Robert Lilligren
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Robert Lilligren is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. He is an elected member of the Minneapolis City Council
. He was first elected in 2001, representing Ward 8. In 2002, the Minneapolis city council approved a redistricting plan for city council wards in subsequent elections. In the 2005 municipal elections
, Lilligren again ran for city council, this time in Ward 6. He narrowly defeated incumbent Green Party
council member Dean Zimmerman, 1538 votes to 1492 votes. He was re-elected again in the 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections
.
Lilligren represents the poorest ward in Minneapolis. He is openly gay and a member of White Earth Band of Ojibwe
. He does not own a car, but rides a bicycle to City Hall. Shortly after Lilligren moved to Minneapolis, crack cocaine arrived in Minneapolis and specifically his neighborhood of Phillips West. Lilligren stayed on his block, purchasing rundown apartment buildings and renovating them with Joe Olson, his business partner. They currently own several buildings in South Minneapolis and reside in those buildings.
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...
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...
. He was first elected in 2001, representing Ward 8. In 2002, the Minneapolis city council approved a redistricting plan for city council wards in subsequent elections. In the 2005 municipal elections
Minneapolis municipal elections, 2005
The 2005 Minneapolis municipal elections in the U.S. state of Minnesota held a scheduled primary election on 13 September and a general election on 8 November...
, Lilligren again ran for city council, this time in Ward 6. He narrowly defeated incumbent Green Party
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...
council member Dean Zimmerman, 1538 votes to 1492 votes. He was re-elected again 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...
.
Lilligren represents the poorest ward in Minneapolis. He is openly gay and a member of White Earth Band of Ojibwe
White Earth Band of Ojibwe
The White Earth Band of Ojibwe, or Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, is a Native American tribe located in northwestern Minnesota. The tribe's land-based home is the White Earth Indian Reservation...
. He does not own a car, but rides a bicycle to City Hall. Shortly after Lilligren moved to Minneapolis, crack cocaine arrived in Minneapolis and specifically his neighborhood of Phillips West. Lilligren stayed on his block, purchasing rundown apartment buildings and renovating them with Joe Olson, his business partner. They currently own several buildings in South Minneapolis and reside in those buildings.
Notable work
- Midtown ExchangeMidtown ExchangeThe Midtown Exchange is a large commercial building located in the Phillips community of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is the second-largest building in Minnesota in terms of leasable space, after the Mall of America. It was built in 1928 as a retail and mail-order catalog facility for...
- I-35WInterstate 35W (Minnesota)Interstate 35W , is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Minnesota, passing through downtown Minneapolis. It is one of two through routes for Interstate 35 through the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the other being Interstate 35E through downtown Saint Paul...
Access Project - ShotSpotter funding in Minneapolis