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Cam Gordon
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Gordon in 2009
Member of the Minneapolis City Council
In office
2006–2022
2013
Minneapolis City Council Ward 2 election, 2013 [41]
Political party/principleCandidate % 1st ChoiceRound 1
Green Party of Minnesota Cam Gordon87.144,060
Socialist Workers Party Diana Newberry11.25524
N/A Write-ins 1.6175
  • Threshold: 2,579
  • Valid: 4,659
  • Undervotes: 497
  • Turnout: 5,156 (27.56%)
  • Registered: 18,705 [42]
2017
PartyCandidate% 1st
Choice		Round 1
Green Party of Minnesota Cam Gordon97.275,912
Write-in N/A2.73166
Valid votes6,078
Maximum possible threshold3,518
Overvotes1
Undervotes955
Turnout (out of 17,702 registered voters) [43] 39.747,034
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services [44]

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