Fadumo Yusuf

Fadumo Yusuf

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Fadumo Yusuf was a candidate for Ward 6 representative on the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota. She 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. Yusuf ran as a Republican candidate.

Yusuf was previously a 2012 Republican candidate for the District 13 seat in the Minnesota State Senate.

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017) and Mayoral election 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. Incumbent Abdi Warsame defeated Mohamud Noor, Fadumo Yusuf, and write-in candidate Tiffini Flynn Forslund in the general election for the Ward 6 seat on the Minneapolis City Council.

Minneapolis City Council, Ward 6 General Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Abdi Warsame Incumbent	50.17%	3,629
Mohamud Noor	46.86%	3,390
Fadumo Yusuf	2.53%	183
Tiffini Flynn Forslund (Write-in)	0.08%	6
Write-in votes	0.36%	26
Total Votes		7,234
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "2017 Minneapolis Election Results," accessed November 22, 2017

Click [show] on the right for information about other elections in which this candidate ran.

2012 See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012 Yusuf ran in the 2012 election for Minnesota State Senate District 13. She was defeated by incumbent Michelle Fischbach in the Republican primary on August 14. Minnesota State Senate, District 13 Republican Primary, 2012 Candidate Vote % Votes Michelle Fischbach Incumbent 90.3% 1,484 Fadumo Yusuf 9.7% 160 Total Votes 1,644 Yusuf said she misfiled paperwork and accidentally filed to run for the Minnesota State Senate rather than the U.S. Senate. She said that, despite missing the deadline to withdraw, she would not campaign for state senate.

Campaign themes

2017

Yusuf's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	SMALL BUSINESSES We need more flow of businesses coming into the metro cities to help residents find employment and become successful in providing for their families. I plan to advise companies to consider locations within the inner cities and to set the minimum wage to $15 per hr. I will advocate the empowerment for women to start their own business and to make grants available for them in the process. HOUSING Tenants in our communities are struggling with housing authorities. I plan to ensure all tenant's rights are exercised without restrictions. This includes violating their personal lives. Also to ensure they have access to maintenance and secure environment. EDUCATION Our district schools don't have quality education as other suburban schools. I plan to improve our school's education. In addition to programs like tutoring inside the schools and other developmental courses like alternative languages. PUBLIC SAFETY Our communities are at risk of danger due to lack of public safety. I plan to advise reasonable routine public maintenance. For example placing walk crossing/speed limit signs, bumps in appropriate place as needed. Also allowing public to have clean sidewalks to prevent injuries such as slips and falls during the winter season. DIVERSITY Throughout the metro cities citizens are experiencing hate crimes such as verbal and physical assaults due to their attackers lack of education in diversity. I plan to setup educational programs that unify all communities regardless of diversity. TRANSPORTATION Our communities doesn't have the proper transportation. My plan to have available transportation from ages 18 to 60. Those who aren't seniors will have to pay $1.50. Seniors are exempt.	”
—Fadumo Yusuf's campaign website, (2017)

Endorsements

2017

Yusuf received endorsements from the following in 2017:

• Minneapolis City Republican Committee
• Minnesota Sen. Dan Hall

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See also

Minneapolis, Minnesota	Minnesota	Municipal government	Other local coverage

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