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He claims to actually like the mayor -- his union endorsed Carter during Carter's time on the city council -- but he's nonetheless proven to be one of the administration's most vocal critics.
On Tuesday, the sales tax question -- a priority of the mayor and City Hall -- sailed through the ballot box with 60% of the vote.
Incumbents Rebecca Noecker, Mitra Jilali, Nelsie Yang and newcomer Hwa Jeong Kim all surpassed the 50% threshold of first choice votes under ranked choice voting to win their seats.
Results in wards 1 and 7 will not be known before Friday, when ballots are reallocated.
In the races for the seats on St. Paul’s City Council, the candidates themselves had raised a collective sum of roughly $853,000 for their campaigns since the most recent council election in 2019.