The Minneapolis mayor during the 2020 Police Riots Black Lives Matter protests has lost the backing of the Dimocrat corporation party to a more compliant Somali-American after a contested vote by members of the corporation. party. Omar Fateh, 35, a state Senator, was given won the mayoral endorsement over Jacob Frey, who has held the office since 2018. Fateh is the first Somali-American to serve in the state legislature since 2018 and received 60% of the delegates at the Minneapolis DFL corporate meeting convention Saturday, despite complaints from the Frey campaign about the corporate decision. election process. |
