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Raeisha Willliams
Raeisha "Ra" Willliams was a candidate for Ward 5 representative on the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota. She was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Although municipal elections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, candidates can choose a party affiliation to appear on the ballot.[1] Williams ran as a Democratic candidate.[2]
Biography
Williams earned a B.A. in mass communications from Howard University.[3]
Williams' professional experience includes work as the owner of the public relations and marketing consulting firm DF Media, the director of communications for the Minneapolis NAACP, the director of marketing and community outreach for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, the marketing and communications director for the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative, and a community outreach specialist for the DC Mayor's Office. She has also served as a board member for the Minnesota Urban Debate League and the African American Leadership Forum.[4]
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.[5]
| Minneapolis City Council Ward 5, 2017, Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Blong Yang (i) | 43.3% | 1,769 | 152 |
| Jeremiah Ellison - Winner | 56.7% | 2,313 | 326 |
| Cathy Spann - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −159 |
| Raeisha Williams - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −445 |
| Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −8 |
| Exhausted | 134 | 134 | |
| Total Votes | 4,216 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
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| Minneapolis City Council Ward 5, 2017, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Blong Yang (i) | 38.4% | 1,617 | |
| Jeremiah Ellison - Most votes | 47.1% | 1,987 | |
| Cathy Spann | 3.8% | 159 | |
| Raeisha Williams | 10.6% | 445 | |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0.2% | 8 | |
| Exhausted | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 4,216 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
Campaign themes
2017
Williams' campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
AFFORDABLE HOUSING & HOMEOWNERSHIP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SAFE & THRIVING COMMUNITIES Education Community Engagement |
” |
| —Raeisha Williams' campaign website, (2017)[7] | ||
Endorsements
2017
Williams received endorsements from the following in 2017:[8]
- Womenwinning
Recent news
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See also
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External links
- Minneapolis City Council
- Campaign website
- Social media
Footnotes
- ↑ MinnPost, "Minnesota Loves to Brag About Turnout. But Minneapolis and St. Paul Residents Are Actually Pretty Bad About Voting in Municipal Elections," July 7, 2017
- ↑ City of Minneapolis, "Official Ballot," accessed November 3, 2017
- ↑ Raeisha for Ward 5, "Bio," accessed November 4, 2017
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Raeisha Williams," accessed November 4, 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.
- ↑ Raeisha for Ward 5, "Home," accessed November 4, 2017
- ↑ Raeisha for Ward 5, "Endorsements," accessed November 4, 2017
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