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LaTrisha Vetaw
2022 - Present
2026
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LaTrisha Vetaw is a member of the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota, representing Ward 4. She assumed office on January 3, 2022. Her current term ends on January 5, 2026.
Vetaw (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council to represent Ward 4 in Minnesota. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
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]
Biography
LaTrisha Vetaw was born in Chicago, Illinois. She earned a bachelor's degree from Metropolitan State University in 2007. Vetaw's career experience includes working as a director of health policy and advocacy with NorthPoint Health & Wellness, and as a commissioner and vice president with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.[2][3]
At the time of her 2017 run for office, Vetaw was a program coordinator for NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center. Her experience also includes service as the board chair of Our Streets Minneapolis, the creator, and director of the Breathe Free North youth coalition, and the program director of the Neighborhood Orange Bike program.[3][4]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 4
Incumbent LaTrisha Vetaw, Marvina Haynes, and Leslie Davis are running in the general election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 4 on November 4, 2025.
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 | LaTrisha Vetaw (D) | |
| Marvina Haynes (D) | ||
 | Leslie Davis (Tell the Truth Party) | |
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2023
See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2023)
General election
General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 4
The ranked-choice voting election was won by LaTrisha Vetaw in round 1 .
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Total votes: 3,417 |
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Endorsements
Vetaw received the following endorsements.
2021
See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021)
General election
General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 4
The ranked-choice voting election was won by LaTrisha Vetaw in round 1 .
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Total votes: 7,242 |
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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 Park and Recreation Board At-Large, 2017, Round 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Meg Forney (i) - Winner | 29.1% | 22,506 | 1,440 |
| Russ Henry - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −11,014 |
| Devin Hogan | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Londel French - Winner | 23.2% | 17,947 | 3,639 |
| Mike Derus | 18.1% | 13,970 | 1,121 |
| Jonathan Honerbrink | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sullentrop | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| LaTrisha Vetaw - Winner | 29.5% | 22,827 | 2,298 |
| Charlie Casserly | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Vreeland (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 7,097 | 2,516 | |
| Total Votes | 84,347 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-Large, 2017, Round 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Meg Forney (i) - Most votes | 26.4% | 21,066 | 700 |
| Russ Henry | 13.8% | 11,014 | 1,199 |
| Devin Hogan - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −6,735 |
| Londel French - Most votes | 17.9% | 14,308 | 1,493 |
| Mike Derus | 16.1% | 12,849 | 514 |
| Jonathan Honerbrink | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sullentrop | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| LaTrisha Vetaw - Most votes | 25.7% | 20,529 | 1,387 |
| Charlie Casserly | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Vreeland (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 4,581 | 1,442 | |
| Total Votes | 84,347 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-Large, 2017, Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Meg Forney (i) - Most votes | 25.1% | 20,366 | 1,356 |
| Russ Henry | 12.1% | 9,815 | 759 |
| Devin Hogan | 8.3% | 6,735 | 489 |
| Londel French - Most votes | 15.8% | 12,815 | 410 |
| Mike Derus | 15.2% | 12,335 | 1,656 |
| Jonathan Honerbrink - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −2,617 |
| Bob Sullentrop - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −1,659 |
| LaTrisha Vetaw - Most votes | 23.6% | 19,142 | 616 |
| Charlie Casserly - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −3,756 |
| Scott Vreeland (Write-in) - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −3 |
| Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −390 |
| Exhausted | 3,139 | 3,139 | |
| Total Votes | 84,347 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
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| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-Large, 2017, Round 1 | |||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Meg Forney (i) - Most votes | 22.5% | 19,010 | |
| Russ Henry | 10.7% | 9,056 | |
| Devin Hogan | 7.4% | 6,246 | |
| Londel French - Most votes | 14.7% | 12,405 | |
| Mike Derus | 12.7% | 10,679 | |
| Jonathan Honerbrink | 3.1% | 2,617 | |
| Bob Sullentrop | 2% | 1,659 | |
| LaTrisha Vetaw - Most votes | 22% | 18,526 | |
| Charlie Casserly | 4.5% | 3,756 | |
| Scott Vreeland (Write-in) | 0% | 3 | |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0.5% | 390 | |
| Exhausted | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 84,347 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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2021
LaTrisha Vetaw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vetaw's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Public safety is my #1 priority. I will partner with Chief Arradondo to put more good cops on the street and fundamentally reform the Minneapolis Police Department. Minneapolis currently has among the lowest number of police officers per capita of any city in the country. We must replenish our diminished force by hiring more officers, so that we can adequately respond to the violence our community is facing. Further, we need to increase traffic enforcement. Reckless driving and speeding are simply out of control. We undoubtedly need more enforcement of traffic laws, especially in our neighborhoods. Thirdly, we need to open a Fourth Precinct satellite office in Ward 4 so that response times in our community are not as slow as they are now.
Addressing public safety also means that we need to address deep police reform. We need to expand co-responder programs for mental health and social service crisis calls. Officers are not trained to handle every emergency, but we cannot expect unarmed social workers to respond to potentially dangerous situations without support. We also need to invest in and expand programs that increase diversity in the police force and make the career path more attractive to our youth and community members. We need to be policed by our neighbors, not strangers.
- Now more than ever, we need to address the system racial disparities that have led to intergenerational harms to our community. The City needs to provide for and support economic development in the Northside. Everyone has a right to stable, safe, and affordable housing. I will preserve existing affordable housing, work to create more, and fight for good-paying jobs so people can stay in our community. In addition, I will make sure that any new developments of the Upper Harbor Terminal will benefit Northside residents first. I will also advocate for an increase in funding for community organizations already doing the great work of supporting our small businesses with resources, training, and other necessities..
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Campaign website
- Click here to view an archived version of Vetaw's campaign website.
2017
Vetaw's campaign website listed the following priorities:
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ City of Minneapolis, "Common questions about filing for office," accessed September 10, 2025
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 1, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "LaTrisha Vetaw," accessed November 6, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcampaignwebsite - ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Elizabeth Glidden Won't Seek Re-election to Minneapolis City Council," December 12, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Phillipe Cunningham |
Minneapolis City Council Ward 4 2022-Present |
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Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At-large 2018-2021 |
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