2018-2021 Minneapolis Elected Officials
In early 2017, we gave all Minneapolis city council and mayoral candidates a questionnaire about our local energy future. The discussion elevated the incredible influence energy - and the decisions made about it in the crucial next years - has on housing stability, cost of living, community wealth, economic opportunity, health, and climate resilience.
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WARD 1: Kevin Reich
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WARD 2: Cam Gordon
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WARD 3: Steve Fletcher
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WARD 4: Phillipe Cunningham
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WARD 5: Jeremiah Ellison
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WARD 6: Abdi Warsame Note: Former CM Abdi Warsame Participated at our Ward 6 Climate Equity Forum but resigned his position on March 30th, 2020 to take a new position with the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority. Also participating in this forum was Mohamud Noor, who is in elected office starting in 2019 Representing district 60 B in the Minnesota State House.
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WARD 7: Lisa Goodman
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WARD 8: Andrea Jenkins
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WARD 9: Alondra Cano
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WARD 10: Lisa Bender No questionnaires submitted by CM, No forum held due to lack of multiple candidates until late
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WARD 11: Jeremy Schroeder
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WARD 12: Andrew Johnson
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WARD 13: Linea Palmisano
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MAYOR: Jacob Frey
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2023 Additional Questionnaires & Forums
In the 2023 city hall election cycle, Community Power and partners again created some opportunities to get to know candidates and for those running to represent us to share what perspectives, experience, and insights they bring to local energy issues. We:
- Met with the majority of candidates running for city hall (about 2 dozen out) to brief them on the history of local energy decisions over the years.
- Hosted 3 in-person candidate forums in the spring on energy democracy and local climate justice issues for the open city council races in Wards 7 & 12 as well as Ward 6 (to make up for missing it in 2021).
- Posted candidates' responses to our updated 2023 Energy Questionnaire (linked below by clicking on candidates' names under the Questionnaire Response headings)
Those who ran to represent us on the Minneapolis City Council deserve this special recognition for providing their perspectives through both written questionnaires and live Q & A forums. Thank you to all!
2023 Community Power Additional Questionnaire Responses:
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Angela Williams (Ran for Ward 4)
- Scott Graham (Ran for Ward 7)
- Luther Ranheim (Ran for Ward 12)
- Jerome Evans - (Ran for Ward 12)
Ward 12 Forum on Local Energy & Climate
On April 19th, Community Power and partners hosted our own forum for Ward 12.
Watch the candidates answer questions on the following topics by going to the time mark in the video (@ Hour:Min:Sec):
1) Renters Rights & Energy, (@ 10:25)
2) Nuclear Power & The HERC Incinerator, (@18:00)
3) Funding City Climate Action (@26:55)
4) Transitioning off fossil gas for heating, (@33:30)
5) Holding Xcel and CenterPoint Accountable (@41:20)
6) Leveraging local power with St. Paul, (@48:30)
7) The Roof Depot Site in East Phillips, (@55:30)
8) Campaign Contributions from utilities, (@1:01:20)
9) Pollinator Friendly Yards, (@1:02:00)
10) Electric Infrastructure, (@1:08:40)
11) Inspiration for Running. (@1:16:00)
Ward 6: Forum on Local Energy & Climate
On May 11th, Community Power and partners hosted our own Ward 6 forum. Watch the candidates answer questions on the following topics at these time marks (@ Min:Sec) in the video:
- General Climate resilience & mitigation (@1:09)
- Connecting Energy to Renter’s Rights (@6:40)
- The Hennepin County Incinerator
- Resourcing City-Wide Climate Action (@7:00)
- Nuclear Power & Utilities
- Receiving Community input (@4:30)
- Municipally Owned Power (@13:10)
- Addressing the opioid crisis (@19:15)
Ward 7: Forum on Local Energy & Climate
See info from the May 9th Ward 7 Forum hosted by Community Power and Partners. No audio or video was saved unfortunately.
Later in 2023: Partnering with the MPLS League of Women Voters
Community Power Contributed questions to candidate forums organized by the Minneapolis League of Women Voters (from here on abbreviated below as LWV) and being an official cosponsor of their forums in Wards 8, 9, 10 & 11.