MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The progressive wing of the Minneapolis City Council will keep its majority but lose its ability to override the mayor’s vetoes in its next term. The political makeup of the incoming council will likely allow Mayor Jacob Frey to avoid the kind of pushback on his power that shaped the last two years.

Mayor Frey will start third term without threat of veto-proof supermajority

What we know:

The progressive arm of the Minneapolis City Council lost a seat on Tuesday night when incumbent Katie Cashman lost her reelection bid in Ward 7 to newcomer and moderate Shelley Madore.

The loss of a progressive voice leaves that wing of the council without the ability to override a mayoral veto.

Council clashed with mayor, sometimes overrode vetoes

The backstory:

The progress

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