2025 Minneapolis Municipal Election

Written By Anna Schmitz

City of Minneapolis elected officials are on the ballot this year! If you’re a Minneapolis resident, your ballot will include:

  • Mayor

  • City Council

  • Park Board

  • Board of Estimate and Taxation

🗳️ Early voting will start on September 19 and run until November 3. You can vote early via mail or in person. Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. You can learn more about voting deadlines on the City’s website.

👀 Need to register to vote, or want to check your registration status? You can do that here.

🗺️ Wondering where your polling place is? You can find that here.

We’ve included helpful information about the different 2025 races as they relate to Whittier below. Please note that Whittier Alliance is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse political candidates. The information included here is only for educational purposes.

Who Does What In Minneapolis?

It can be hard to know who’s in charge of what—there are a lot of different elected roles! We made a few graphics to help break it down.

Who’s Running for What in Whittier?

Mayoral Race

The Mayor represents the whole city (including Whittier!). The current mayor is Jacob Frey, who is running for re-election. He is being challenged by DeWayne Davis, Kevin Dwire, Laverne Turner, Alejandro Richardson, Kevin Ward, Xavier Pauke, Cahrlie McCloud, Andrea Revel, Adam Terzich, Troy A. Peterson, Jefferey Alan Wagner, MN State Senator Omar Fateh, Jazz Hampton, and Brenda Short.

You can find their campaign websites at the following links: DeWayne Davis, Senator Omar Fateh, Mayor Jacob Frey, Jazz Hampton, Kevin Dwire, Laverne Turner, Kevin Ward, Xavier Pauke, Charlie McCloud, Troy A. Peterson, Jefferey Alan Wagner, and Brenda Short.

Board of Estimate and Taxation Race

The elected candidates for the Board of Estimate and Taxation represent the whole city (including Whittier!). The one current elected member, Steve Brandt is running for re-election. There are two additional candidates who are running as well, Bob Fine and Eric Harris Bernstein. You can find Steve Brandt’s campaign website here and Eric Harris Bernstein campaign website here.

Ward 10 City Council Race

All of Whittier is within City Council Ward 10, which is currently represented by Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai. She is running for re-election. Lydia Millard and DeShanneon Grimes are currently the candidates challenging Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai and running for City Council in Ward 10. You can find CVP Chughtai’s campaign website here and Lydia Millard’s campaign website here.

Park Board Races

Starting with the 2025 election, Whittier will be divided between Park Board District 3 and District 4. You can see the map of Park Board districts here.

The current Park Board Directors for District 3 and 4 have both decided not to run for re-election.

Currently, there is only one candidate in District 3: Kedar Deshpande. You can find his campaign website here. (Disclaimer: Kedar is a Whittier Alliance board member, though Whittier Alliance is not endorsing in this or any other race.)

There are three candidates running in District 4: Andrew Gebo, Jeanette Colby, and Jason Garcia. You can find their campaign websites as follows: Jeanette Colby, Andrew Gebo, Jason Garcia.

The Park Board Commissioners running at-large for re-election include Tom Olsen and Meg Forney.

First time candidates running for Park Board Commissioners at-large are Adam Schneider, Matthew Dowgwillo, Michael Wilson, Amber A. Frederick, Mary McKelvey, and Averi M. Turner.

Anna Schmitz