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Voters in the Minnesota city of St. Louis Park elected Nadia Mohamed, a 27-year-old Somali-American, as the city’s first Black, first Somali, and first Muslim mayor Tuesday night.
Andrea Jenkins won re-election over DSA-backed challenger in Ward 8 – but the coalition allied with Mayor Frey failed to win other races.
The pro-Frey moderates and anti-Frey progressives are both looking to secure control of the Minneapolis City Council.
A similar story is playing out in Minneapolis' Ward 7, where Katie Cashman won 48% of the first-choice vote to Scott Graham’s 47%.
Several key city council races in St. Paul and Minneapolis are still too close to call as of the morning after election night.