2025 Saint Paul mayoral election
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November 4, 2025[1]
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The city of Saint Paul, Minnesota held an election on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor.[2] It was held using ranked-choice voting.[3] The city elects mayors to four-year terms without term limits.[4] Incumbent mayor Melvin Carter III, first elected in 2017, lost reelection to State Representative Kaohly Vang Her. Both are members of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.[5]
Her was elected the first female, first Hmong, and first Asian-American mayor of Saint Paul. Her was elected in an upset after final round tabulations gave her an advantage distributed from other challengers to Carter, scientist Yan Chen, businessman Mike Hilborn, and engineer Adam Dullinger.[6]
During the 2024 general election, voters approved a measure to move Saint Paul's city elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years to coincide with the state's general elections, beginning 2028. Thus, as it currently stands, this will be the last regularly scheduled Saint Paul mayoral election to be held during the off-year.[7]
Candidates
Declared
- Melvin Carter III, incumbent mayor (DFL)[8]
- Yan Chen, scientist and 2023 Ward 1 city council candidate[9] (DFL)[10]
- Adam Dullinger, mechanical engineer[11] (I)[12]
- Kaohly Her, state representative from district 64A (DFL)[13]
- Mike Hilborn, businessman and 2024 Republican state house candidate[9] (I)[14]
Endorsements
- Statewide officials
- Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota (2019–present)[15]
- Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (2019–present)[15]
- Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota (2019–present)[15]
- U.S. senators
- Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator from Minnesota (2007–present)[15]
- Tina Smith, U.S. senator from Minnesota (2018–present)[15]
- State legislators
- Samakab Hussein, state representative from district 65A (2023–present)[16]
- Clare Oumou Verbeten, state senator from the 66th district (2023–present)[16]
- Sandy Pappas, state senator from the 65th district (1991–present)[16]
- Municipal officials
- Garrison McMurtrey, Ramsey County Commissioner from the 3rd district (2025–present)[16]
- Rena Moran, Ramsey County Commissioner from the 4th district (2023–present) and former state representative from district 65A (2011–2023)[16]
- Saint Paul city councilors
- Anika Bowie, Ward 1 (2024–present)[16]
- Molly Coleman, Ward 4 (2025–present)[16]
- Cheniqua Johnson, Ward 7 (2024–present)[16]
- Saura Jost, Ward 3 (2024–present)[16]
- Individuals
- Naomi Kritzer, speculative fiction writer and blogger[17]
- Labor unions
- American Federation of Teachers Local 28[18]
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 110[18]
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 82[18]
- Minnesota Nurses Association[19]
- North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters[18]
- Service Employees International Union Minnesota State Council[20]
- United Association Locals 34, 417, and 455[16]
- Organizations
- Sierra Club North Star Chapter[21]
- State legislators
- John Hoffman, state senator from the 34th district (2013–present)[15]
- Zack Stephenson, DFL Caucus Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2025–present) from district 35A (2019–present)[16]
- Ryan Winkler, former Majority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2019–2023) from district 46A (2007–2015, 2019–2023)[15]
- Saint Paul city councilors
- Nelsie Yang, Ward 6 (2020–present)[16]
- Labor unions
- International Association of Fire Fighters Local 21[22]
- International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Local 10[16]
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council #32[23]
- Organizations
- Everytown for Gun Safety[24]
- New American Leaders Action Fund[25]
- Saint Paul Association of Realtors[26]
- Municipal officials
- Steve Wellington, former Twin Cities Metropolitan Councilor (1993–1999)[16]
- Organizations
- Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce PAC[27]
- Party chapters
- Saint Paul Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party[28]
- Saint Paul Republican Party[29]
