In the last city race to be called Wednesday, the Park Board's District 5 seat has been announced for Kay Carvajal Moran. She beat 12-year incumbent Steffanie Musich and two other challengers.

Carvajal Moran, 24, and newly elected at-large Park Board member Amber Frederick, 25, will be the two youngest elected officials in Minneapolis next year.

Winners of the three Park Board at-large seats have been announced. Twelve-year incumbent Meg Forney, a former board president, has earned another term. Climate activist Tom Olsen, who joined in 2022, was also re-elected. Newcomer Amber Frederick, who was briefly a Ward 5 City Council candidate before switching to the Park Board, will be the third at-large commissioner, representing the entire city.

Ranked choice tabulation continues for the District 5 race, where longtime incumbent Steffanie Musich is fighting to keep her seat against three challengers.

Jason Garcia was elected to Park Board District 4, which includes downtown and the western half of south Minneapolis.

The DFL-endorsed newcomer overcame appendicitis and challengers to triumph in a three-way race over Edina Parks and Recreation art instructor Jeanette Colby and Andrew Gebo. District 4 became an open race after Elizabeth Shaffer ran for and ultimately won the Ward 7 City Council seat.

When asked Wednesday whether the election results signaled anything about Minneapolis voters’ appetite for democratic socialism, Mayor Jacob Frey avoided reading too deeply into the outcome.

“I don’t think I’m the one to be a pundit on what message precisely [voters] are sending ideologically,” Frey said. “I do think the message that has been sent loud and clear is that we have to love our city more than our ideology.”

Mayor Jacob Frey said Wednesday that with re-election behind him, he’s turning his full attention to governing.

“We are going to be doing everything possible to run this city with the efficiency to bring it back in full again,” Frey said.

Frey added that he’s received congratulatory calls from Jazz Hampton and Pastor DeWayne Davis, but not from state Sen. Omar Fateh, who had urged voters to rank anyone but the mayor.

Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday struck an optimistic tone about working with the city’s new, more progressive council — signaling a desire to move past years of tension at City Hall.

Speaking from the Crown Roller Mill building downtown, Frey said he’s ready to collaborate after a divisive campaign season. 

“I will work in good faith with anyone that will work in good faith with me,” he said. “I’m optimistic. When you finish an election and start a new term, you should do everything possible to start afresh.”

He urged both sides not to dwell on ideological divides: “We should not be looking for where the fault lines are or whether they exist.”

Frey also highlighted his decisive re-election, noting: “This was the first election since 2009 where the winner got more than 50% of the vote.”

He called it a sign of renewed trust from Minneapolis residents.

“The people rose up. They spoke out. And regardless of which candidate you ultimately chose, here’s the thing — the people that voted care deeply about our city, and I care deeply about them.”

Looking ahead, Frey said his administration and the incoming council will focus on both sweeping and immediate goals.

“We are going to be working not just on overarching priorities like affordable housing and safe police reform,” he said, adding that he wants to see “real, tangible things” accomplished quickly.

“This city is on the verge of a great comeback,” Frey said.

Nearly two-thirds of the 90 Minnesota school districts seeking more taxpayer funding won voter approval in Tuesday’s election. Some of the wins came in smaller, more rural districts where tax hikes have historically been a tough sell.

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.

The other four members of the BET will include Mayor Jacob Frey, two members of the City Council and a Park Board member, who have yet to be appointed.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, ahead of Omar Fateh by 10 percentage points in first-choice ballots, managed to get over the winning threshold after ranked-choice vote reallocation.

Fateh received more second-choice votes — nearly 20,000 of them — than Frey but it ultimately wasn’t enough to make up the difference between him and the incumbent mayor.

We mapped it out by precinct to show how Frey won a third term. 

Mayor Jacob Frey released a statement Wednesday, saying he's humbled by the support and trust the people of Minneapolis have placed in him.

“Minneapolis is a great city rising, and our future is bright,” he said. “From right now through my final seconds as mayor, I will work tirelessly to make our great city a place where everyone, regardless of who you are or where you come from, can build a brilliant life in an affordable home and a safe neighborhood."

He thanked the other candidates for stepping forward, saying: "All of them love Minneapolis. The record turnout we saw shows our shared commitment to work together in unity for the city we love and are proud to call home.”