US EditionKaohly Her elected St. Paul mayor
Kaohly Her won with 47.8% after ranked-choice voting upset, driven by voter dissatisfaction with incumbent Melvin Carter’s handling of economic and housing issues.
- On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, Rep. Kaohly Her defeated incumbent Mayor Melvin Carter to become St. Paul's first Hmong-American and first woman mayor, with Ramsey County elections officials confirming the win around midnight.
- Amid voter dissatisfaction over store closures, a failed rent-control initiative and rising property taxes, Rep. Kaohly Her entered the race in August and mounted a rapid surge offering a high-profile alternative to Melvin Carter.
- By the numbers: after round one Melvin Carter led 40.83% to Rep. Kaohly Her's 38.4%, but ranked-choice voting reallocations gave Her 47.8% to Carter's 45%, and her campaign said $154,000 raised erased his finance edge.
- Carter conceded and pledged to help set Her up for success, who will serve a three-year term and work with a St. Paul City Council made up of seven women.
- Her framed her vision around restoring `nuts and bolts` government competence and outlined priorities of a vibrant economy, safe neighborhoods, and affordable housing, drawing on her Laos-born refugee background and finance and public-sector experience.
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St. Paul mayoral winner Kaohly Vang Her, who was born in Laos and entered the U.S. as a refugee, once claimed during a public debate that she and her family were illegal migrants.
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Kaohly Her wins St. Paul mayor race in upset over Melvin Carter
ST. PAUL — St. Paul residents went to the polls in unexpectedly heavy numbers Tuesday and voted in a new mayor — Kaohly Her — who unseated two-term incumbent Melvin Carter, a fellow DFLer, in a surprise upset. Voters were faced with a choice between re-electing Carter to a third term or elevating one of four challengers to the role. Chief among those challengers was Her, a state representative who entered the mayor’s race in August with a strong…
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