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Mohamed Barre
Mohamed Barre was a candidate for District 1 representative on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board in Minnesota. He was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017. Elections for the park and recreation board are officially nonpartisan, and Barre ran as an independent.[1]
Biography
Barre's experience includes service as a public employee and a community artist.[1]
Elections
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.[2]
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 1, 2017, Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Chris Meyer - Winner | 55.3% | 7,210 | 852 |
| Billy Menz | 44.7% | 5,831 | 761 |
| Mohamed Barre - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −2,793 |
| Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −82 |
| Exhausted | 1,262 | 1,262 | |
| Total Votes | 14,303 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
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| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 1, 2017, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Chris Meyer - Most votes | 44.5% | 6,358 | |
| Billy Menz | 35.4% | 5,070 | |
| Mohamed Barre | 19.5% | 2,793 | |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0.6% | 82 | |
| Exhausted | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 14,303 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
Campaign themes
2017
Barre's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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Maintain Clean City Pollution free Lakes Play Time Learning Create and maintain a vibrant city Pedestrian friendly Fight the global warming Clean Energy |
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| —Mohamed Barre's campaign website, (2017)[4] | ||
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barre for Parks, "About Me," accessed November 6, 2017
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Barre for Parks, "Home," accessed November 6, 2017
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