Voters at Marcy Arts Elementary School in Minneapolis found more than ballot boxes on Election Day — they also found cookies, cocoa and a crowd of parent volunteers raising money for classrooms and school programs.

City elections officials have announced that Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation President Steve Brandt was re-elected. Newcomer Eric Harris Bernstein, a progressive tax policy analyst, will join him on the six-member board that sets the city’s maximum property tax levy.

Minneapolis residents soon decide who will represent them in mayoral and city council elections for the next four years. Election Day is next Tuesday, with early voting open until

Voters in Minneapolis turned out in record numbers for the 2025 municipal election, city officials said. According to the unofficial results, 147,702 voters cast their ballots in the election, which is 55% of registered voters. That's compared to the previous record of 145,337 voters, or 54% turnout, in the 2021 election.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has won a third term, defeating challenger Omar Fateh in the city's ranked-choice voting election.

Voters in Minneapolis went to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for mayor, though the election will proceed to a second round of ranked choice voting since no candidate secured the majority of votes needed to win.

Voters across Minnesota were casting ballots Tuesday morning in dozens of local elections, including high-profile contests for leaders of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and two special elections that will determine which party holds the power in the state Senate.