Convention Guide

The Ward 9 Convention will take place on Saturday, May 31st at South High School (3131 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407). Registration begins at 10AM, and proceedings will start promptly at 11AM. If you support me and would like to reserve a t-shirt to wear at convention, here is a link to do that!

A note to delegates: per the Minnesota DFL bylaws, there is no option for attending the convention virtually. Please come in person if you would like to make your voice heard!

What is the Minneapolis Ward 9 DFL Convention?

The Ward 9 DFL Convention is the final and most important step in the Minneapolis DFL endorsement process for Ward 9 City Council. Community members who attended their precinct caucuses in April or submitted non-attendee forms and became delegates to this convention will vote on who they’d like to see run as the DFL-endorsed candidate. If you are a delegate, I am humbly asking for you to attend and support me at convention.

What does attending convention look like?

Delegates will gather in the South High auditorium on Saturday, May 31st. Registration begins at 10am, and I’d encourage coming around then! Convention proceedings will start promptly at 11am. You’ll sit with your neighbors who live in your precinct, choose folks to do the logistics work of planning the next Ward 9 convention (which will take place in 2029), and then vote for who you’d like the Minneapolis DFL to endorse for Ward 9 City Council!

A candidate needs at least 60% of the votes cast by delegates to become endorsed by the Minneapolis DFL. If on the first ballot (voting round) no candidate earns 60% support, further ballots may happen.

A detailed agenda and rules of the convention will be given to delegates as you check in. If you have any questions ahead of time, feel free to email me at info@jasonchavez.org.