In the hotly contested election for Mayor of Minneapolis, no candidate reached the 50% threshold needed to be declared the winner.
Minneapolis uses Ranked Choice Voting for its municipal elections and after all precincts reported Tuesday night, incumbent Mayor Frey was leading among the candidates voters ranked first on their ballot, with 42% of the vote. State Sen. Omar Fateh was second with 32% of the vote. Rev. DeWayne Davis followed with about 14% while attorney Jazz Hampton received 10%.
Fateh, Davis and Hampton had urged their supporters to rank them as a slate and not to rank Frey, which if the supporters followed their advice would give Fateh the chance to catch up to Frey once the votes are redistributed to their ranked choice.
This story will be updated.
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Born and raised in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, Tom is the Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Mshale which has been reporting on the news and culture of African immigrants in the United States since 1995. He has a BA in Business from Metro State University and a Public Leadership Credential from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was the original host of Talking Drum, the signature current affairs show on the African Broadcasting Network (ABN-America), which was available nationwide in the United States via the Dish Network satellite service. On the show, he interviewed Nobel laureates such as 2004 Nobel Peace prize winner, Professor Wangari Maathai, the first woman from Africa to win the peace prize and heads of states. Tom has served and chaired various boards including Global Minnesota (formerly Minnesota International Center), the sixth largest World Affairs Council in the United States. He has previously served as the first Black President of the Board of Directors at Books for Africa. He also serves on the board of the Minnesota Multicultural Media Consortium. He has previously served two terms on the board of the United Nations Association. An avid runner, he retired from running full marathons after turning 50 and now only focuses on training for half marathons.
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