How MN lawmakers reacted to Omar Fateh's Minneapolis DFL endorsement

Senator gives first interview after surviving attempted assassination, endorses Fateh for mayor AlphaNews.org

Share This StoryA Democratic state senator who survived an attempted assassination just six weeks ago has endorsed one of his legislative colleagues in the Minneapolis mayoral race. Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, delivered a video message to delegates attending last weekend’s DFL endorsing convention in Minneapolis. In that message, Hoffman endorsed fellow Sen. Omar Fateh to be the city’s next mayor. Shortly thereafter, Fateh received the endo…

A busted ballot and 11th hour rule changes: The Minneapolis DFL Convention was a train wreck

Campaign signs for Omar Fateh line chairs at the Minneapolis DFL Convention Saturday, July 19, 2025. (Photo by Kyle Stokes/Axios)Editor’s note: Retired journalist and DFL activist David Brauer offered a different take on the convention in Thursday’s Reformer. You can read it here. Delegates at the Minneapolis DFL endorsing convention last weekend sat for over 10 hours accomplishing almost nothing. A single ballot taken for the mayor’s race faile…

How MN lawmakers reacted to Omar Fateh's Minneapolis DFL endorsement

Many have been tentative to weigh in on the matchup between incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey and leading challenger Sen. Omar Fateh.

Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omer Fateh criticized Israel after Oct. 7, accused Jewish state of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Fateh chose “uncommitted” rather than supporting President Joe Biden, citing dissatisfaction with the administration’s position on Israel’s conflict with Hamas. By Corey Walker, The Algemeiner Minneapolis mayoral candidate and Democratic Socialist Omar Fateh, who recently secured the Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party’s endorsement for mayor of Minneapolis, is drawing scrutiny over his statements regarding Israel amid a heated mayoral campaign.…