Just over a week before Election Day, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and three leading challengers will spar in a livestreamed debate Monday hosted by the Minnesota Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio.
Candidates state Sen. Omar Fateh, the Rev. DeWayne Davis and Jazz Hampton will take the stage with Frey at 3:30 p.m. Monday at MPR’s St. Paul headquarters. The debate will be broadcast on the Star Tribune’s and MPR’s websites.
In-person viewing is not available. MPR will also broadcast the debate on the radio on Oct. 31 during its noon Politics Friday show with Brian Bakst.
Star Tribune columnist Eric Roper and MPR editor Brandt Williams will moderate the debate and ask candidates policy questions as they enter the last week of campaigning before the Nov. 4 election.
“We’re so close to the election that we need to get to the real answers,” Roper said. “A debate is the best way to do that.”
The candidates have faced off in three debates over the past two months, clashing over policing, rent control and other issues. Davis, Fateh and Hampton have created an alliance against the incumbent, asking voters to rank the three of them, in an anyone-but-Frey strategy.
Viewers should expect some lightning-round questions so “we can get more done in the time we have,” Roper said, alongside more open-ended ones.
Early voting began on Sept. 19. Residents can cast their ballots until 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 4. Voters can rank three candidates for mayor on a Minneapolis ballot.
