Minnesota Democratic Party endorses Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor
Somali-American state senator secures DFL backing over incumbent Democrat Jacob Frey
By Anders Hagstrom Fox News
Published July 20, 2025 11:37am EDT
Minnesota's branch of the Democratic Party endorsed far-left Minnesota State Sen. Omar Fateh's campaign for mayor of Minneapolis on Saturday.
Fateh announced the endorsement from the Democratic Farmer-Labor (DFL) party on social media. He secured the endorsement over incumbent mayor Jacob Frey, also a Democrat.
"I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us," Fateh wrote on X.
The DFL did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
https://twitter.com/OmarFatehMN/status/1946761856275624188Fateh has received many comparisons to New York City's Zohran Mamdani. Like Mamdani, Fateh is a Muslim Democratic socialist and, at 35, a fellow member of Generation Y.
Fateh, a son of Somali immigrants, became the first Somali-American elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2020. He pledges that, if elected mayor, he would raise the city's minimum wage, increase the supply of affordable housing, and combat what he calls "police violence."
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