Robin Wonsley

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Robin Wonsley

Nonpartisan

Minneapolis City Council Ward 2

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor

Cam Gordon

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Last elected

November 4, 2025

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Robin Wonsley is a member of the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota, representing Ward 2. She assumed office on January 3, 2022.

Wonsley (Democratic Socialists of America) ran for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council to represent Ward 2 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.

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 2

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Robin Wonsley in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Robin Wonsley	59.8	3,825	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Shelley Madore	32.3	2,069	0	1
	Submit photo	Max Theroux	3.9	252	0	1
		Michael Baskins	3.7	236	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.	0.2	14	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 6,396
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Endorsements

Wonsley received the following endorsements.

• Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America

2023

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

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 2

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Robin Wonsley in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Robin Wonsley	67.6	1,381	0	Won (1)
		Michael Baskins (Write-in)	23.7	484	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.	8.7	177	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,042
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wonsley in this election.

2021

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

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 2

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Robin Wonsley in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Robin Wonsley	50.1	4,056	1,177	Won (3)
	Submit photo	Yusra Arab	49.9	4,037	801	3
		Cam Gordon	0.0	0	-2,800	2
	Submit photo	Tom Anderson	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Guy Gaskin	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Robin Wonsley	32.3	2,879	116	Won (3)
	Submit photo	Yusra Arab	36.3	3,236	517	3
		Cam Gordon	31.4	2,800	292	2
	Submit photo	Tom Anderson	0.0	0	-982	1
	Submit photo	Guy Gaskin	0.0	0	-546	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Robin Wonsley	29.0	2,763	0	Won (3)
	Submit photo	Yusra Arab	28.5	2,719	0	3
		Cam Gordon	26.3	2,508	0	2
	Submit photo	Tom Anderson	10.3	982	0	1
	Submit photo	Guy Gaskin	5.7	546	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	9	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,527
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Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Robin Wonsley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2023

Robin Wonsley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Robin Wonsley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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Preceded by Cam Gordon	Minneapolis City Council Ward 2 2022-Present	Succeeded by -