Minneapolis Election Analysis

The voters have spoken. What sort of city government will Minneapolis have for 2006-2009?

Minneapolis Upside Down takes a look at what we got. In short, Loosestrife sees more a more Rybak-friendly council and a mayor with a justifiable claim for a mandate. But what does Mayor Rybak have planned for his second term? We will see.

The Minneapolis Observer also saw a big win for Rybak, and additionally found that the park board reform movement came up short. The reformers have three seats on the board, with a swing vote from Tom Nordyke. The ossified park board incumbents all survived. Disappointing.