ranked.vote // Minneapolis City Council Ward 8

The Minneapolis Municipal Election was held on May 13, 2025. Soren Stevenson was the winner out of 4 candidates after 1 elimination round.

Soren Stevenson was also the Condorcet winner.

Soren StevensonJosh BassaisBob SullentropEliminated in round 1Philip GalberthEliminated in round 1Undeclared Write-insEliminated in round 1

Runoff Rounds

This Sankey diagram shows the votes of each remaining candidate at each round, as well as the breakdown of votes transferred when each candidate was eliminated.

Note that the tabulation (but not the winner) may differ from the official count. You can read more about why this is.

Round 1Round 2Soren StevensonJosh BassaisBob SullentropPhilip GalberthUndeclared Write-insExhausted54.5%37.4%55.1%39.5%5.4%Soren StevensonJosh BassaisExhausted

Pairwise Preferences

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who preferred one to the other. A preference means that either a voter ranks a candidate ahead of the other, or ranks one candidate but does not list the other. Ballots which rank neither candidate are not counted towards the percent counts.

Less-preferred Candidate
Preferred Candidate
Soren Stevenson
Josh Bassais
Bob Sullentrop
Philip Galberth
Undeclared Write-ins
Soren Stevenson58.2%90.9%90.3%99.3%
Josh Bassais41.8%94.4%94%99.1%
Bob Sullentrop9.1%5.6%24.6%84.3%
Philip Galberth9.7%6%75.4%94.1%
Undeclared Write-ins0.7%0.9%15.7%5.9%

First Alternate

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who ranked one candidate first ranked the other candidate second.

Second Choice
First Choice
Soren Stevenson
Josh Bassais
Bob Sullentrop
Philip Galberth
Undeclared Write-ins
Exhausted
Soren Stevenson54.3%0.6%3.2%0.7%41.2%
Josh Bassais41%6.5%9.4%0.3%42.8%
Bob Sullentrop2.9%24.2%30%1.4%41.5%
Philip Galberth22.2%44.4%10.6%0.6%22.2%
Undeclared Write-ins18.2%27.3%9.1%45.5%

Ranking Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters ranked, both overall and broken down by each candidate's first-choice supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who ranked multiple candidates versus those who ranked fewer candidates.

Number of Candidates Ranked
Candidate
1
2
3
All Candidates
(11,891 voters)
41.6%35.1%23.4%
Soren Stevenson
(6,687 voters)
41.2%37.8%21.0%
Josh Bassais
(4,596 voters)
42.8%32.4%24.7%
Bob Sullentrop
(417 voters)
41.5%27.6%30.9%
Philip Galberth
(180 voters)
22.2%20.6%57.2%
Undeclared Write-ins
(11 voters)
45.5%9.1%45.5%

Final Vote by First Choice

This table tracks which candidate ballots were ultimately allocated to, among ballots that ranked an eliminated candidate first.

Final Round Choice
First Round Choice
Soren Stevenson
Josh Bassais
Exhausted
Bob Sullentrop6.5%38.1%55.4%
Philip Galberth23.9%49.4%26.7%
Undeclared Write-ins27.3%27.3%45.5%

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