Brooklyn Center 2022 Primary Results
GRAVES AND ELLIOTT ADVANCE IN BROOKLYN CENTER MAYOR’S RACE
Brooklyn Center voters advanced incumbent mayor Mike Elliott and council member April Graves to the general election race for mayor, with Graves coming out on top with 1219 votes over Elliott’s 1060.
Mayor Mike Elliott is finishing his first term as mayor, and city council member April Graves was elected to the council in 2014.
Laurie Ann Moore, who served as a city council member in Crystal, finished with 607 votes and Leng Xiong finished with 216.
The election comes at an unprecedented time in Brooklyn Center history, as the city is tackling police reform in the wake of the Daunte Wright shooting. There are also amendments on the ballot that would limit the mayor’s power during emergency situations, as well as a citizen-led effort to change Brooklyn Center’s form of government to one that gives the mayor more authority.
There will be new faces on the Brooklyn Center City Council
Current city council member Dan Ryan is not running for re-election and April Graves decided to run for mayor.
Nine people filed to run for two seats, and voters chose Dan Jerzak, Teneshia Kragness, Kau Guannu and Andrew Johnson to advance to the general election.
Matt Branch, Jake Carter, Shantel Cook, Joylenna Garcia, Kau Guannu, Dan Jerzak, Andrew Johnson, Teneshia Kragness and Christine Suste were all on the ballot.
Election Day is November 8.
