The Minnesota affiliate of the Democratic Party rescinded its endorsement on Thursday of an anti-Israel candidate in the Minneapolis mayoral race over voting irregularities at its nominating convention in July.

The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s Constitution, Bylaws and Rules Committee determined that the vote to endorse state senator Omar Fateh was invalid and barred its Minneapolis branch from holding a second nominating convention.

“The Constitution, Bylaws and Rules Committee found substantial failures in the Minneapolis convention’s voting process on July 19, including an acknowledgement that a mayoral candidate was errantly eliminated from contention,” DFL Party chairman Richard Carlbom stated. “As a result, the Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Committee has vacated the mayo

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