Laverne Turner
Laverne Turner (unaffiliated) ran for election for Mayor of Minneapolis in Minnesota. Turner lost 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.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)
General election
General election for Mayor of Minneapolis
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jacob Frey in round 2 . 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.
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Total votes: 146,942 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Emily Koski (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Turner in this election.
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021)
General election
General election for Mayor of Minneapolis
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jacob Frey in round 2 . 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.
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Total votes: 143,974 |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards. It also includes a bulleted list of links to official lists of endorsements for any candidates who published that information on their campaign websites. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please click here.
Click the links below to see endorsement lists published on candidate campaign websites, if available.
| Noteworthy endorsements | |||
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| Endorsement | Frey (D) | Knuth (D) | Nezhad (D) |
| Elected officials | |||
| Gov. Tim Walz (D) | ✔ | ||
| Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) | ✔ | ||
| Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)[2] | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) | ✔ | ||
| Minneapolis City Councilor Lisa Bender | ✔ | ||
| Minneapolis City Councilor Steve Fletcher (D) | ✔ | ||
| Minneapolis City Councilor Jeremy Schroeder (D) | ✔ | ||
| State Sen. Erin Murphy (D) | ✔ | ||
| Individuals | |||
| Former Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles-Belton | ✔ | ||
| Former state Rep. Jean Wagenius (D) | ✔ | ||
| Organizations | |||
| AFSCME Council 5 | ✔ | ||
| IUPAT DC 82 | ✔ | ||
| Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council | ✔ | ||
| Minneapolis Firefighters Local 82 | ✔ | ||
| SEIU MN State Council | ✔ | ||
| Teamsters Joint Council 32 | ✔ | ||
| TakeAction MN | ✔ | ||
| MN 350 Action | ✔ | ||
| Minnesota DFL Environmental Caucus | ✔ | ||
| OutFront Minnesota Action (2nd rank choice) | ✔ | ||
| Sierra Club Minneapolis Political Committee | ✔ | ||
| OutFront Minnesota Action (1st rank choice) | ✔ | ||
| Run For Something 2021 | ✔ | ||
| Twin Cities DSA | ✔ | ||
2020
See also: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)
Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Lacy Johnson, Mickey Moore, Toya Woodland, and Ervan Katari Miller in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ilhan Omar (D) | 64.3 | 255,924 |
 | Lacy Johnson (R) | 25.8 | 102,878 | |
 | Mickey Moore (Legal Marijuana Now Party) | 9.5 | 37,979 | |
 | Toya Woodland (G) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 34 | |
| Ervan Katari Miller (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,448 | ||
| Total votes: 398,263 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chris Kelley (Independence Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Antone Melton-Meaux, John Mason, Daniel Patrick McCarthy, and Les Lester in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ilhan Omar | 58.2 | 103,535 |
 | Antone Melton-Meaux | 38.5 | 68,524 | |
 | John Mason | 1.5 | 2,721 | |
| Daniel Patrick McCarthy | 1.1 | 1,901 | ||
 | Les Lester | 0.7 | 1,267 | |
| Total votes: 177,948 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ervan Katari Miller (D)
- Leila Shukri Adan (D)
- Haji Yussuf (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Lacy Johnson defeated Danielle Stella and Dalia al-Aqidi in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lacy Johnson | 76.6 | 9,188 |
 | Danielle Stella | 18.6 | 2,236 | |
 | Dalia al-Aqidi | 4.7 | 568 | |
| Total votes: 11,992 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Laverne Turner (R)
- Brent Whaley (R)
- Lucia Vogel (R)
- Alley Waterbury (R)
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election
Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5
Mickey Moore advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mickey Moore | 100.0 | 940 |
| Total votes: 940 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Laverne Turner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Laverne Turner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Laverne Turner's campaign website stated the following.
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Platform Issues: More funding for Minneapolis Police Department for more officers and resources for a growing population:
Engagement of Minneapolis Youth:
Immediate and total re-opening of Minneapolis while restoring safety and commerce to Downtown Minneapolis:
Ongoing Issues:
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2020
Laverne Turner did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Minneapolis, "Common questions about filing for office," accessed September 10, 2025
- ↑ Patch.com, "Rep. Ilhan Omar Announces Endorsements In Minneapolis Mayor Race," October 20, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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