Minneapolis mayor’s race advances to ranked choice voting after no candidate reaches 50%
No candidate won a majority in the first round, triggering ranked-choice tabulation where Frey leads with 41.7% against Fateh's 31.6%, election officials said.
- Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey is leading challenger Omar Fateh in a ranked-choice voting election after no candidate secured a majority on the first count.
- Frey and Fateh offer differing views on policing, crime, and housing, with Fateh advocating for alternatives to conventional policing.
- Frey's administration faced criticism following George Floyd's murder, while Fateh has distanced himself from the 'defund the police' movement.
- Fateh aims to be the city's first Muslim and Somali American mayor.
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Establishment Democrats win in Minneapolis
In the heartland of America, an inflection point has come to pass. Minneapolis was once immortalized in the 1970s television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, when Mary Richards made her bright-eyed and optimistic journey there in search of opportunity and a new life. But now it is a relic; worn away, gritty and unwelcoming – with more empty storefronts than warm smiles. Of course, the decay didn’t happen overnight. The failed policies of a seri…
Minnesota Dodges Bullet: Frey Defeats Fateh Who Said "The Real Terrorists in America Are White People”
Jacob Frey has officially defeated Omar Fateh in the race for Mayor of Minneapolis. The Somali socialist was narrowly defeated by the incumbent Democrat Jacob Frey. Dmitri Bolt at Townhall: The city’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), initially endorsed Fateh, the first Somali American and Muslim to serve in the Minnesota state Senate, at their convention in July. However, the incumbent mayor, Jacob Frey, challenged the endorsement over the D…
Minneapolis Mayor Race Goes To Second Tabulation
By Tyler O'Neil, The Daily Signal | November 04, 2025 The Minneapolis mayor race has proceeded to a second round of vote tabulation in ranked-choice voting. While Mayor Jacob Frey took the lead with 41.8% of the vote (with 98% of the votes counted, according to The Associated Press), he did not…
Jacob Frey fends off democratic socialist's challenge to win 3rd term as Minneapolis mayor
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has won a third term, defeating challenger Omar Fateh in the city's ranked-choice voting election.
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