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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte
Communications & Technology Services Director
Phone 952-833-9520 • Fax 952-826-0389 • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mayor Jim Hovland, City Council Members Mary Brindle and Ann
Swenson reelected
Edina, Minn., Nov. 13, 2012 – Jim Hovland will take the oath of office as Mayor at the Edina City Council’s
first meeting of the year, to be held Monday, Jan. 7. Incumbents Mary Brindle and Ann Swenson were also
reelected and will take the oath of office at the same time.
Hovland, Brindle and Swenson were the top vote-getters in the General Election. The Edina City Council
canvassed the election results at a special meeting Nov. 9.
According to results of the Nov. 6 election, in the race for mayor, Hovland defeated challenger Linda Masica
with 17,498 votes to her 9,995. In the race for City Council, Swenson had the most votes with 12,651.
Brindle followed with 12,365 votes. Other candidates in the election were Chad Bell, 7,050 votes, and Wayne
Dvorak, 6,383.
Hovland has served as mayor since January 2005. He served as a member of the City Council from January
1997 to December 2004.
In the election, Brindle was reelected to her second term as City Council Member, having first taken office in
January 2009. Previously, she served as a member of the Human Rights & Relations Commission. Swenson
was reelected to her third term on the City Council. She took office in January 2005 after serving on the
City’s Planning Commission and Heritage Preservation Board. She has served as Mayor Pro Tem since January
2011.
The results of the local election with a breakdown by precinct are available on the Secretary of State’s
website, electionresults.sos.state.mn.us. For more information about the election, contact City Clerk Debra
Mangen, 952-826-0408.
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