MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Voters in Minneapolis went to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for mayor, though the election will proceed to a second round of ranked choice voting since no candidate secured the majority of votes needed to win.

Minneapolis Mayor election ranked-choice voting

What happened:

Voters in Minneapolis went to the polls to choose their next mayor between incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey and 14 other candidates.

After the first round of voting, Mayor Frey led the race with 42% of votes, while Omar Fateh secured 32% of the votes. Other challengers, including DeWayne Davis and Jazz Hamptom, received 14% and 10% of votes, respectively.

A candidate needs a majority to win, meaning more than 50% of the vote, so 50% + 1. Due to ranked choice voting , official result

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