Get the majority of votes and win the mayor's office. Sounds simple enough. It was in St. Paul, where Melvin Carter bested his competitors as voters' first-choice. In Minneapolis, the path to victory was more complex as five candidates jostled through multiple rounds of ranked-choice vote reallocation before it was certain Jacob Frey had enough votes to win.
Mayoral Calculus
In Minneapolis, the path to electoral victory was complex as candidates jostled through multiple rounds of ranked-choice vote re-allocation before it was certain Jacob Frey had enough votes to win.
August 5, 2020 at 9:53PM
It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.
