A Minnesota Democratic committee on Thursday revoked the party’s endorsement of mayoral candidate Omar Fateh , a democratic socialist challenging the incumbent Democratic mayor of Minneapolis.

Fateh was the top delegate winner at Minneapolis’ Democratic Farmer-Labor Party convention last month.

“After a thoughtful and transparent review of the challenges, the Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Committee found substantial failures in the Minneapolis Convention’s voting process on July 19th, including an acknowledgement that a mayoral candidate was errantly eliminated from contention. As a result, the Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Committee has vacated the mayoral endorsement,” said DFL Party Chairman Richard Carlbom in a statement that also called for party unity.

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