- Poll workers assist voters at the Folwell Community Center in Minneapolis. Residents are voting on multiple city offices and ballot initiatives this year.
- Tim Evans for MPR News
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By Jon Collins and David H. Montgomery
Minneapolis voters showed a lot of support Tuesday for Mayor Jacob Frey — but not quite enough to decide yet whether he’ll be re-elected.
Under the city’s ranked choice voting system, Frey needed to get 50 percent of the first-choice votes in order to win outright without counting voters’ other choices. He came in at about 43 percent.
Now, as the candidates who earned the least amount of votes are eliminated, their votes are reallocated to voters' second and then third choices.
Former state Rep. Kate Knuth and community organizer Sheila Nezhad had formed an alliance of sorts, urging their supporters to write them in as their second choice and to not rank Frey at all. The effort was supported by a coalition of progressive and activist groups.
The process resumes Wednesday.
In St. Paul, Mayor Melvin Carter appeared poised to win re-election easily. The capital city also uses ranked choice voting and Carter held more than 60 percent of first-choice votes late Tuesday with more than 90 percent of precincts reporting. | | |
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University of Minnesota professor and McArthur Genius Grant recipient Damien Fair inside of the new University of Minnesota Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain on Wednesday.Evan Frost | MPR News |
| Voters reject Mpls police overhaul, back rent control. St. Paul still counting on rent control |
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From MPR News Staff
Minneapolis voters on Tuesday soundly defeated a controversial plan intended to remake policing in the city.
A proposed amendment — Question 2 on the ballot — would have altered the Minneapolis police structure and dropped language from the city charter tying the size of the force to the city’s population.
The measure deeply divided city leaders and became the focus of intense national scrutiny. In a stunning turn, two City Council members who supported overhauling the police — Phillipe Cunningham and Jeremy Schroeder — lost their bids for re-election Tuesday.
And on Question 3, Minneapolis voters on Tuesday gave the City Council the power to put rent controls in place. St. Paul was still counting votes late Tuesday on a stricter rent control measure that would place a 3 percent cap on most rent increases. | | |
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- CDC recommends Pfizer vaccine for children 5 through 11. The move clears the way for shots to begin as soon as tomorrow, though it may be a few days before the vaccine is widely available. CDC director Rochelle Walensky, issued the recommendation supporting the vaccine Tuesday soon after the unanimous vote by the advisory committee.
- Ex-Minneapolis cop found guilty for illegal searches, stealing drugs. A jury Tuesday convicted Ty Jindra, a former Minneapolis police officer, of conducting illegal searches and stealing drugs from citizens. Jindra, 29 was convicted on three counts of acquiring controlled substances by deception, and two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law.
- Judge denies release of GOP donor accused of sex trafficking. Anton Lazzaro's request to be released while he awaits trial was denited, citing his attempts at obstruction in the case. Charges against Lazzaro allege that he trafficked at least six minors for sex over a several-month period in 2020.
- Biden says climate fears are well-founded but touts progress at the U.N. summit. President Biden on Tuesday acknowledged concerns about the changing climate and skepticism among activists about whether the climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, will change things for the better.
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