US EditionMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey seeks to fend off democratic socialist’s challenge in a crowded race
Incumbent Mayor Frey seeks third term amid challenges on policing, housing, and public safety, facing Somali American State Senator Omar Fateh in a ranked-choice vote.
- Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey faces a steep challenge in Tuesday's election from democratic socialist Omar Fateh who hopes to become the city's first Muslim and Somali American mayor.
- No candidates list themselves as Republicans in the heavily Democratic city, though one candidate with a GOP background, Laverne Turner, is running a low-key campaign as an independent.
- Frey led Minneapolis through the turmoil following the 2020 murder of George Floyd and negotiated agreements with the state and federal governments to remake the police department.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey seeks to fend off democratic socialist's challenge in a crowded race
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces a challenge in Tuesday’s election from a democratic socialist. It's race that highlights different visions of how to govern in a liberal city that faces persistent problems with policing, crime and homelessness.
Minneapolis Mayoral Race Tests Growing Power of Democratic Socialists
Mayoral races in two major cities—Minneapolis and New York City—are spotlighting the growing influence of democratic socialists in America. Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh is among more than a dozen candidates challenging Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a two-term Democrat who has been in office since 2018. Fateh and the leading New York City mayoral candidate, state Rep. Zohran Mamdani, are members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), w…
Minneapolis Democratic Socialist Mayoral Candidate Omar Fateh Promises To Alert Immigrants Before ICE Raids
Minnesota state senator and mayoral frontrunner Omar Fateh has pledged to block all cooperation between the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and federal immigration authorities, and to establish systems to warn immigrant communities ahead of any ICE raids/operations within the city. In an explosive interview on Water Wave TV, Fateh, a Democratic Socialist and the first Somali American in the Minnesota Senate, accused city officials of “strate…
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