Supporters of Instant Runoff Voting - Minnesota Organizations and Elected Officials

2010 Gubernatorial Candidates (who have officially announced)

• Mark Dayton. Read position statement.
• Matt Entenza
• Steve Kelley
• Susan Gaertner
• John Marty
• Tom Rukavina
• Paul Thissen
• Margaret Anderson Kelliher

2009 Candidates for Minneapolis Local Offices

• Mayor
  • R.T. Rybak (incumbent)
  • John Charles Wilson

• Ward 1 City Council
  
  • Kevin Reich

• Ward 2 City Council
  
  • Cam Gordon (incumbent)
  
  

• Ward 4 City Council
  • Marcus Harcus

• Ward 5 City Council
  • Don Samuels (incumbent)

• Ward 6 City Council
  • Robert Lilligren (incumbent)
  • Andy Exley
  • Mike Tupper
• Ward 7 City Council
  • Michael Katch

• Ward 8 City Council
  
  • Elizabeth Glidden (incumbent)
  • Jeanine Estime
  • Michael Cavlan

• Ward 9 City Council
  
  • Dave Bicking
  • Gary Schiff (incumbent)

• Ward 10 City Council
  • Meg Tuthill
  • Dan Alvin

• Ward 11 City Council
  • John Quincy

• Ward 12 City Council
  • Charlie Underwood

• Ward 13 City Council
  • Betsy Hodges (incumbent)

• Park Board
  • Michael Guest (District 2)
  • Anita Tabb (District 4)
  • Jason Stone (District 5)
  • Brad Bourn (District 6)
  • Meg Forney (District 6)
  • Annie Young (incumbent, at-large)
  • John Erwin (at-large)
  • Mary Merrill Anderson (at-large)
  • Dave Wahlstedt (at-large)

• Board of Estimate & Taxation
  • Dave Wheeler
  • DeWayne Townsend
  • Phil Wilkie

Organizational Endorsements

• League of Woman Voters of Minnesota
• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
• Take Action Minnesota (Minneapolis and Saint Paul campaigns)
• Minnesota Public Interest Research Group
• Sierra Club - Northstar Chapter
• Minneapolis Urban League
• Minneapolis City Latino Advisory Committee
• Citizens for Election Integrity
• White House Project
• United Steel Workers - District 11
• Unite Here
• Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers
• Friends for a Nonviolent World
• Foundation for Global Community-Minnesota
• Growing Communities of Peace
• Center for Civic Participation
• Confederation of Somali Communities of Minnesota
• Institute for Local Self Reliance
• Vets for Peace

Media Endorsements

• Star Tribune
• Minnesota Daily
• La Prensa
• Spokesman-Recorder

Political Party Endorsements

• Minnesota DFL
• Minneapolis DFL
• Saint Paul DFL
• DFL Progressive Caucus
• DFL Feminist Caucus
• Independence Party of Minnesota
• Green Party of Minnesota
• Libertarian Party of Minnesota

US President

• President Barack Obama

US Congress

• Rep. Keith Ellison

Minnesota Legislators & Elected Officials

• Senator David Thomassoni, SD 5
• Senator Jim Carlson, SD 38
• Senator Linda Scheid, SD 46
• Senator Larry Pogemiller, SD 59
• Senator Scott Dibble, SD 60
• Senator Patricia Torres Ray, SD 62
• Senator Dan Larson, SD 63
• Senator John Marty, SD 64
• Senator Ellen Anderson, SD66
• Senator Mee Moua, SD 67
• Senator Sandy Pappas, SD65
• Rep. John Persell, LD 4A
• Rep. Roger Reinert, LD 7B
• Rep. Bill Hilty, LD 8A
• Rep. David Bly, LD 25B
• Rep. Sandra Masin, LD 38A
• Rep. Paul Rosenthal, LD 41B
• Rep. Steve Simon, LD 44A
• Jerry Newton, LD 49B
• Rep. Paul Gardner, LD 53A
• Rep. Phyllis Kahn, LD 59B
• Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher, LD 60A
• Rep. Frank Hornstein, LD 60B
• Rep. Karen Clark, LD 61A
• Rep. Jeffrey Hayden, LD 61B
• Rep. Jim Davnie, LD 62A
• Rep. Jean Wagenius, LD 62B
• Rep. Paul Thissen, LD 63A
• Rep. Erin Murphy, LD 64A
• Rep. Carlos Mariani, LD 65B
• Rep. Michael Paymar, LD 65B
• Rep. Alice Hausman, LD 66B
• Rep. Sheldon Johnson LD 67B
• Rebecca Otto, State Auditor

Local Elected Officials

• Mayor R.T. Rybak
• Councilmember Scott Benson
• Councilmember Elizabeth Glidden
• Councilmember Betsy Hodges
• Councilmember Robert Lilligren
• Councilmember Don Samuels
• Councimember Gary Schiff
• Councilmember Paul Ostrow
• Councilmember Ralph Remington
• Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman
• Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin
• Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein
• School Board Member Pam Costain
• School Board Member Lydia Lee
• School Board Member Tom Madden
• School Board Member Chris Stewart
• School Board Member T. Williams
• School Board Member Jill Davis
• School Board Member Carla Bates

Click here to see additional supporters of the Minneapolis Better Ballot Campaign.

Saint Paul

• Councilmember Russ Stark
• Councilmember Melvin Carter
• School Board member Keith Hardy
• School Board member Ann Carroll

Click here to see additional supporters of the Saint Paul Better Ballot Campaign.

Duluth

• Mayor Don Ness
• Councilmember Roger Reinert
• Councilmember Sharla Gardner
• Councimember Tony Cuneo

Other Local Officials

• Tom Swain, Mayor of Lilydale
• ReNae Bowman, Mayor of Crystal
• Roy Srp, Mayor of Waseca
• Michael Wojcik, Rochester City Council
• Jen Peterson, Cottage Grove City Council

Former State & Local Elected Leaders

• US Senator Dave Durenburger
• US Congressman Tim Penny
• Arne Carlson, Former Governor
• John Hottinger, Minnesota Senator and Majority Leader
• Steve Kelley, Senator
• Ember Reichgott Junge, Senator
• Matt Entenza, Representative and Minority Leader
• Ron Erhardt, Representative
• Mike Hatch, Attorney General
• George Latimer, St. Paul Mayor
• Jim Scheibel, St. Paul Mayor
• Don Fraser, Minneapolis Mayor

Candidates for United States President, 2008

• Barack Obama
• John McCain
• Bob Barr
• Cynthia McKinney
• Ralph Nader

Candidates for United States Senate, 2008

• Al Franken
• Dean Barkley

US and State Office Candidates, 2008

• Ashwin Madia, Congressional District 3
• David Dillon, Congressional District 3
• Grace Baltich, House District 32A
• Sue Bruns, House District 35A
• Jonathan Palmer, House District 58A
• Kate Christopher, House District 52B

Community Leaders

• John Cairns, former Executive Director, Minnesota Business Parnership; former Minneapolis City Council member
• Donna Cassutt, vice chair, Minnesota DFL Party
• Bill Cosgriff, Attorney, Briggs and Morgan PA
• John Cowles, former publisher, Star Tribune
• Ned Crosby and Pat Ness, founders Citizen Jurys Project
• Chuck Denny, former CEO, ADC Communications
• Elizabeth Dickenson, community and environmental activist
• Cheryl Dickson, former President and CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Commission
• Dave Durenberger, former US Senator; Chair, National Institute of Health Policy; Advisory Board, National Popular Vote Plan
  
• Karla Ekdahl, Community Leader
  
• Matt Filner, executive director, Progressive Majority
• Catherine Gray, ass. director, White House Project Minnesota
• Kit Hadley, Director, Heading Home Minnesota; former director, Minneapolis Libraries
• Jim Gibson, Owner, Trail Blazer Campaign Services
  
• Mike Goldner, former owner of an investment firm and president of the Minneapolis Civil Liberties Union
• Mark Halvorson, president, Minnesota Citizens for Election Integrity
• Peter Hutchinson, President, Bush Foundation; founder Public Strategies Group; former Minneapolis School Superintendent
• Susan Lenfestey, writer; founder of Watch
• Curt Johnson, President, Citistates Group; former Chair, Metropolitan Council; former Executive Director, Citizens League
• Liz Johnson, director, White House Project Minnesota
  
• Doug Johnson, Executive Director, Center for Victims of Torture
• Sally Kenney, director, Humphrey Center on Women and Public Policy
• Tammy Lee, candidate for US Congress; VP for Communication, Northwest Airlines
• Brian Melendez, Chair, DFL Party; Attorney, Faegre & Benson
• Javier Morillo, President , SEIU Local 26
• Teresa Morrow, Senior Vice President, Communications and Community Relations, Bremer Bank
• Tom Moss, COO, Public Strategies Group
• Jack Nelson Pallmeyer, candidate for US Senate; Professor, Saint Thomas University
• Ken Pentel, former Green Party candidate for Minnesota Governor
• George & Sally Pillsbury, community volunteers
  
• Jon Pratt, Executive Director, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
• Walter Rockenstein, Attorney, Faegre & Benson; former Minneapolis Council Member
• Bill Sands, Chairman, Western Bancshares, Inc.
  
• Tony Solgard, former President, FairVote Minnesota
• Wy Spano, Director, University of Minnesota-Duluth Center for Advocacy and Political Leadership; Co-founder and editor, Politics in Minnesota
• Hussein Samatar, executive director, African Development Center
• Jorge Saavedra, candidate for US Congress; attorney at law
• Aaron Street, Co-Director, Minnesota Institute of Law and Politics
• David Schultz, Attorney, Professor, Hamline University
• Sarah Stoez, Executive Director, Planned Parenthood
• Craig Swaggert, Chair, Minnesota Independence Party
• Jane Tschida, Community leader, former President, Minnesota Governmental Relations Council; Board Member, CommonBond Communities
• Paul Tschida, Community leader; former Commissioner of Public Safety, University of Minnesota
• Jack Uldrich, Global futurist and author; Owner, Nano Veritas; former Deputy Director of the MN Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning, Governor Ventura's adminstration
• Win Rockwell, Partner, Faegre & Benson
• Tom Swain, Mayor of Lilydale, former Chief of Staff to Governor Elmer Anderson and former vice president for Institutional Relations, University of Minnesota
• Val Vargas, CEO, Minnesota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Lee Pao Xiong, Director, Center for Hmong Studies at Concordia