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Minneapolis residents are gearing up to elect their next mayor in the upcoming general election on Tuesday.
A total of 15 candidates are vying for the position, including the current Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat who is eligible to run for a third term. Among his challengers is state Senator Omar Fateh, a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist, who has been likened to New York’s Zohran Mamdani, also a Democratic socialist, earning him the nickname “Mamdani of the Midwest” in some news reports.
The city of Minneapolis adopted ranked choice voting back in 2009. This system, as explained by the nonpartisan organization FairVote, permits voters to rank their top three candidates. If their first choice doesn’t secure enough votes to win, the vote then automatically transfers to their second choice, and so on.
In terms of endorsements, Mayor Frey boasts support from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. Meanwhile, Senator Fateh has garnered the endorsement of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar.
Frey has received the endorsements of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, while Fateh is backed by Rep. Ilhan Omar.
One of the biggest concerns among voters in Minneapolis has been police staffing. Following the killing of George Floyd in 2020, calls for the city to defund the police started to grow. Frey has criticized the measure and told NPR he would never implement it.
Fateh said Frey has “failed to implement meaningful reforms to police, and has vetoed one good solution after another.” One of his campaign promises includes funding public services to help residents going through a crisis.
Polls close in Minneapolis at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Follow election results in the Minneapolis mayoral race in the tracker below:
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