | 12,260 | ||
 | Doug Mann (Nonpartisan) | 5.0 | 5,267 | |
| William Awe (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 1,621 | ||
| Total votes: 105,312 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large (2 seats)
Kimberly Caprini and Josh Pauly defeated incumbent Rebecca Gagnon and Sharon El-Amin in the general election for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kimberly Caprini (Nonpartisan) | 33.6 | 86,741 |
| ✔ |  | Josh Pauly (Nonpartisan) | 28.7 | 73,996 |
 | Rebecca Gagnon (Nonpartisan) | 18.8 | 48,564 | |
 | Sharon El-Amin (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 47,000 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 1,552 | ||
| Total votes: 257,853 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large (2 seats)
Kimberly Caprini, incumbent Rebecca Gagnon, Josh Pauly, and Sharon El-Amin defeated Doug Mann in the primary for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kimberly Caprini (Nonpartisan) | 29.9 | 36,113 |
| ✔ | | Rebecca Gagnon (Nonpartisan) | 21.8 | 26,390 |
| ✔ | | Josh Pauly (Nonpartisan) | 20.7 | 25,071 |
| ✔ | | Sharon El-Amin (Nonpartisan) | 20.6 | 24,912 |
| Doug Mann (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 8,355 | |
| Total votes: 120,841 | |||
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2016
Four of the nine seats on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Kim Ellison ran for the at-large seat, leaving her District 2 seat open for a newcomer. She faced challenger Doug Mann. The race for the open District 2 seat featured candidates Kimberly Caprini and Kerry Jo Felder. In District 4, incumbent Josh Reimnitz ran against challenger Bob Walser. In her bid for re-election in District 6, incumbent Tracine Asberry faced challenger Ira Jourdain. Ellison, Felder, Walser, and Jourdain won the election.[2][4][5][6][7]
Results
| Minneapolis Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kim Ellison Incumbent |
79.52% | 127,629 |
| Doug Mann | 19.49% | 31,280 |
| Write-in votes | 1% | 1,599 |
| Total Votes | 160,508 | |
| Source: Hennepin County, "Election results," accessed December 22, 2016 | ||
Funding
Mann reported no contributions or expenditures to the Hennepin County Elections in the election.[8]
Endorsements
Mann was endorsed by the Green Party, the New Progressive Alliance, and the Democratic Socialists of America.[9][10]
2014
The election in Minneapolis featured five seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. The primary election was held on August 12, 2014. Incumbent Rebecca Gagnon ran against six challengers to retain her at-large seat. Two newcomers, Nelson Inz and Jay Larson, competed for the District 5 seat. District 1 incumbent Jenny Arneson and District 3 newcomer Siad Ali ran unopposed to win their seats. In addition to Arneson and Ali, Gagnon and challenger Don Samuels won the two at-large seats, and Inz won the District 5 seat.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Rebecca Gagnon Incumbent |
30.9% | 11,888 | |
| Nonpartisan | Don Samuels |
27.5% | 10,562 | |
| Nonpartisan | Iris Altamirano |
22.5% | 8,661 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ira Jourdain |
5.9% | 2,249 | |
| Nonpartisan | Doug Mann | 5.7% | 2,199 | |
| Nonpartisan | Soren Christian Sorensen | 4.5% | 1,727 | |
| Nonpartisan | Andrew Minck | 2.9% | 1,132 | |
| Total Votes | 38,418 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 1 - Minneapolis," accessed August 12, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Mann reported $121.04 in contributions and $101.36 in expenditures during the election, which left him with $29.29 on hand according to the Hennepin County Elections office.[11]
Endorsements
Mann received an endorsement from the New Progressive Alliance.[12]
2012
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Carla Bates Incumbent |
72.9% | 89,858 | |
| Nonpartisan | Doug Mann | 25.4% | 31,318 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 1.7% | 2,042 | |
| Total Votes | 123,218 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 1 - Minneapolis," accessed August 1, 2014 | ||||
Primary election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Carla Bates Incumbent |
55.8% | 9,034 | |
| Nonpartisan | Doug Mann |
17.9% | 2,895 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janice Mae Harmon | 14.9% | 2,417 | |
| Nonpartisan | Willis G. Trueblood | 11.4% | 1,846 | |
| Total Votes | 16,192 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 1 - Minneapolis," accessed August 1, 2014 | ||||
2010
| Minneapolis Public Schools, At-Large Primary Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Mammen |
21.7% | 12,699 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rebecca Gagnon |
14.4% | 8,449 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chanda Smith Baker |
14.2% | 8,296 | |
| Nonpartisan | T. Williams Incumbent |
12.5% | 7,313 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mohammed Noor | 10.6% | 6,222 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shirlynn Lachapelle | 7.8% | 4,559 | |
| Nonpartisan | Doug Mann | 6.7% | 3,941 | |
| Nonpartisan | James Everett | 5.5% | 3,194 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven C. Lasley | 4.5% | 2,625 | |
| Nonpartisan | R.E. Velner | 2.2% | 1,261 | |
| Total Votes | 58,559 | |||
| Source: Hennepin County Elections, "Election results," accessed August 1, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Doug Mann did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Mann highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | Education is a right, not a privilege! A quality public education for all on an equal basis
Say no to the neoliberal / corporate school reform agenda of privatizing the public school system, of stripping away teacher job protections, and of imposing a narrow, test-prep curriculum on most students.[13] |
” |
| —Doug Mann (2016)[14] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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- Minneapolis Public Schools
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Twitter page
- LinkedIn page
Footnotes
- ↑ Twin Cities Daily Planet, "Community Voices | Doug Mann, the Green Party's candidate for Minneapolis School Board, citywide," June 29, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Minneapolis Election & Voter Services, "Candidate filings," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ Vote Doug Mann, "Biography," accessed July 11, 2016
- ↑ Minneapolis Public Schools, "Minneapolis Board of Education," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2016 School District Elections Guide," accessed June 1, 2016
- ↑ Southwest Journal, "All open School Board seats will be contested," June 1, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 1 - MINNEAPOLIS," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Hennepin County Elections, "Campaign Finance: Candidates," accessed December 8, 2016
- ↑ Southwest Journal, "Meet the School Board candidates," June 20, 2016
- ↑ Vote Doug Mann, "Endorsements," accessed July 11, 2016
- ↑ Hennepin County Elections, "Campaign Finance Registration & Reporting," accessed December 15, 2014
- ↑ New Progressive Alliance, "Mann Endorses Unified Platform in School Board Run," accessed August 1, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Vote Doug Man, "Minneapolis School Board, Citywide," accessed July 11, 2016
| 2016 Minneapolis Public Schools Elections | |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Kimberly Caprini • Kerry Jo Felder District 4: • Incumbent, Josh Reimnitz • Bob Walser District 6: • Incumbent, Tracine Asberry • Ira Jourdain At-large: • Incumbent, Kim Ellison • Doug Mann |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
| 2014 Minneapolis Public Schools Elections | |
| Hennepin County, Minnesota | |
| Election date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Rebecca Gagnon • Iris Altamirano • Ira Jourdain • Doug Mann • Andrew Minck • Don Samuels • Soren Christian Sorensen District 1: • Incumbent, Jenny Arneson |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
