Omar Fateh, the lead challenger in Minneapolis’ mayoral race, conceded to incumbent Jacob Frey on Wednesday, while maintaining that his campaign sparked deeper conversations about affordability and workers’ rights.

Fateh, who would have been Minneapolis’ first Muslim and first Somali American mayor, drew comparisons to New York City’s Mamdani.

Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey defeated democratic socialist Omar Fateh and 13 other challengers Wednesday during the final round of counting in the city’s ranked choice voting election.

Omar Fateh, the son of Somali immigrants and a democratic socialist, is a leading candidate in the mayoral race in Minneapolis and seeking to unseat incumbent Jacob Frey. Fateh made history in 2020 by becoming the first Muslim and first Somali American to be elected to Minnesota’s state Senate.

Frey, ahead of Omar Fateh by 10 percentage points in first-choice ballots, was reelected to a third term after ranked-choice vote reallocation.