St. Thomas community members voted in the municipal election Tuesday, Jacob Frey is leading the Minneapolis mayoral race, and voters decided against replacing the Minneapolis police department. Leila Weah has today’s News in :90.
Incumbent Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fell short of claiming victory Tuesday, but leads the race with 42.79% of the vote, needing 50% to win outright with Minneapolis’ ranked-choice voting.
Incumbent Melvin Carter won the St. Paul mayoral race with 61.64% of the vote. He was followed by Dino Guerin, who got 12.61%.
Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd’s death under an officer’s knee brought calls for racial justice.
Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters hoped would bring radical change to policing in the city where George Floyd’s death under an officer’s knee brought calls for racial justice.
