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Minnesota election results: 2025 local races

Here is a roundup of election results from across Minnesota, including the Minneapolis and St. Paul mayoral races, special elections in the Minnesota Senate, and local school board races.
Voters in Minnesota went to the polls Tuesday in the 2025 election. Minneapolis and St. Paul both held contested races for mayor, while voters in dozens of school districts decided what will happen to requests to raise taxes to help pay for improvements to schools and programs.
The DFL is projected to keep control of the Minnesota Senate after two seats were up for election Tuesday. Democrats are expected to keep a 33-32 advantage in the state Senate, after the resignation of DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell and the death of Republican Sen. Bruce Anderson left two spots open.
Election wins for two state representatives Tuesday put Minnesota on track to beat its record of most special elections in one year.
Democrats will maintain control after Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger won the District 47 race, while Republican Michael Holmstrom Jr. will represent District 29.
In Duluth, voters gave their overwhelming stamp of approval to the “Right to Repair” ballot initiative, which allows renters to make repairs to their units, and then shave the cost of those repairs off their next rent payment.
Sometimes ‘you need to speak up about national issues, because it affects us all,’ a winning candidate said. Affordability is one of them.
RCV didn’t cause any particular candidate to win or lose, Jeanne Massey writes. What it did do was ensure that the mayors elected in Minneapolis and St. Paul are the candidates who could build the broadest support across the electorate.
Track results in Minneapolis, St. Paul and around Minnesota, including mayors, city councils, and other local leadership.