The 2025 Minneapolis mayoral election was held on November 4, 2025. The mayor Jacob Frey won re-election to a third term. 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. The election was held alongside races for city council and other municipal offices. Candidates Declared The following candidates filed paperwork to run: DeWayne Davis, chaplain of the Minnesota Senate (DFL) Kevin Dwire, hotel cook and perennial candidate (Socialist Workers) Omar Fateh, state senator from the 62nd district (2021–present) (DFL) Jacob Frey, incumbent mayor (2018–present) (DFL) Jazz Hampton, app developer and former attorney (DFL) Charlie McCloud, digital creator (unaffiliated) Xavier Pauke, education professional (Protecting Tomorrow's Dreams) Troy A. Peterson, systems engineer (Momunist) Andrea Revel (For the People) Alejandro Richardson (unaffiliated) Brenda Short, financial clearance representative (DFL) Adam Terzich (Renaissance) Laverne Turner, consultant and Republican candidate for mayor in 2021 (unaffiliated) Jeffrey Alan Wagner, perennial candidate (Why Not Wagner) Kevin Ward, independent candidate for mayor in 2021 (Nobody's Party)
Withdrawn Howard Dotson, healthcare chaplain (independent) Emily Koski, council member from the 11th ward (2022–present) (DFL) (endorsed Hampton)
Endorsements Five candidates sought the Minneapolis DFL endorsement: DeWayne Davis, Omar Fateh, Jacob Frey, Jazz Hampton, and Brenda Short. 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. Frey's campaign appealed his victory to the state party.
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. 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. The state DFL determined that no errors were made in how the endorsement was rescinded. 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.
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof errorDeWayneDavisOmarFatehJacobFreyJazzHamptonOtherUndecidedPublic Policy Polling (D)August 26–27, 2025822 (V)± 3.3%10%29%34%5%5%17%ImpactResearch (D)August 8–14, 2025600 (LV)± 4.0%10%28%41%5%9%7%Public Policy Polling (D)May 22–23, 2025898 (V)± 10%15%28%4%44%Polls of voters' first choice for the mayoral election
Results 2025 Minneapolis mayoral electionCandidateRound 1Round 2Votes%Votes% (incumbent)61,44441.7073,72350.0346,61431.6365,37744.3720,41413.85colspan=2 15,33910.41colspan=2 7990.54colspan=2 7730.52colspan=2 4810.33colspan=2 3810.26colspan=2 2970.20colspan=2 2060.14colspan=2 1680.11colspan=2 1290.09colspan=2 930.06colspan=2 520.04colspan=2 520.04colspan=2 Write-ins1140.08colspan=2 Exhausted ballotscolspan=2 8,2565.60%Total147,356100.0%139,100100.0%
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External links Minneapolis Elections and Voter Services Minnesota Secretary of State – Elections and Campaigns
Official campaign websites DeWayne Davis (DFL) Omar Fateh (DFL) Jacob Frey (DFL) Jazz Hampton (DFL) Charlie McCloud (I) Xavier Pauke (Protecting Tomorrow's Dreams) Troy A. Peterson (Momunist) Brenda Short (DFL) Laverne Turner (I) Kevin Ward (Nobody's Party) Andrea Revel (For The People)