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Tom Nordyke
Tom Nordyke was a candidate for District 4 representative on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board in Minnesota. He was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017. Although park and recreation board elections are officially nonpartisan, Nordyke was endorsed in previous election cycles by the DFL.[1]
Nordyke previously served on the park and recreation board from 2006 to 2010. He was the board's president from 2009 to 2010.[2]
Biography
Nordyke earned a degree in history from the University of Minnesota.[3]
Nordyke's professional experience includes work as the vice president of Artspace Projects, Inc. and the principal at his real estate consulting firm, W+Noordijk, inc. He has also served as the chair of the Minneapolis Arts Commission, a member of the Minneapolis Planning Commission, and a board member for the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Minneapolis Parks Foundation.[2]
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.[4] Jono Cowgill defeated Tom Nordyke in the general election for the District 4 seat on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.[5]
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, District 4 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jono Cowgill |
50.28% | 6,794 |
| Tom Nordyke | 48.95% | 6,615 |
| Write-in votes | 0.77% | 104 |
| Total Votes | 13,513 | |
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "2017 Minneapolis Election Results," accessed November 22, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Nordyke's campaign website listed the following priorities:
| “ |
If I am elected my main priorities will be:
And finally, to provide experienced and sane leadership to the nation's number one Park system! For my friends on the Riverfront - I voted AGAINST CROWN HYDRO TWICE while on the Park Board and would VOTE 'NO' on Crown Hydro again!!!![6] |
” |
| —Tom Nordyke's campaign website, (2017)[2] | ||
Endorsements
2017
Nordyke received endorsements from the following in 2017:[2]
- Former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Margaret Anderson Kelliher
- Minneapolis Councilwoman Lisa Goodman
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board president Anita Tabb
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board member John Erwin
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board member Meg Forney
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board member Scott Vreeland
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Minneapolis DFL, "Endorsed Candidates," accessed November 6, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tom Nordyke for Minneapolis Park Board District 4, "Home," accessed November 6, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcampaignbio - ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Elizabeth Glidden Won't Seek Re-election to Minneapolis City Council," December 12, 2016
- ↑ Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "Candidate Filings - 2017," accessed August 16, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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