Five Minnesota cities will use ranked-choice voting in the Nov. 7 election.
Leila Navidi, Star Tribune
Five Minnesota cities will use ranked-choice voting in the Nov. 7 election.

How ranked-choice voting works in Minnesota and why some are skeptical

October 30, 2023
Five Minnesota cities will use ranked-choice voting in municipal elections.
A man walks by a voting sign at the Minneapolis Central Library during the August 2022 primary election in Minneapolis. Early voting begins Sept. 22 f

How to vote in the 2023 Minneapolis and St. Paul municipal elections

November 7, 2023
From registering to vote to finding your polling place to getting a refresher on ranked-choice voting, here's what you need to know about 2023 Minnesota elections.
Early voting signs are plastered around City Hall as voting season ramps up in the coming weeks.]

A guide to the 2023 Duluth mayor and City Council candidates

November 7, 2023
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7. Residents will elect a mayor, six city councilors and three school board members.
Voters come and go during voting at Edgcumbe Recreation Center Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in St. Paul, Minn. ]

A guide to the 2023 St. Paul City Council candidates

November 7, 2023
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7. The entire City Council is up for election in Minnesota's capital city.
FILE - Cars drive past Minneapolis City Hall, June 28, 2023, in Minnesota. Minneapolis City Council members narrowly passed a measure on Thursday, Aug

A guide to the 2023 Minneapolis City Council candidates

November 7, 2023
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7. All 13 Minneapolis City Council seats are on the ballot.
A precinct support judge for the Sixth Ward explained to a group of Council Member Jamal Osman supporters that political campaigners were not allowed

Commotion flares outside polling place in Minneapolis' Sixth Ward

November 7, 2023
A precinct support judge spoke with people outside Brian Coyle Center to assure them poll workers are trustworthy.
Breakaway Academy 5th-graders practice hockey at Edina’s Braemar Arena in February 2022. The city is looking to collect more sales tax to pay for up

Bloomington, Edina and Golden Valley OK sales tax, but Mounds View rejects plan

November 8, 2023
New taxes could be implemented as soon as April 2024.
Local
November 7, 2023
Voters across the state are deciding the fate of $1.6 billion in school district construction, technology, safety upgrades and more.

Voters in South Washington County, Osseo school districts back big building projects

Mankato and Rochester also were among dozens of Minnesota districts with questions on Tuesday's ballot.
Local
November 7, 2023
The St. Paul district is one of several holding school board elections this year. Zuki Ellis, center, and Chauntyll Allen, far right, are the only two

Anoka-Hennepin voters oust incumbent school board member as St. Paul, other districts report

Political action committees spent big bucks in some of the most hotly contested suburban contests.
St. Paul
November 7, 2023
St. Paul City Council, September 2022.

St. Paul poised for City Council shake-up, as at least two races remain undecided

Women were leading contests in all seven wards, meaning that St. Paul could have an all-women council for the first time in the city's history.
Duluth
November 8, 2023
Duluth Mayoral candidate Roger Reinert thanks his supporters in his victory speech at his election party at Clyde in Duluth, Minn., on Tuesday, Nov. 7

Duluth Mayor Emily Larson concedes to challenger Roger Reinert

Voters in Duluth decided an intense race over the next leader of the city of 86,000: the two-term incumbent or a former state lawmaker.
West Metro
November 7, 2023
St. Louis Park Mayor-elect Nadia Mohamed is embraced by a supporter after winning her election Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at the Westwood Hills Nature Cen

St. Louis Park's Nadia Mohamed becomes first Somali American elected mayor in U.S.

Mohamed, who had already won citywide as an at-large council member and had the backing of Mayor Jake Spano, defeated retired banker Dale A. Anderson.
St. Paul
November 8, 2023
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter at the city’s asphalt plant in April. Carter was joined by state Sen. Sandy Pappas and other city officials to make a p

St. Paul voters pass sales tax hike to improve streets, parks

Measure to put nearly $1 billion into capital city infrastructure won with 60% of the vote.
Minneapolis
November 8, 2023
Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins speaks to supporters as they wait for election results Tuesday the Creekside Supper Club in south Mi

Mpls. council election: Jenkins wins, fending off Stevenson; Cashman, Osman win

With all but one race decided, ranked-choice tabulation was continued Wednesday morning to determine whether progressives won a majority on the council.
Politics
November 7, 2023
Minneapolis Council President Andrea Jenkins sat with Mayor Jacob Frey and Jenkins’ campaign manager, Kristina Mitchell, as they waited for election

Live Minnesota election results: Updated totals from Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth

Updates on 2023 races for Minneapolis and St. Paul city councils, Duluth mayor, as well as in counties, cities and school boards across Minnesota.