Overview

• In mid-July, Fateh rolled out a comprehensive democratic socialist platform that pledges to block Minneapolis Police Department cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
• He proposes free college tuition for households earning under $80,000 regardless of immigration status, a city minimum wage of $20 per hour by 2028, rent stabilization policies and a local income tax on higher earners.
• Arguing that U.S. policing is systemically white supremacist, Fateh backs expanding alternative response units such as the Behavioral Crisis Response team for nonviolent emergencies.
• Fateh’s agenda has drawn national attention through comparisons to New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s socialist campaign and coverage by national media outlets.
• His candidacy also faces targeted backlash over a 2022 campaign volunteer’s false-statements conviction, his uncommitted protest vote in the 2024 Democratic primary and Islamophobic or MAGA-driven attacks.