The Minneapolis City Council is the governing body of the City of Minneapolis. The City Council is composed of 13 single member districts, called wards. Barbara Johnson (Democratic-Farmer-Labor, Ward 4) is president of the council. The council is dominated by members of the DFL Party with 12 members. The Green Party has one member. The city has never had more than 13 wards, but at one time there were three representatives from each area, for a total of 39 city council members. The council assumed its current size in the 1950s. Because of a quirk in the election cycle, 2005 marks the first Council races since post-2000-Census redistricting. There were no Republican candidates for either Mayor or any City Council post in the 2005 election, however one Republican ran for the Library Board.
The council elected in 2009, and which took office in January 2010, is composed of:
| Ward | member | party |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kevin Reich | DFL |
| 2nd | Cam Gordon | Green |
| 3rd | Diane Hofstede | DFL |
| 4th | Barbara Johnson (President) | DFL |
| 5th | Don Samuels | DFL |
| 6th | Robert Lilligren (Vice President) | DFL |
| 7th | Lisa Goodman | DFL |
| 8th | Elizabeth Glidden | DFL |
| 9th | Gary Schiff | DFL |
| 10th | Meg Tuthill | DFL |
| 11th | John Quincy | DFL |
| 12th | Sandy Colvin Roy | DFL |
| 13th | Betsy Hodges | DFL |
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