Kaohly Vang Her Makes History as First Hmong Woman to Lead St. Paul

St. Paul mayoral race needs more counting as no clear winner emerges

Rep. Kaohly Vang Her, DFL-St. Paul, speaks on the House floor in 2024. (Photo by Andrew VonBank/Minnesota House Info)No one won a majority of votes in the St. Paul mayoral race, delaying a final result until more tabulation is completed under the city’s ranked-choice voting system.  After the first round of unofficial voting results, Mayor Melvin Carter had just above 40% of the total, with state Rep. Kaohly Her winning just above 38%.    In the…

Kaohly Vang Her makes history as first Hmong woman to lead St. Paul

Rep. Kaohly Vang Her will be St. Paul’s first female and first Hmong mayor after besting her former boss, incumbent mayor Melvin Carter, in an upset Tuesday night. The results were close after the first ballot, with neither candidate meeting the 50% threshold. Ramsey County posted an unofficial tally of ranked choice ballots at midnight Tuesday, which showed Her to be the winner. “We never went into this race running against somebody or anyone, …

St. Paul voters to pick mayor as city faces challenges

Mayor Melvin Carter, seeking a third term leading St. Paul, faces several challengers, including state Rep. Kaohly Her, a former staff member.

St. Paul’s mayoral race to be decided by ranked-choice vote — on Election Night

Voters in St. Paul’s mayoral election can rank all five candidates on Tuesday in order of preference and expect to learn the winner before they go to bed Tuesday night. After the votes come in for the mayor’s race, Ramsey County Elections will use ballot reallocation software for the first time since the capital city first implemented ranked-choice voting in 2011, guaranteeing same-night results. “We could not be more excited about this improvem…

The people decided: Question 300 goes down in a landslide on Election Night

In a landslide defeat, Ballot Question 300 was losing the unofficial preliminary vote with 62.53% of Telluride electors voting “No” on the citizens initiated charter amendment. The amendment would have required a mandatory vote of the people for any projects…