Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, a Democratic Socialist whose campaign has drawn parallels to Zohran Mamdani, lost the endorsement of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) on Thursday.

The decision to strip Fateh of his endorsement came after incumbent Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey challenged the DFL’s voting process.

“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,” DFL Party Chairman Richard Carlbom said in a statement. 3

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“As a result, the Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Committee has vacated the mayoral endorsemen

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