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The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang

The ‘Mamdani of Minneapolis’ is banking on a grassroots campaign to unseat the Democratic mayor

two men in suits sit at a table
State senator Omar Fateh and the incumbent mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, debate on 26 September 2025. Photograph: Leila Navidi/Zuma via Shutterstock

On a rainy October day, dozens of volunteers showed up at a Minneapolis park to grab campaign literature they would leave at voters’ doors, hoping to buoy up a Democratic socialist into the mayor’s office.

A handful of door-knockers ran into an apartment building to escape the rain, joining Omar Fateh, the mayoral hopeful sometimes dubbed the “Mamdani of Minneapolis”.

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