Summary
Jacob Frey won a third term as mayor of Minneapolis after defeating Omar Fateh and other candidates in a ranked-choice voting election. Frey led the count but did not have enough votes to win immediately in the first round.
Key Facts
- Jacob Frey is the Democratic Mayor of Minneapolis.
- Frey won his third term in office.
- He faced 14 opponents, including democratic socialist Omar Fateh.
- The election used ranked-choice voting, which means voters ranked candidates in order of preference.
- Frey led by about 10 percentage points after the initial count.
- He needed more than 50% of the votes in one round to win outright but eventually won in the final count.
