On November 8, 2005, Cam Gordon was elected to represent Ward 2 on the Minneapolis City Council, defeating DFLer Cara J. Letofsky by 141 votes (2481 to 2340). He was endorsed by the Green Party of Minnesota, of which he was a former state party chair. Gordon was re-elected against token opposition in 2009 (with 84.1% of the vote), in 2013 (with 87% of the vote), and in 2017 (with 97% of the vote). He is the only non-DFL member of the council, and was elected Minority Leader of the council in 2014. Gordon chairs the Health, Environment and Community Engagement Committee. He was one of two elected Green Party members in the Minneapolis municipal government along with Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board commissioner Annie Young until her death in 2018.