Hovland Re-Elected Mayor; Swenson, Brindle Back to Council: 2012 in Review

Edina Patch covered a lot of different stories, topics and events throughout 2012. That said, there were a few that stood out as the most interesting, important, touching or possibly infamous to our readers.

And as we near the end of 2012, we're looking back at those articles. The following is one of those stories.

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Jim Hovland was resoundingly re-elected Mayor of Edina, defeated his opponent Linda Masica by nearly 7,500 votes, according to official results from the Minnesota Secretary of State.

Hovland was grateful to Edina residents for wanting him back as Mayor for another four years, saying they truly "boosted me along here when I needed it."

"It makes me feel really great about living in Edina," Hovland said. "It's an overwhelming feeling, really. We've worked hard on this campaign. I love the people of Edina for returning me to the work of being on the Council and being their mayor."

It will be Hovland's third term on the City Council. Hovland said it's hard to speculate as to why Edina residents overwhelmingly supported his campaign, but he suspects it has something to do the with his tendency to stay positive.

"It's in my nature," he said. "My campaign team was telling me all along to stay positive and take the high road. Honestly, negative campaigning isn't something I was interested in doing in the first place."

Council members Ann Swenson and Mary Brindle were also re-elected to their current seats, edging out newcomers Chad Bell and Wayne Dvorak.

Read the remainder of the story here.

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