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2025 Minneapolis municipal election

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A general election will be held in Minneapolis on November 4, 2025. Minneapolis's mayor will be up for election as well as all the seats on the City Council, the two elected seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, and all the seats on the Park and Recreation Board. Voters are able to rank up to three candidates for each office in order of preference. City offices are formally nonpartisan, though the offices of mayor and city council allow candidates to list a party or preference.[1]

Quick facts

The candidate filing period will be from July 29 to August 12, 2025. Early in-person and mail voting will begin on September 19, 2025.[2]

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Mayor

There will be an election for Mayor of Minneapolis in 2025.[3] Incumbent Jacob Frey is running for a third term.[4] The Minneapolis DFL endorsed one of his challengers, Omar Fateh.[5]

City Council

All 13 seats on the Minneapolis City Council will be up for election to a four-year term.[3] Each resident of Minneapolis can elect one city councilor in a single-member district. Because of re-districting, members were last elected in 2021 and 2023 for two-year terms instead of the usual four.[6]

Park and Recreation Board

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All 6 districts and 3 at-large seats on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will be on the ballot in 2025.[3]

At-large

Candidates

  • Matthew Dowgwillo[7]
  • Meg Forney, incumbent commissioner [8]
  • Amber Frederick[9]
  • Mary McKelvey[10]
  • Tim Peterson[7]
  • Adam Schneider[10]
  • Averi M. Turner[10]
  • Tom Olsen, incumbent commissioner[11]
  • Michael Wilson[12]

Endorsements

Amber Frederick
Political parties
Labor unions
Tom Olsen
Political parties
Labor unions
Adam Schneider
Michael Wilson
Political parties
Political organizations
Labor unions

District 1

Park Board District 1 is located in northeast and southeast Minneapolis. It includes the whole Northeast community, the neighborhoods of Como, Marshall Terrace, Mid City Industrial, Prospect Park/East River Road, and Sheridan, the University of Minnesota area, and part of Marcy Holmes.

Candidates

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  • Billy Menz, incumbent commissioner[17][18]

Endorsements

Billy Menz (withdrawn)
Labor unions
Dan Engelhart
Political parties

District 2

Park Board District 2 is located in north Minneapolis. It includes the communities of Camden and Near North and part of the North Loop.

Candidates

  • Charles Rucker, incumbent commissioner (at-large)

Endorsements

Charles Rucker
Political parties
Labor unions

District 3

Park Board District 3 is located in south-central Minneapolis. It includes the neighborhoods of Cedar Riverside, Cooper, Corcoran, Howe, Longfellow, Powderhorn Park, Seward, and all of Phillips.

Candidates

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Endorsements

Kedar Deshpande
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Labor unions

District 4

District 4 is centrally located in Minneapolis. It includes most of the Central community, the neighborhoods of Bryn Mawr, Cedar-Isles-Dean, Kenwood, Lowry Hill, The Wedge, Nicollet Island, and Whittier, and parts of Marcy Holmes,and East Bde Maka Ska. Incumbent commissioner Elizabeth Shaffer is not seeking re-election, instead running for city council in ward 7.[20]

Candidates

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Endorsements

Jason Garcia
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Labor unions

District 5

Park Board District 5 is in South Minneapolis. It covers the Nokomis community and most of Longfellow and Powderhorn.

Candidates

  • Colton Baldus[10]
  • Kay Carvajal Moran[10]
  • Justin Theodore Cermak[10]
  • Steffanie Musich, incumbent commissioner[26]

District 6

Park Board District 6 is in southwest Minneapolis. It consists of the Southwest community, the neighborhoods of Lyndale, South Uptown, and West Maka Ska, and part of East Bde Maka Ska.

Candidates

  • Cathy Abene, incumbent commissioner[27]
  • Ira Jourdain[7]

Endorsements

Ira Jourdain
Political parties
Labor unions
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Board of Estimate and Taxation

The two directly elected, at-large seats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation are up for election.[3] The board also includes the mayor and representatives from the city's other elected bodies.[28]

Candidates

  • Eric Harris Bernstein[10]
  • Steve Brandt, incumbent[29]
  • Bob Fine[9]

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  • Samantha Pree-Stinson, incumbent[30]

Endorsements

Steve Brandt
Political parties
Bob Fine
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