2025 Minneapolis mayoral election

2025 Minneapolis mayoral election
November 4, 2025
 
Candidate Jacob Frey Omar Fateh
Party Democratic (DFL) Democratic (DFL)
First Round 61,444
41.7% 		46,614
31.6%
Final round 73,723
53.0% 		65,377
47.0%
 
Candidate DeWayne Davis Jazz Hampton
Party Democratic (DFL) Democratic (DFL)
First Round 20,414
13.9% 		15,339
10.4%
Final round Eliminated Eliminated
First preference votes
Mayor before election

Jacob Frey
DFL

Mayor elected

Jacob Frey
DFL

The 2025 Minneapolis mayoral election was held on November 4, 2025. The mayor Jacob Frey won re-election to a third term.[1][2][3] Minneapolis uses instant-runoff voting, also known as ranked choice voting, in its mayoral elections. Voters are allowed to rank up to three candidates on their ranked choice ballots.[4] The election was held alongside races for city council and other municipal offices.[5]

Candidates

Declared

The following candidates have filed paperwork to run:[6]

  • DeWayne Davis, chaplain of the Minnesota Senate (DFL)[7]
  • Kevin Dwire, hotel cook and perennial candidate (Socialist Workers)[8]
  • Omar Fateh, state senator from the 62nd district (2021–present) (DFL)[9]
  • Jacob Frey, incumbent mayor (2018–present) (DFL)[10]
  • Jazz Hampton, app developer and former attorney (DFL)[11]
  • Charlie McCloud, digital creator (unaffiliated)[12]
  • Xavier Pauke, education professional (Protecting Tomorrow's Dreams)[13]
  • Troy A. Peterson, systems engineer (Momunist)[12]
  • Andrea Revel (For the People)[12]
  • Alejandro Richardson (unaffiliated)[12]
  • Brenda Short, financial clearance representative (DFL)[14]
  • Adam Terzich (Renaissance)[12]
  • Laverne Turner, consultant and Republican candidate for mayor in 2021 (unaffiliated)[15]
  • Jeffrey Alan Wagner, perennial candidate (Why Not Wagner)[16]
  • Kevin Ward, independent candidate for mayor in 2021 (Nobody's Party)[17]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Five candidates sought the Minneapolis DFL endorsement: DeWayne Davis, Omar Fateh, Jacob Frey, Jazz Hampton, and Brenda Short.[20] The Minneapolis DFL endorsing convention took place on July 19, 2025 at the Target Center. The convention initially endorsed a mayoral candidate in a contested race for the first time since 1997, with Omar Fateh declared the winner after acquiring 43.58% of the vote in the first round. While this wasn't enough to reach the 60% threshold required for the endorsement, a second vote was held via raise of delegate badges, which Fateh won.[21] Frey's campaign appealed his victory to the state party.[22]

On August 21, 2025, the Minnesota DFL revoked the endorsement following the appeal, citing failures in the voting process. These failures included an error in ballot software usage that resulted in an undercount in the first round and a poorly secured registration spreadsheet. The state DFL placed the Minneapolis DFL on a two-year probation and forbade them from holding a second convention or otherwise endorsing in the 2025 mayoral election.[23] The Minneapolis DFL filed an unsuccessful appeal challenging both the revocation and the bans on future endorsements, citing conflicts of interest and claiming that the committee that made the determination was acting outside of the authority given them in the DFL's constitution.[24] The state DFL determined that no errors were made in how the endorsement was rescinded.[25] In October, Fateh's campaign was fined $500 in court for campaign finance violations after continuing to distribute yard signs that listed the DFL endorsement after it was revoked.[26]

DeWayne Davis (DFL)
State legislators
Municipal officials
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Omar Fateh (DFL)
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Political parties
Jacob Frey (DFL)
U.S. senators
Statewide officials
Municipal officials
Local officials
Party officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Jazz Hampton (DFL)
Organizations
Political parties
Emily Koski (DFL) (withdrawn)
Organizations
Declined to endorse
Statewide officials
State legislators

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		DeWayne
Davis 		Omar
Fateh 		Jacob
Frey 		Jazz
Hampton 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[c][72] August 26–27, 2025 822 (V) ± 3.3% 10% 29% 34% 5% 5% 17%
ImpactResearch (D)[d][73] August 8–14, 2025 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 10% 28% 41% 5% 9%[e] 7%
Public Policy Polling (D)[c][74] May 22–23, 2025 898 (V) N/a 10% 15% 28% 4% N/a 44%
Polls of voters' first choice for the mayoral election


Results

2025 Minneapolis mayoral election[75]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2
Votes % Votes %
Jacob Frey (incumbent) 61,444 41.70 73,723 50.03[f]
Omar Fateh 46,614 31.63 65,377 44.37[f]
DeWayne Davis 20,414 13.85 Eliminated
Jazz Hampton 15,339 10.41 Eliminated
Laverne Turner 799 0.54 Eliminated
Brenda Short 773 0.52 Eliminated
Charlie McCloud 481 0.33 Eliminated
Andrea Revel 381 0.26 Eliminated
Kevin Dwire 297 0.20 Eliminated
Alejandro Richardson 206 0.14 Eliminated
Kevin Ward 168 0.11 Eliminated
Jeffrey Wagner 129 0.09 Eliminated
Xavier Pauke 93 0.06 Eliminated
Troy Peterson 52 0.04 Eliminated
Adam Terzich 52 0.04 Eliminated
Write-ins 114 0.08 Eliminated
Exhausted ballots N/a 8,256 5.60%
Total 147,356 100.0% 139,100 100.0%

Notes

  1. ^ Fateh's endorsement was revoked by the state DFL, which cited irregulaties in the endorsement process.[59]
  2. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Minneapolis for the Many, who recommend ranking Fateh first, Davis second, and Hampton third
  4. ^ Poll sponsored by All of Minneapolis, who support Frey
  5. ^ Laverne Turner (R) at 9%
  6. ^ a b This represents the percent of all votes cast, including exhausted ballots

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