Minneapolis and St. Paul Elections In St. Paul, the
Mayor’s race turned out to be the surprise of the evening.
Incumbent Mayor Carter was running for a third term and was
expected to win. However, a late entrant into the race, current
legislator Kaohly Her emerged victorious with 47.76% of the vote.
St. Paul has ranked-choice voting, so despite
Mayor Carter holding a slight lead in the first round, the
transfer votes in the final round were enough to push Kaohly Her to
the win. This creates an all female leadership for the City of St.
Paul with Her joins the previously elected all female City Council
in January 2026. Mayor Frey is elected to a 3rd term. Minneapolis
also uses ranked-choice voting, after round one, Minneapolis Mayor
Jacob Frey was in the lead over his closest challenger Omar Fateh.
Following the second round of tabulations, Frey reached the
threshold of 50% and won the election.
