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Gary Schiff
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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
Minneapolis City Council

Education

Bachelor's

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Contact

Personal website

Gary Schiff was a candidate for Ward 9 representative on the Minneapolis City Council in 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.[1] Schiff ran as a DFL candidate.[2]

Schiff previously held the Ward 9 seat on the Minneapolis City Council from 2001 to 2014.[3]

Biography

Schiff earned a bachelor's degree in women's studies from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and studied urban and regional planning with an emphasis on land use and economic development at the university's Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs.[4]

Schiff's experience includes work as an economic development consultant for the city of Minneapolis, the president of the Council on Crime and Justice, and a teaching assistant at the Humphrey Institute. He has also served as a board member for the In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre and as the coauthor of a successful city charter amendment to require voter approval to subsidize professional sports stadiums.[3]

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.[5]

Minneapolis City Council Ward 9, 2017, Round 2
Candidate Vote % Votes Transfer
Alondra Cano (i) - Winner 60.7% 2,982 359
Mohamed Farah - Eliminated 0% 0 −1,084
Gary Schiff 39.3% 1,934 310
Ronald Peterson - Eliminated 0% 0 −167
Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated 0% 0 −21
Exhausted 603 603
Total Votes 5,519 0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.


Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost






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Campaign themes

2017

Schiff's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Structural Racial Inequalities and Police Accountability
Every day, systemic racial inequaIities rear their ugly head in Minneapolis. Whether it’s the unaddressed heroin epidemic hurting our Native communities, rising homelessness, or police misconduct, our racial disparities are painfully visible – and dividing our community more than ever.

Ending the Heroin Epidemic
The unaddressed heroin epidemic in Phillips needs our city’s urgent attention. Overdoses and deaths are increasing, with no end in sight. Corporate greed and government neglect make heroin a public health crises.

Break the Cycle of Poverty
Gary Schiff is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty so children of every race, nationality and gender who grow up in Minneapolis can grow up to live healthy lives and raise a family of their own above the poverty line in Minneapolis. Breaking the cycle of poverty requires institutional and systemic change. It will take persistence, dogged engagement, relentless outreach and leadership.

Affordable Housing and Homelessness
Today there are no​ housing projects in the financing stage, nothing breaking ground, and nothing under construction -affordable or market rate- in the Ninth Ward. This is a severe problem that will spur Ninth Ward gentrification as housing costs and rents continue to rise. Minneapolis needs new housing construction to meet the needs of an aging population and a growing population that values urban living connected to transit.

Saving The Arts
Gary Schiff has a plan to fund neighborhood-based arts group from the same sales tax that pays for the Vikings Stadium.

Fighting for Tomorrow
As a gay man who has spent 25 years fighting for civil rights, I know justice only comes when we build coalitions and sustain diverse communities. I believe the most important function of local government is to protect its people – even if those threats come from the Oval Office. Now is the time for city government to transform itself. More than ever, we need our representatives in City Hall to work together and put people first. We don’t have any time to waste. Far too many of our neighbors are struggling to get by and just fighting for tomorrow.[6]

”
—Gary Schiff's campaign website, (2017)[7]

Endorsements

2017

Schiff received endorsements from the following in 2017:[8]

  • Stonewall DFL
  • Teamsters Joint Council 32
  • UNITE HERE Local 17
  • Minnesota Sen. Jeff Hayden
  • Hennepin County Commissioner Debbie Goettel
  • Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation vice president Carol Becker
  • Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board vice president John Erwin
  • Minneapolis School Board chair Rebecca Gagnon

Recent news

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Gary Schiff - Google News

See also

Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ MinnPost, "Minnesota Loves to Brag About Turnout. But Minneapolis and St. Paul Residents Are Actually Pretty Bad About Voting in Municipal Elections," July 7, 2017
  2. ↑ City of Minneapolis, "Official Ballot," accessed November 3, 2017
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Gary Schiff," accessed November 4, 2017
  4. ↑ Gary Schiff - City Council, "About Gary Schiff," accessed November 4, 2017
  5. ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Elizabeth Glidden Won't Seek Re-election to Minneapolis City Council," December 12, 2016
  6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  7. ↑ Gary Schiff - City Council, "Issues," accessed November 4, 2017
  8. ↑ Gary Schiff - City Council, "Endorsements," accessed November 4, 2017
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