A mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the mayor of the U.S. city of Minneapolis. Incumbent DFL mayor Jacob Frey won reelection to a second term, becoming the first Minneapolis mayor to win a second term since

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. Minneapolis mayoral elections use

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, also known as ranked-choice voting. All candidates appear on the same ballot and there is no

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, nor is there a runoff. Minneapolis's twin city,

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, also held a

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on the same day, using the same system.

Background

2017 election

Frey announced his candidacy for mayor of Minneapolis on January 3, 2017, and won the November 7 election. He was sworn into office on January 2, 2018. Frey is Minneapolis's second Jewish mayor, and its second-youngest after Al Hofstede, who was 34 when he was elected in 1973. Frey campaigned on a platform of increasing support for affordable housing and improving police-community relations.

Candidates

Declared

*Nate "Honey Badger" Atkins (

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), unconventional Libertarian *A.J. Awed ( DFL), co-executive director of the Cedar-Riverside Community Council *Troy Benjegerdes ( DFL), software engineer and candidate for mayor in

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and

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*Bob Carney ( Republican) *Clint Conner ( DFL), attorney and social justice advocate *Christopher David ( DFL) * Jacob Frey ( DFL), incumbent mayor *Mark Globus ( DFL), attorney and business leader *Marcus Harcus ( Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis), executive director of the Minnesota Campaign for Full Legalization *Paul Johnson (Humanitarian-Community Party) * Kate Knuth ( DFL), educator and former state representative *Doug Nelson ( Socialist Workers) * Sheila June Nezhad ( DFL), community organizer *Jerrell Perry (For the People Party) *Laverne Turner ( Republican), political advisor *Kevin Ward ( Independent) *Mike Winter ( Independence), commercial driver, podcast host, and Teamster Union steward

Withdrew

*David Tilsen ( DFL), former Minneapolis School Board member (endorsed Nezhad) *Philip Sturm ( DFL),

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veteran

Endorsements

Seven DFL members of the Minnesota State Legislature signed a letter urging Minneapolis residents not to reelect Frey and to instead elect a new mayor who would fight racial discrimination while improving public safety. The legislators who signed the letter were senators Scott Dibble and Omar Fateh and representatives

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, and

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. The letter stops short of endorsing any specific candidate, but Agbaje, Davnie, Dibble, and Greenman separately endorsed Knuth. Gomez endorsed both Nezhad and Knuth.https://www.instagram.com/kateformpls/?hl=en

Background

2017 election

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Endorsements

Fundraising

Polling

Results

Notes

See also

References

External links