Minneapolis mayoral race: Fateh draws comparisons to NYC’s Mamdani

The comparisons between Omar Fateh and Zohran Mamdani are easy to draw.

Mamdani, the 33-year-old Ugandan-born state assemblyman from New York City, stunned the nation’s political world a month ago by coming from behind to convincingly win the Democratic Party mayoral nomination in the nation’s most populous city.

And with his victory over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates, Mamdani took a big step toward becoming New York City’s first Muslim and first millennial mayor.

Fateh, like Mamdani, is a democratic socialist and a Muslim. And at age 35, he’s also a member of Generation Y.

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And similar to Mamdani, he topped an establishment Democrat to earn a crucial endorsement as he bids for Minneapolis mayor.

“From NYC to Minneapolis — change is coming!” the Twin Cities chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America touted a week and a half ago after Fateh landed the endorsement of the Minneapolis chapter of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which is the name of the Democratic Party in Minnesota.

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Fateh landed the endorsement over incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey, who is running for a third term. But Frey, who has repeatedly faced off during his tenure with a left-leaning city council in the heavily blue city, remains on the ballot, and will face off with Fateh in November’s election.

And similar to New York City, Minneapolis will use ranked choice voting to determine its next mayor.

“This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us,” Fateh said, in a jab at Frey.

But Frey highlighted that “this election should be decided by our entire city, not by a handful of delegates. I look forward to a full debate with Sen. Fateh about our records and visions for our Minneapolis’s future. Onward to November!”

Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a Democrat, is facing off against democratic socialist Omar Fateh in the city’s 2025 mayoral election. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Fateh, similar to Mamdani, is offering voters what can be characterized as a far-left agenda. 

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