Ian Simpson

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Ian Simpson
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Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 7, 2017

Education

Bachelor's

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Personal
Profession
Copywriter
Contact

Personal website

Ian Simpson 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.[1] Simpson ran as an Idea Party candidate.[2]

Biography

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Simpson earned a B.A. in journalism from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. His professional experience includes work as a writer and associate creative director for Clarity Coverdale Fury and as a copywriter for Kerker and Campbell Mithun.[3][4]

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.[5]

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.


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.

Campaign themes

2017

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

“

I'm running because I want The Idea Party to become a bigger movement, especially post-election. Candidly, I don't expect to win. But if everyone in this city became a solution creator, and we all worked together on coming up with ideas - then it doesn't really matter who is mayor. We're all mayor.[6]

”
—Ian Simpson (2017)[3]

Asked about his main issues, he said:

“

Ultimately I want Minneapolis to be the cleanest, most inclusive, and most innovative city in the country. And to me, that comes from creative thinking on the part of everyone. I firmly believe there is a general lack of new ideas in the world of politics. I'm running under my created platform of The Idea Party to try and change that. Some of the ideas for the office of mayor specifically would be:

  • As mayor, I'd live in a different part of the city every two months, to truly live among all residents. In turn I'd encourage other citizens to get out of their comfort zone once a month; for example: 'Go to a grocery store in a different part of the city.'
  • A biweekly community get-together would occur where anyone in Minneapolis is welcome to join as we tackle an issue together. A giant whiteboard will capture all ideas and solutions.
  • Every weekday morning I would have coffee/tea/water/juice/whatever with a different Minneapolis resident. Surprise surprise, we'd talk about new ideas.
  • A mobile mayor's office would travel around on nice days, setting up shop in parks across the city.
  • An online 'fireside chat' would occur every Sunday evening - which would be a live address to everyone in the city that cares to listen. People would be able to call in and have a discussion right then and there.
  • I'd encourage everyone to try and pick up three pieces of litter a day, and ensure a public recycling receptacle in every place there's a public trash receptacle. This would ideally snowball into more ideas on how we can all improve/fix our city on the individual level.
  • ideaparty.org will be a hub for new thinking and ideas, that can come from anyone who has a fresh solution (this will be the case whether I'm mayor or not).[6]
 ”
—Ian Simpson (2017)[3]

Recent news

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Ian Simpson - 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 3.2 KARE, "Ian Simpson," October 15, 2017
  4. ↑ LinkedIn, "Ian Simpson," accessed October 25, 2017
  5. ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Elizabeth Glidden Won't Seek Re-election to Minneapolis City Council," December 12, 2016
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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