Election 2023: Minneapolis City Council, Ward 6

This is always the ward I find the hardest to sort out, and it’s because there’s always a bunch of stuff happening in Somali, which I do not speak. I do my best, but even more than in other wards, there is stuff happening in the race that I just do not know about.

And even just on the English-language side, this is also an incredibly messy race. The tl;dr is that I think people should vote for Kayseh Magan.

Edited 2/2024: Hello, MN District 49A voters searching for information on Tiger Worku! Apparently he moved to Minnetonka and is s now running for legislature in your district. You can absolutely do better. I do not recommend supporting him for DFL endorsement, or in the primary. Details below!

On the ballot:

Jamal Osman (DFL, incumbent)
Tiger Worku (DFL)
Kayseh Magan (DFL)
Guy T. Gaskin (Republican)

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Election 2021: Minneapolis Ward 2

This is the sort of “only in Minneapolis” race where the two Democrats are the conservatives and the long-time progressive Green has a Democratic Socialist running to his left. (Also there’s a Republican but I keep forgetting he exists because he doesn’t have a website.)

It’s also one of those “I like multiple people in this race and worry about hurting people’s feelings” races.

On the ballot:

Cameron Gordon (Green, incumbent)
Robin Wonsley Worlobah (Democratic Socialist)
Yusra Arab (DFL)
Tom Anderson (DFL)
Guy T. Gaskin (Republican)

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