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6 hours ago
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Star Tribune touts DFL's endorsement of Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor, wonders if he's another Mamdani
The Minnesota Star Tribune is highlighting Minnesota's Democratic Farmer-Labor party endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor over incumbent Jacob Frey, and asking if Fateh will become "The Mamdani of Minneapolis." "Three years ago, Minnesota Sen. Omar Fateh was in the hot seat, sitting through a Senate ethics investigation into an alleged quid pro quo with a Somali news outlet," Minneapolis City Hall reporter Deena Winter wrote in a Tuesday article entitled, "The Mamdani of Minneapolis? Omar Fateh brings the left's insurgency to mayor's race." "On Saturday, Fateh was riding high, as Minneapolis Democrats endorsed him to be the city's next mayor over incumbent two-term Mayor Jacob Frey," Winter wrote. "Now the race begins in earnest, reflecting a conflict that's been brewing for years," she continued. "A comparatively moderate Democratic mayor against a rising young progressive who's part of the ascendant Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) wing of the party — an election that is likely to draw national attention and money while potentially upending the power dynamic in City Hall." Fateh, the son of Somali immigrants, says on his campaign biography page that he is the first Somali American and the first Muslim to be in the Minnesota Senate. He was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2020 and is running on raising the city's minimum wage, increasing the supply of affordable housing, and fighting to stop what he calls the "cycle of the MPD's violence and brutality." Winter likened Fateh to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary in the city's race for mayor. Mamdani, a self-avowed democratic socialist, espouses such policies as government-run grocery stores and widespread rent freezes. "Fateh has drawn national attention since Mamdani's win, with some calling him the 'Mamdani of Minneapolis,'" Winter wrote. In her piece, Winter noted that Fateh "supports a ban on the police interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement," and highlighted that he "called a June federal drug raid in south Minneapolis 'blatant fascism,' accused MPD of cooperating with ICE, and said it would be 'unconscionable' for police to help with crowd control at an ICE raid." Winter reported that Frey's campaign is challenging the results of the DFL endorsement, saying they are "questioning why only 578 votes were recorded on the first ballot, even though over 1,000 delegates and alternates were checked in." Fox News Digital reached out to Fateh and Frey's campaign for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Fox News
6 hours ago
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Star Tribune touts DFL's endorsement of Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor, wonders if he's another Mamdani
Print Close By Rachel del Guidice Published July 23, 2025 The Minnesota Star Tribune is highlighting Minnesota's Democratic Farmer-Labor party endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh for Minneapolis mayor over incumbent Jacob Frey, and asking if Fateh will become "The Mamdani of Minneapolis." "Three years ago, Minnesota Sen. Omar Fateh was in the hot seat, sitting through a Senate ethics investigation into an alleged quid pro quo with a Somali news outlet," Minneapolis City Hall reporter Deena Winter wrote in a Tuesday article entitled, "The Mamdani of Minneapolis? Omar Fateh brings the left's insurgency to mayor's race." "On Saturday, Fateh was riding high , as Minneapolis Democrats endorsed him to be the city's next mayor over incumbent two-term Mayor Jacob Frey," Winter wrote. THE PLOT TO STOP MAMDANI: DEMOCRATS SCRAMBLE TO BLOCK FAR-LEFT TAKEOVER IN NEW YORK "Now the race begins in earnest, reflecting a conflict that's been brewing for years," she continued. "A comparatively moderate Democratic mayor against a rising young progressive who's part of the ascendant Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) wing of the party — an election that is likely to draw national attention and money while potentially upending the power dynamic in City Hall." Fateh, the son of Somali immigrants, says on his campaign biography page that he is the first Somali American and the first Muslim to be in the Minnesota Senate. He was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2020 and is running on raising the city's minimum wage, increasing the supply of affordable housing, and fighting to stop what he calls the "cycle of the MPD's violence and brutality." Winter likened Fateh to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary in the city's race for mayor. Mamdani, a self-avowed democratic socialist, espouses such policies as government-run grocery stores and widespread rent freezes. SANDERS ENDORSES SOCIALIST MAMDANI IN MOVE TO BLOCK CUOMO IN NYC MAYORAL RACE "Fateh has drawn national attention since Mamdani's win, with some calling him the 'Mamdani of Minneapolis,'" Winter wrote. In her piece, Winter noted that Fateh "supports a ban on the police interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement," and highlighted that he "called a June federal drug raid in south Minneapolis 'blatant fascism,' accused MPD of cooperating with ICE, and said it would be 'unconscionable' for police to help with crowd control at an ICE raid." Winter reported that Frey's campaign is challenging the results of the DFL endorsement, saying they are "questioning why only 578 votes were recorded on the first ballot, even though over 1,000 delegates and alternates were checked in." Fox News Digital reached out to Fateh and Frey's campaign for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Print Close URL
Sky News AU
a day ago
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- Sky News AU
Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh represent future of the Democrats
Sky News contributor Kosha Gada says mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh may 'sadly' represent the future of the Democratic Party. This comes as the approval ratings for Congressional Democrats have plunged to record lows. Omar Fateh, a Muslim man with Somalian heritage, is a Democrat mayoral candidate for Minneapolis and, like his New York counterpart, is pushing some controversial ideas that are putting blue-blooded Americans offside.
Sky News AU
a day ago
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‘They've seen this movie before': Left endorsing democratic socialists for mayor
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer discusses the Minneapolis Democrats endorsing democratic socialist Omar Fateh for mayor. 'They sort of have a history of electing people that like to criticise America,' Mr Spicer told Sky News host James Macpherson. 'At some point, I feel like the voters are getting what they deserve. 'They've seen this movie before … I thought Americans would've got the warning from the leftist policies that Mamdani was expressing in New York.'
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a day ago
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Democrat party blasted for ‘doubling down on stupid' as poll numbers hit rock bottom
Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer says the Democratic Party is 'doubling down on stupid' by endorsing Omar Fateh as mayor of Minneapolis. 'If this is the direction that the Democratic Party actually intends to go, they are not going to get anything other than just repeatedly shellacked by the American people at the ballot box,' Mr Hammer told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. This comes as the approval ratings for Congressional Democrats have plunged to record lows.
