2025 Minneapolis municipal election
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A general election was held in Minneapolis on November 4, 2025. Minneapolis's mayor was up for election as well as all the seats on the City Council, the two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. Voters were able to rank up to three candidates for each office in order of preference. City offices are formally nonpartisan, though the offices of mayor and city council allow candidates to list a party or preference.[1]
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November 4, 2025
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The candidate filing period was from July 29 to August 12, 2025. Early in-person and mail voting began on September 19, 2025.[2]
Mayor
There was an election for Mayor of Minneapolis in 2025.[3] Incumbent Jacob Frey was elected to a third term.[4] The Minneapolis DFL endorsed one of his challengers, Omar Fateh,[5] though the endorsement was later revoked by the state party.[6]
City Council
All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council were up for election to a four-year term.[3] Each resident of Minneapolis can elect one city council member in a single-member district. Because of re-districting, members were last elected in 2021 and 2023 for two-year terms instead of the usual four.[7]
Park and Recreation Board
All 6 districts and 3 at-large seats on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board were on the ballot in 2025.[3] Meg Forney, Tom Olsen, and Amber Frederick won seats.[8]
At-large
Candidates
Endorsements
- Political organizations
Results
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation at-large results | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation | Candidate | FPV (%) | Votes per round | Status | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Non-partisan | Meg Forney | 22.38 | 25,368 | 26,343 | 28,610 | 34,085 | 28,338[a] | Elected | ||||
| Non-partisan | Tom Olsen | 20.11 | 22,796 | 23,175 | 25,347 | 26,665 | 27,487 | Elected | ||||
| Non-partisan | Amber A. Frederick | 15.05 | 17,056 | 18,338 | 20,373 | 22,261 | 23,187 | Elected | ||||
| Non-partisan | Michael Wilson | 13.49 | 15,291 | 15,833 | 18,617 | 19,705 | 19,978 | Lost | ||||
| Non-partisan | Mary McKelvey | 10.69 | 12,116 | 12,914 | 14,904 | Eliminated | ||||||
| Non-partisan | Matthew Dowgwillo | 6.27 | 7,112 | 7,524 | Eliminated | |||||||
| Non-partisan | Adam Schneider | 6.25 | 7,083 | 7,494 | Eliminated | |||||||
| Non-partisan | Averi M. Turner | 5.40 | 6,118 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Write-ins | N/a | 0.36 | 408 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Exhausted ballots | 1,727 | 5,497 | 10,642 | 14,357 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 113,348 | |||||||||||
| Threshold | 28,338 | |||||||||||
| Undervotes | 34,354 | |||||||||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[8] | ||||||||||||
District 1
Park Board District 1 is located in northeast and southeast Minneapolis. It includes the whole Northeast community, the neighborhoods of Como, Marshall Terrace, Mid City Industrial, Prospect Park/East River Road, and Sheridan, the University of Minnesota area, and part of Marcy Holmes. Dan Engelhart won the seat with 59% of the vote.[18]
Candidates
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Endorsements
Results
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 1 results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Round 1 | ||||
| Votes | % | |||||
| Non-partisan | Dan Engelhart | 9,641 | 59.1% | |||
| Non-partisan | Dan Miller | 6,582 | 40.4% | |||
| Write-in | Write-ins | 89 | 0.5% | |||
| Total active votes | 16,312 | 100.0% | ||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[18] | ||||||
District 2
Park Board District 2 is located in north Minneapolis. It includes the communities of Camden and Near North and part of the North Loop. Charles Rucker won reelection with 98% of the vote.[21]
Candidates
- Charles Rucker, incumbent commissioner (at-large)
Endorsements
Results
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 2 results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Round 1 | ||||
| Votes | % | |||||
| Non-partisan | Charles Rucker | 8,447 | 97.70% | |||
| Write-in | Write-ins | 199 | 2.30% | |||
| Total active votes | 8,646 | 100.0% | ||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[21] | ||||||
District 3
Park Board District 3 is located in south-central Minneapolis. It includes the neighborhoods of Cedar Riverside, Cooper, Corcoran, Howe, Longfellow, Powderhorn Park, Seward, and all of Phillips. Kedar Deshpande won the seat with 98% of the vote.[22]
Candidates
- Kedar Deshpande[23]
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Endorsements
Results
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 3 results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Round 1 | ||||
| Votes | % | |||||
| Non-partisan | Kedar Deshpande | 8,633 | 98.05% | |||
| Write-in | Write-ins | 172 | 1.95% | |||
| Total active votes | 8,805 | 100.0% | ||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[22] | ||||||
District 4
District 4 is centrally located in Minneapolis. It includes most of the Central community, the neighborhoods of Bryn Mawr, Cedar-Isles-Dean, Kenwood, Lowry Hill, The Wedge, Nicollet Island, and Whittier, and parts of Marcy Holmes, and East Bde Maka Ska. Incumbent commissioner Elizabeth Shaffer did not seek re-election, instead running for city council in ward 7.[24] Jason Garcia won the seat with a final percentage of 51.5%.[25]
Candidates
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Endorsements
Results
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation District 4 results | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation | Candidate | FPV (%) | Votes per round | Status | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Non-partisan | Jason Garcia | 48.27 | 9,506 | 10,142 | Elected | |||||||
| Non-partisan | Jeanette Colby | 42.92 | 8,451 | 8,939 | Lost | |||||||
| Non-partisan | Andrew Gebo | 8.38 | 1,650 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Write-ins | N/a | 0.43 | 85 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Exhausted ballots | 611 | |||||||||||
| Total votes | 19,692 | |||||||||||
| Threshold | 9,847 | |||||||||||
| Undervotes | 6,838 | |||||||||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[25] | ||||||||||||
District 5
Park Board District 5 is in South Minneapolis. It covers the Nokomis community and most of Longfellow and Powderhorn. Kay Carvajal Moran won the seat with a final percentage of 52.9%.[30]
Candidates
- Colton Baldus (Twin Cities CPUSA)[12][31]
- Kay Carvajal Moran[12]
- Justin Theodore Cermak[12]
- Steffanie Musich, incumbent commissioner[32]
- U.S Representatives
- Ilhan Omar, MN-05 (2019–present)
- Labor unions
- Minneapolis Regional Labor Foundation, AFL-CIO[15]
- Minnesota Federation of Teachers, MFT59
- LiUNA Minnesota and North Dakota
- AFSCME Council 5
- Political Organizations
- Women Winning
Results
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation District 5 results | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation | Candidate | FPV (%) | Votes per round | Status | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Non-partisan | Kay Carvajal Moran | 47.96 | 12,901 | 14,237 | Elected | |||||||
| Non-partisan | Steffanie Musich | 36.39 | 9,789 | 10,932 | Lost | |||||||
| Non-partisan | Justin Theodore Cermak | 9.11 | 2,451 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Non-partisan | Colton Baldus | 6.18 | 1,661 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Write-ins | N/a | 0.35 | 95 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Exhausted ballots | 1,728 | |||||||||||
| Total votes | 26,897 | |||||||||||
| Threshold | 13,449 | |||||||||||
| Undervotes | 7,571 | |||||||||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[30] | ||||||||||||
District 6
Park Board District 6 is in southwest Minneapolis. It consists of the Southwest community, the neighborhoods of Lyndale, South Uptown, and West Maka Ska, and part of East Bde Maka Ska. Cathy Abene won reelection with 65% of the vote.[34]
Candidates
Endorsements
Results
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board District 6 results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Round 1 | ||||
| Votes | % | |||||
| Non-partisan | Cathy Abene | 17,746 | 65.16% | |||
| Non-partisan | Ira Jourdain | 9,399 | 34.51% | |||
| Write-in | Write-ins | 90 | 0.33% | |||
| Total active votes | 27,235 | 100.0% | ||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[34] | ||||||
Board of Estimate and Taxation
The two directly elected, at-large seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation were for election.[3] The board also includes the mayor and representatives from the city's other elected bodies.[36] Eric Harris Bernstein and Steve Brandt won seats.[37]
Candidates
Withdrawn
- Samantha Pree-Stinson, incumbent[39]
Endorsements
Results
| Board of Estimate and Taxation at-large results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Round 1 | ||||
| Votes | % | |||||
| Non-partisan | Eric Harris Bernstein | 42,829 | 40.1% | |||
| Non-partisan | Steve Brandt | 35,911 | 33.7% | |||
| Non-partisan | Bob Fine | 27,445 | 25.7% | |||
| Write-in | Write-ins | 497 | 0.5% | |||
| Total active votes | 106,682 | 100.0% | ||||
| Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services[37] | ||||||
Notes
- Elected in previous round; reduction in votes is distributed surplus.