List of mayors of Bloomington, Minnesota

This page lists the individuals who have served as mayor of Bloomington, Minnesota.^[1]

Bloomington's mayors are full councilmembers who serve at large.

The term of office was two years until 1995, when voters approved a change to 4-year terms.

Mayor	Years	# of Terms	Notes
Herman Kossow	1953–1955	1 term
Gordon Miklethun	1956–1961	3 terms
Herbert A. Knudsen	1962–1963	1 term
Donald R. Hasselberg	1964–1967	2 terms
John A. Thomasberg	1968–1969	1 term
James M. King	1970–1973	2 terms
Robert M. Benedict	1974–1977	2 terms, including one partial	resigned January 3, 1977 to become MN State Senator
James H. Lindau	1977–1987	6 terms, including one partial	appointed on January 10, 1977 elected in November 1977
Kurt Laughinghouse	1988–1989	1 term
Neil W. Peterson	1990–1995	3 terms, including one partial	resigned mid-term on January 3, 1995 to join Metropolitan Council
Coral Houle	1995–1999	2 terms, including one partial	appointed January 3, 1995 to replace Peterson – was elected in own right in November 1995
Gene Winstead	2000–2019	5 terms	Longest serving Mayor
Tim Busse	2020–	2 terms	elected in November 2019, incumbent

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