JUST IN: Minneapolis Mayor Wins Reelection Over Democratic Socialist Challenger

Zachary Leeman Nov 5th, 2025, 1:22 pm

(Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) defeated Democratic Socialist Party challenger Omar Fateh and others to win a third term in office after an election that relied on ranked-choice voting.

Ranked choice voting required multiple counts before Frey came out on top. In the first round of voting, Frey led Fateh in the 15-person race, but things had to move to another round of counting since he did not meet the required 50% threshold, according to the Associated Press .

In Minneapolis’s ranked-choice voting, the candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated after a first round count. Then their second choice on the ballot is count

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