Kevin A. Dwire (Minnesota)
Kevin A. Dwire (Socialist Workers Party) ran for election for Mayor of Minneapolis in Minnesota. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, but the Minneapolis City Charter allows mayoral and city council candidates to choose a party label to appear below their name on the official ballot. Ballotpedia includes candidates' party or principle to best reflect what voters will see on their ballot.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)
General election
General election for Mayor of Minneapolis
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jacob Frey in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 146,942 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Emily Koski (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Dwire in this election.
2022
See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
The following candidates ran in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peggy Flanagan (D) | 52.3 | 1,312,349 |
 | Matt Birk (R) | 44.6 | 1,119,941 | |
 | David Sandbeck (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 1.2 | 29,346 | |
| Matt Huff (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota) | 0.9 | 22,599 | ||
 | Mike Winter (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota) | 0.7 | 18,156 | |
| Kevin A. Dwire (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.3 | 7,241 | ||
| Kent Edwards (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 11 | ||
| Lance Hegland (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Al Smith (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Olamide Jubril (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1,009 | ||
| Total votes: 2,510,661 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tamara Uselman (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Incumbent Peggy Flanagan defeated Julia Parker in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peggy Flanagan | 96.5 | 416,973 |
| Julia Parker | 3.5 | 14,950 | ||
| Total votes: 431,923 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Matt Birk defeated Kent Edwards and Captain Jack Sparrow in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Birk | 89.3 | 288,499 |
| Kent Edwards | 6.6 | 21,308 | ||
 | Captain Jack Sparrow | 4.1 | 13,213 | |
| Total votes: 323,020 | |||
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election
Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Matt Huff defeated Ed Engelmann in the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Matt Huff | 59.1 | 1,003 | |
| Ed Engelmann | 40.9 | 693 | ||
| Total votes: 1,696 | |||
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
David Sandbeck defeated L.C. Lawrence Converse in the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Sandbeck | 51.9 | 1,461 |
| L.C. Lawrence Converse | 48.1 | 1,356 | ||
| Total votes: 2,817 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kevin A. Dwire did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Kevin A. Dwire did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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