Cam Gordon
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Cam Gordon is an American
politician
and member of the Green Party of Minnesota
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. He is an elected member of the Minneapolis City Council
.
On November 8, 2005, Cam Gordon was elected to represent Ward 2 on the Minneapolis City Council
, defeating DFL
-er Cara J. Letofsky by 141 votes (2481 to 2340). He was endorsed by the Green Party of Minnesota
, of which he was a former state party chair. Gordon was recently re-elected to a new term in the 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections
, garnering 84% of the vote. He is the only non-DFL member of the council, and one of two elected Green Party members in the Minneapolis municipal government; the other is Minneapolis Park and Recreation commissioner Annie Young
).
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Politician
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and member of the Green Party of Minnesota
Green Party of Minnesota
The Green Party of Minnesota is the fourth largest political party in Minnesota and was founded in 1994 on the Four Pillars of the Green Party: Ecological Wisdom, Social and Economic Justice, Grassroots Democracy, and Nonviolence and Peace...
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. He is an elected member of the Minneapolis City Council
Minneapolis City Council
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 is president of the council. The council is dominated by members of the DFL Party with 12 members. The Green Party has one member...
.
On November 8, 2005, Cam Gordon was elected to represent Ward 2 on the Minneapolis City Council
Minneapolis City Council
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 is president of the council. The council is dominated by members of the DFL Party with 12 members. The Green Party has one member...
, defeating DFL
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is a major political party in the state of Minnesota and the state affiliate of the Democratic Party. It was created on April 15, 1944, with the merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer–Labor Party...
-er Cara J. Letofsky by 141 votes (2481 to 2340). He was endorsed by the Green Party of Minnesota
Green Party of Minnesota
The Green Party of Minnesota is the fourth largest political party in Minnesota and was founded in 1994 on the Four Pillars of the Green Party: Ecological Wisdom, Social and Economic Justice, Grassroots Democracy, and Nonviolence and Peace...
, of which he was a former state party chair. Gordon was recently re-elected to a new term in the 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections
Minneapolis municipal elections, 2009
The 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections in the U.S. state of Minnesota held a scheduled general election on November 3. Because city voters approved a city charter change by referendum in the 2006 election to use a ranked choice voting system , Minneapolis did not hold a primary election on...
, garnering 84% of the vote. He is the only non-DFL member of the council, and one of two elected Green Party members in the Minneapolis municipal government; the other is Minneapolis Park and Recreation commissioner Annie Young
Annie Young
Annie Young is an American politician and member of the Green Party of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is an elected at-large member of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board...
).