BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies Winston and City Council member Shelle Page advanced from Tuesday’s four-way mayoral primary, setting up a November contest between the incumbent and one of his council colleagues.
Winston easily led the field with 5,639 votes, or 48.58%, while Page finished second with 3,167 votes, or 27.29%, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State. All 25 Brooklyn Park precincts had reported.
Former City Council member Boyd Morson finished third with 1,660 votes, or 14.30%, while City Council member Maria Tran received 1,141 votes, or 9.83%.
The top two finishers advance to the Nov. 3 general election.
The result sets up a head-to-head contest between Winston, Brooklyn Park’s first Black mayor, and Page, who is midway through her first term representing the council’s Central District.
Winston is seeking a second term after first winning the mayor’s office in 2022. Page joined the City Council in January 2025 after narrowly defeating Teshite Wako by 341 votes in the 2024 general election.
Page announced her challenge to Winston in May, saying she wanted to bring a different leadership approach to City Hall.
The two entered Tuesday’s primary with a significant fundraising advantage over Morson and Tran. Campaign finance reports provided by the city last week showed Winston and Page had raised substantially more money than their two rivals as the primary approached.
Tuesday’s results confirmed their position as the race’s two leading candidates, although Winston enters the general election campaign with a sizable advantage from the primary. His 48.58% share was more than 21 percentage points higher than Page’s 27.29%.
Page has overcome a primary deficit before. In her successful 2024 campaign for the Central District seat, she finished second to Teshite Wako in the primary before defeating him by 341 votes in the November general election.
Eriksen easily advances in East District
In Brooklyn Park’s only City Council primary Tuesday, incumbent East District Council member Christian Eriksen easily finished first in a four-candidate field.
Eriksen received 2,068 votes, or 52.43%, according to unofficial results. Allen Miskowiec finished second with 696 votes, or 17.65%, earning the other spot on the November ballot.
Liberian-born Philip Seton Gaye-Bai finished third with 591 votes, or 14.98%, while Aaron Endris received 589 votes, or 14.93%. Just two votes separated Gaye-Bai and Endris.
Eriksen and Miskowiec will face each other in the Nov. 3 general election for the East District seat.
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