The city of Minneapolis will begin working its way through rounds of vote reallocation at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. That means that votes for the mayoral candidates who were knocked out of the first round are moved to the voter’s second-choice candidate.
The process can take hours or days depending on how many rounds it takes for one candidate to cross the 50% threshold.
In 2021, when Jacob Frey faced off against Kate Knuth and Sheila Nezhad, the reallocation process took just a few hours for a single round and Frey was named the winner before noon on Wednesday. In 2017, when the election went through five rounds, Frey wasn’t declared the winner until midday Thursday.
Frey ended Tuesday night in a strong position, with 42% of the vote and a 10-point lead over his next opponent, Sen. Omar Fateh. Dwayne Davis was at 14% and Jazz Hampton at 10%. The remaining votes were split among at least a dozen other candidates who are expected to be eliminated from subsequent rounds.
The Minnesota Star Tribune will be tracking the count all day on our results page and posting updates in the live blog.
