Jacob Frey declared winner in Minneapolis mayoral race [View all]

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey won a second term, defeating opponents who aligned against him in a campaign focusing heavily on his track record on policing.

City officials announced Wednesday afternoon that Frey won after two rounds of ranked-choice voting tabulation. Challenger Kate Knuth came in second in the final round, pulling in 38% of votes compared to Frey's 49%.

Knuth, a former state legislator and sustainability scholar, had aligned with community organizer Sheila Nezhad in a campaign urging voters not to rank the incumbent mayor who, they argued, had done too little to change policing before and after George Floyd's killing.

Frey begins a second term with more power than any mayor in recent memory. Voters also approved a charter change that designates the mayor as the city's chief executive and prohibits council members from interfering with the mayor's supervision of most departments.

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