Linea Palmisano

Linea Palmisano

Nonpartisan

Minneapolis City Council Ward 13

Tenure

2014 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

11

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Last election

November 4, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

University of Notre Dame

Graduate

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Product development manager

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Linea Palmisano is a member of the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota, representing Ward 13. She assumed office in 2014.

Palmisano (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council to represent Ward 13 in Minnesota. She won 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.

Biography

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Palmisano earned a B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. with a focus on strategy and entrepreneurship from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Palmisano's experience includes work as a product development manager for UnitedHealth Group and service as the board chair of the Linden Hills Neighborhood Council, a board member for the Linden Hills Farmers Market, a member of the Citizens League Higher Education Study Committee, and the founder of Southwest Pedal Power and the immigrant college access program NAVIGATE.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)

General election

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Note: The vote totals below are from the first round of ranked-choice voting. If voting goes beyond the first round, Ballotpedia will include additional rounds of voting after results from the final round become available.

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 13

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Linea Palmisano in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Linea Palmisano	94.4	14,954	0	Won (1)
		Bob Carney Jr.	4.0	630	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	1.6	261	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 15,845
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Palmisano in this election.

2023

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2023)

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 13

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Linea Palmisano in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Linea Palmisano	65.5	6,563	0	Won (1)
		Kate Mortenson	23.8	2,387	0	1
		Zach Metzger	7.7	771	0	1
		Bob Carney Jr.	2.2	224	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.7	69	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,014
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Endorsements

Palmisano received the following endorsements.

• Minneapolis, Minn., Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

2021

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021)

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 13

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Linea Palmisano in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Linea Palmisano	66.2	10,883	0	Won (1)
		Mike Norton	20.0	3,282	0	1
	Submit photo	Ken Salway	7.9	1,305	0	1
	Submit photo	Kati Medford	3.4	557	0	1
		Bob Reuer	2.4	401	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.1	14	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,442
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

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 Linea Palmisano defeated Bob Reuer in the general election for the Ward 13 seat on the Minneapolis City Council.

Minneapolis City Council, Ward 13 General Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Linea Palmisano Incumbent	83.19%	9,404
Bob Reuer	16.21%	1,832
Write-in votes	0.6%	68
Total Votes		11,304
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "2017 Minneapolis Election Results," accessed November 22, 2017

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2023

Linea Palmisano did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Linea Palmisano did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

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2017

Palmisano's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	This is what I plan to work on in the coming years: I will continue to advocate for renters, holding bad landlords accountable and expanding access to affordable housing. I will continue my work as a government watchdog, ensuring that tax dollars are spent efficiently and government services are deployed in an equitable and efficient manner. I will work to protect and support our Muslim, immigrant and refugee neighbors through community-building and our Sanctuary City status. I deeply value the need for everyone to be able to earn a living wage. To do that, I support a pathway to a minimum wage increase. We must do all this while maintaining our focus on and innovating core city services like public safety, public works, and parks.	”
—Linea Palmisano's campaign website, (2017)

Endorsements

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