Municipal elections in Ramsey County, Minnesota (2025)
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| 2025 Ramsey County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: August 13, 2024 |
| Primary election: November 5, 2024 (canceled) General election: February 11, 2025 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: County commission |
| Total seats up: 1 |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2025 |
Ramsey County, Minnesota, held a special general election for county commission on February 11, 2025. A primary was scheduled for November 5, 2024, but was canceled after too few candidates filed. The filing deadline for this election was August 13, 2024.
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Candidates and results
County commission
District 3
General election
Special general election for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 3
Garrison McMurtrey defeated Joshua Bau in the special general election for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 3 on February 11, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Garrison McMurtrey (Nonpartisan) | 87.5 | 2,206 |
| Joshua Bau (Nonpartisan) | 11.8 | 298 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 2,521 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Joshua Bau and Garrison McMurtrey advanced from the special primary for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 3.
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About the county
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Ramsey County, Minnesota | ||
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| Ramsey County | Minnesota | |
| Population | 552,352 | 5,706,494 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 152 | 79,631 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 64.5% | 81.6% |
| Black/African American | 11.7% | 6.4% |
| Asian | 14.8% | 4.9% |
| Native American | 0.7% | 1% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| Other (single race) | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Multiple | 5.6% | 3.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.5% | 5.5% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 91% | 93.4% |
| College graduation rate | 43% | 36.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $67,238 | $73,382 |
| Persons below poverty level | 13.4% | 9.3% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
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| Ramsey County, Minnesota | Minnesota | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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