A Minneapolis City Council that has in recent years sparred with incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey was able to maintain its progressive majority Tuesday night, despite a loss in the western part of the city.

Katie Cashman, who represented Ward 7, was unseated by Elizabeth Shaffer, who served as a Minneapolis Park commissioner for three years and was backed by Frey and the centrist PAC All of Minneapolis.

Still, it was a solid night for incumbents, who otherwise held on to their seats.

Aside from Shaffer, the council will welcome three new faces this cycle: Soren Stevenson in Ward 8, Jamison Whiting in Ward 11 and a member in Ward 5, which had not been called as of Wednesday morning.

Pearll Warren led in the ward vacated by Jeremiah Ellison after the first round of tabulation, with Ethroph

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