Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh, a far-left candidate for Minneapolis mayor who drew comparisons to Zohran Mamdani, came up short in his effort to cement the city as a socialist stronghold.
The Associated Press called the race for incumbent Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday afternoon, after final round results were tabulated using ranked choice voting (RCV). In the first round of balloting, Frey had received 41.7% of the vote compared with Fateh’s 31.6%, with other candidates splitting the remaining vote, according to the AP.
When RCV was tabulated, Frey had 53.0% of the vote to Fateh’s 47.0%.
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Fateh, who is of Somali descent, would have been the city’s first Muslim mayor. He sparked controversy in August for suggesting that his top priority if elected mayor would be defending illegal immigrants from “a hostile federal government.”
Fateh was viewed by some political observers as the “midwest Mamdani” due to both candidates’ similar backgrounds and political views.
Both socialist candidates have previously called for defunding the police, pledge to enact a tax hike on wealthy residents and are vocal critics of Israel.
One of Fateh’s campaign proposals would divert half of 911 calls to “non-police responders” and he backed a 2021 ballot measure to defund the police and replace law enforcement with “peace officers.”
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Frey led Minneapolis during the Black Lives Matter riots following the death of George Floyd, which triggered a violent crime surge and police exodus in the city. He notably knelt at Floyd’s casket during the career criminal’s June 2020 memorial service in the city.
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