Jeremiah Ellison

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Jeremiah Ellison

Nonpartisan

Minneapolis City Council Ward 5

Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

6

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Last elected

November 7, 2023

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Jeremiah Ellison is a member of the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota, representing Ward 5. He assumed office on January 2, 2018. His current term ends on January 5, 2026.

Ellison (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council to represent Ward 5 in Minnesota. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

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.

Biography

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Ellison's experience includes work as a visual artist, storyteller, youth counselor, and political organizer.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2023)

General election

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Note: The vote totals below are from the first round of ranked-choice voting. If voting goes beyond the first round, Ballotpedia will include additional rounds of voting after results from the final round become available.

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 5

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jeremiah Ellison in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jeremiah Ellison	54.2	1,665	0	Won (1)
		Victor Martinez	42.2	1,296	0	1
		Phillip Peterson	3.6	112	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	3.0	96	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 3,169
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ellison in this election.

2021

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021)

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 5

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jeremiah Ellison in round 3 . 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.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jeremiah Ellison	51.1	2,117	262	Won (3)
		Kristel Porter	48.9	2,024	525	3
		Victor Martinez	0.0	0	-1,495	2
		Suleiman Isse	0.0	0	0	1
		Elijah Norris-Holliday	0.0	0	0	1
		Jim Seymour	0.0	0	0	1
		Cathy Spann	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jeremiah Ellison	38.3	1,855	103	Won (3)
		Kristel Porter	30.9	1,499	144	3
		Victor Martinez	30.8	1,495	143	2
		Suleiman Isse	0.0	0	-540	1
		Cathy Spann	0.0	0	-245	1
		Elijah Norris-Holliday	0.0	0	-195	1
		Jim Seymour	0.0	0	-39	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Jeremiah Ellison	32.0	1,752	0	Won (3)
		Kristel Porter	24.7	1,355	0	3
		Victor Martinez	24.7	1,352	0	2
		Suleiman Isse	9.9	540	0	1
		Cathy Spann	4.5	245	0	1
		Elijah Norris-Holliday	3.6	195	0	1
		Jim Seymour	0.7	39	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.1	7	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,485
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017) and Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, held a general election for mayor, all 13 seats on the city council, both elected members of the board of estimate and taxation, and all nine members of the park and recreation board on November 7, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 15, 2017.

Incumbents ran for re-election to all but two of the city council seats. Ward 3 Councilman Jacob Frey filed to run for mayor instead, and Ward 8 Councilwoman Elizabeth Glidden opted not to run for re-election.

Minneapolis City Council Ward 5, 2017, Round 2
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Blong Yang (i)	43.3%	1,769	152
Jeremiah Ellison - Winner	56.7%	2,313	326
Cathy Spann - Eliminated	0%	0	−159
Raeisha Williams - Eliminated	0%	0	−445
Undeclared Write-ins - Eliminated	0%	0	−8
Exhausted		134	134
Total Votes		4,216	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost

This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

Minneapolis City Council Ward 5, 2017, Round 1
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Blong Yang (i)	38.4%	1,617
Jeremiah Ellison - Most votes	47.1%	1,987
Cathy Spann	3.8%	159
Raeisha Williams	10.6%	445
Undeclared Write-ins	0.2%	8
Exhausted		0	0
Total Votes		4,216	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2021

Jeremiah Ellison did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

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2017

Ellison's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	ADVANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Invest in Northsiders by supporting our neighbors in starting businesses and cooperatives, increasing not just income but also building community wealth, and ensuring that every job in our city is one that let’s families support themselves. Learn more. PREVENT DISPLACEMENT Make sure that as we invest in the Northside, we develop policies and programs that protect families and small businesses from being pushed out. Learn more. PRESERVE & EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS Create healthy, safe and affordable housing for all family sizes and incomes in all neighborhoods so that each and every one of our neighbors has a place to call home. Learn more. UNDERSTAND OUR HISTORY & RESPOND TO OUR LOCAL CONTEXT Ensure that as we invest in the Northside we hold onto our history, our culture and character, and our values. See what that might look like in The Community Occurrence. PROMOTE BROADER MOBILITY & CONNECTIVITY Prioritize our community’s ability to move throughout the region to connect with each other, our jobs, and our government by investing in an effective and affordable public transportation network. Learn more. PRACTICE MEANINGFUL & EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Require local community participation and leadership in how we create policies in Minneapolis. Most of all, do this in a way that reflects the vibrant diversity of our city, with targeted strategies to engage historically marginalized communities in creative and accessible ways. Learn more. A JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT IS TRULY JUST All people deserve to live in a free and safe city - and for that community safety solutions must come from the bottom up, including addressing youth violence through proven public health approaches and repealing ordinances used to unfairly target people of color and the poor. Learn more. DEVELOP HEALTHY COMMUNITIES Put an end to the environmental burdens that the Northside bears in the air we breath and our lack of green space, invest in the necessary healing to past and present environmental harm, and ensure access to nourishing food. ACHIEVE FULL ACCESSIBILITY Ensure that all investments and developments are accessible and welcoming regardless of age, ability, or language.	”
—Jeremiah Ellison's campaign website, (2017)

Endorsements

2017

Ellison received endorsements from the following in 2017:

• DFL Environmental Caucus
• Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
• Minnesota Nurses Association
• Minnesota Young DFL
• Our Revolution Minnesota - Twin Cities
• OutFront Minnesota
• SEIU Minnesota State Council
• Sierra Club
• TakeAction Minnesota
• Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar

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