Overview

• Fateh won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor endorsement in July, establishing frontrunner status as incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey appeals the convention results.
• In a KARE 11 interview, Fateh said his top priority would be shielding undocumented residents from President Trump’s “hostile federal government.”
• He identified public safety as his second priority, rejecting calls to abolish the police and proposing that social workers and community responders handle many 911 calls.
• Conservative media have recast his remarks as defending “illegal” or “criminal” immigrants and likened him to New York City Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.
• Local measures such as issuing city IDs and limiting Minneapolis Police Department cooperation with ICE offer symbolic protection but cannot supersede federal enforcement.