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Ron Lischeid
Ron Lischeid was a candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He 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] Lischeid ran as a People Over Politics candidate.[2]
Lischeid was previously an Independence Party candidate for the District 63A seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2000 and 2002, the District 59B seat in the Minnesota House in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010, and the District 54A seat in the state House in 2012.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Biography
Lischeid earned a B.S. in technical and vocational education from the University of Minnesota. His professional experience includes work as an owner and manager in the food and beverage and vehicle repair and rental industries.[10]
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.[11]
| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −26,875 |
| Raymond Dehn | 42.8% | 34,971 | 7,613 |
| Al Flowers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Frey - Winner | 57.2% | 46,716 | 7,348 |
| Tom Hoch | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Gregg Iverson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Aswar Rahman | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| L.A. Nik | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Benjegerdes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lischeid | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David Rosenfeld | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Simpson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David John Wilson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 22,835 | 11,914 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) | 28.7% | 26,875 | 3,364 |
| Raymond Dehn | 29.2% | 27,358 | 3,330 |
| Al Flowers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Frey - Most votes | 42.1% | 39,368 | 9,888 |
| Tom Hoch - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −22,754 |
| Gregg Iverson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Aswar Rahman | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| L.A. Nik | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Benjegerdes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lischeid | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David Rosenfeld | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Simpson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David John Wilson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 10,921 | 6,172 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) | 23.6% | 23,511 | 4,044 |
| Raymond Dehn | 24.1% | 24,028 | 5,454 |
| Al Flowers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Frey - Most votes | 29.5% | 29,480 | 2,730 |
| Tom Hoch | 22.8% | 22,754 | 1,842 |
| Gregg Iverson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −16,189 |
| Aswar Rahman | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gers | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| L.A. Nik | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Benjegerdes | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Lischeid | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David Rosenfeld | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Simpson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| David John Wilson | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Exhausted | 4,749 | 2,119 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) | 19.1% | 19,467 | 552 |
| Raymond Dehn | 18.2% | 18,574 | 473 |
| Al Flowers - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −711 |
| Jacob Frey - Most votes | 26.3% | 26,750 | 634 |
| Tom Hoch | 20.5% | 20,912 | 787 |
| Gregg Iverson - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −335 |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds | 15.9% | 16,189 | 473 |
| Aswar Rahman - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −756 |
| Charlie Gers - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −1,233 |
| L.A. Nik - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −612 |
| Troy Benjegerdes - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −184 |
| Ron Lischeid - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −325 |
| David Rosenfeld - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −477 |
| Ian Simpson - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −119 |
| Captain Jack Sparrow - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −438 |
| David John Wilson - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −220 |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −1 |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated | 0% | 0 | −138 |
| Exhausted | 2,630 | 2,630 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
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| Minneapolis Mayor, 2017, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Transfer |
| Betsy Hodges (i) | 18.1% | 18,915 | |
| Raymond Dehn | 17.3% | 18,101 | |
| Al Flowers | 0.7% | 711 | |
| Jacob Frey - Most votes | 25% | 26,116 | |
| Tom Hoch | 19.3% | 20,125 | |
| Gregg Iverson | 0.3% | 335 | |
| Nekima Levy-Pounds | 15% | 15,716 | |
| Aswar Rahman | 0.7% | 756 | |
| Charlie Gers | 1.2% | 1,233 | |
| L.A. Nik | 0.6% | 612 | |
| Troy Benjegerdes | 0.2% | 184 | |
| Ron Lischeid | 0.3% | 325 | |
| David Rosenfeld | 0.5% | 477 | |
| Ian Simpson | 0.1% | 119 | |
| Captain Jack Sparrow | 0.4% | 438 | |
| David John Wilson | 0.2% | 220 | |
| Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in) | 0% | 1 | |
| Theron Preston Washington (Write-in) | 0% | 0 | |
| Undeclared Write-ins | 0.1% | 138 | |
| Exhausted | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 104,522 | 0 | |
| Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes. | |||
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2012Lischeid ran in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 54A. He was unopposed in the Independence Party primary on August 14 and was defeated by Dan Schoen (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[12]
2010Lischeid ran for election to the District 59B seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He was defeated by Phyllis Kahn (DFL) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign themes
2017
In response to a question from KARE about why he was running, Lischeid said:
| “ |
I want to restore people's confidence in city government and elected public officials. I want to provide a non-DFL alternative to the 140,000 registered voters in Minneapolis that typically sit out voting in Minneapolis' odd-year city elections. I want to provide a candidate to voters who is not obligated to the demands of special interests, large donors, unions, special interest groups, political party platforms and lobbyists. My three-word campaign designation on the ballot is 'People Over Politics.'[13] |
” |
| —Ron Lischeid (2017)[10] | ||
Asked about his main issues, he said:
| “ |
As a blue collar, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-things-done mayor, I want to focus on the basic mission of city government - safe streets and neighborhoods, well-maintained infrastructure, affordable housing, eliminating homelessness, economic and social equity, job creation - I want to focus less on Minneapolis being a Sanctuary City and more on it being a City of Opportunity for everyone - my four-year goal is to work toward achieving 'One Minneapolis for All People.'[13] |
” |
| —Ron Lischeid (2017)[10] | ||
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External links
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
- ↑ Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 7, 2000," January 1, 2001
- ↑ Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 5, 2002," May 23, 2003
- ↑ Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 2, 2004," December 22, 2004
- ↑ Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 7, 2006," December 13, 2006
- ↑ Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 4, 2008," December 9, 2008
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 2, 2010," January 19, 2011
- ↑ Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 6, 2012," November 13, 2012
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 KARE, "Ron Lischeid," October 17, 2017
- ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Elizabeth Glidden Won't Seek Re-election to Minneapolis City Council," December 12, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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