Betsy Hodges

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Betsy Hodges (2017)

Elizabeth A. "Betsy" Hodges (born September 7, 1969 in Baltimore , Maryland ) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party , until 2019 in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , the sub-organization of the Democrats in Minnesota. She was Mayor of Minneapolis from January 2, 2014 to January 2, 2018 .

Life

Betsy Hodges grew up in Wayzata , Minnesota , a suburb of Minneapolis, and graduated from Wayzata High School in the neighboring city of Plymouth in 1987 . She then attended Bryn Mawr College until 1991 , after which she began studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . In 1998 Hodges finished his studies with a master’s degree . After a few years as development manager at the non-profit organization "Progressiv Minnesota", Betsy Hodges worked for Gail Dorfman until 2003, who was then "County Commissioner" of Hennepin County .

From 2000 to 2005, Hodges was a member of the county government of Linden Hills , a borough of Minnesota. In November 2005 she was elected to the Minneapolis City Council, where she represented the 13th borough. In June 2012, Hodges was elected chairman of the League of Minnesota Cities. After her predecessor RT Rybak announced on December 27, 2012 that she would not run for mayoral election the following year, Hodges announced her candidacy for mayor. Among its supporters was Senator David Scott Dibble . In the first round of elections on November 5, 2013, Betsy Hodges received 36.47 percent of the vote, ahead of her party colleagues Mark Andrew and Don Samuels. In the subsequent runoff election , Hodges got 48.95 percent of the vote and was elected as the new mayor of Minneapolis . She took office on January 2, 2014.

On December 15, 2016, Betsy Hodges announced that she would run for re-election the following year. In the election on November 7, 2017, however, she received just under 26,900 votes and was therefore only in third place behind the candidates Raymond Dehn and Jacob Frey , which she was replaced by Frey on January 2, 2018.

Betsy Hodges is married and now lives in Washington, DC

Web links

Commons : Betsy Hodges  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meet the Minneapolis mayoral candidates. MinnPost, April 8, 2013, accessed September 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ Curtis Gilbert: Minneapolis mayoral candidate bio: Betsy Hodges. Minnesota Public Radio, October 23, 2013, accessed September 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Hodges elected to lead League of Cities. Star Tribune, June 23, 2012, accessed September 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ Karen Boros: Minneapolis mayoral candidates tout endorsements. MinnPost, June 12, 2013, accessed September 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ Emma Nelson: Hodges announces re-election bid as mayor of Minneapolis. StarTribune, December 15, 2016, accessed September 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ Frederick Melo: Former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and husband Gary Cunningham relocating to DC for his new job. Pionier Press, June 2, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hodges, Betsy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hodges, Elizabeth A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (2014-2018)
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland , United States