Omar Fateh didn't refuse anything, he's a Democrat and a member of the Minnesota senate.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/omar-fateh-minneapolis-mayor-endorsements

It says he "won his party’s endorsement for the Minneapolis mayoral race"

Nothing in there about running as anything other than a DFL Democrat which he already is.

is what he identifies as.

Are you saying the Guardian is misreporting?

Many Democrats are democratic socialists, AOC is probably the most well known, are you saying AOC isn't a Democrat?

Omar Fateh is the DFL (Democratic) candidate, he ran as a DFL (Democratic) candidate and is a DFL (Democratic) member of the Minnesota senate. If you want to claim he "refuses" to identify as a DFL (Democratic) candidate then you need to provide evidence for your assertion.

DFL are Democrats

He serves in the state senate as a member of the DFL party. Next smear tactic, please.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/omar-fateh-minneapolis-mayor-endorsements

But I am also a member of the Democratic Party. It's a philosophy, not a party. I thought we were a big tent?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/omar-fateh-minneapolis-mayor-endorsements

He does in fact call himself a Democratic Socialist. But that doesn't mean he can't run as a DFLer. People describe themselves as different things all the time, but still have to pick a party to run under.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/omar-fateh-minneapolis-mayor-endorsements

"Minneapolis Democrats endorse democratic socialist for mayor over incumbent

A Democratic socialist member of the Minnesota state senate won his party’s endorsement for the Minneapolis mayoral race over the incumbent, giving momentum to the progressive left’s political rise.

Omar Fateh, a state senator from Minneapolis’s southside, beat Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who served as mayor during the George Floyd protests and through the pandemic. Fateh gained momentum after Zohran Mamdani, also a democratic socialist and state lawmaker, won the primary for New York City mayor.

Fateh was first elected to the state senate in 2020 and won re-election in 2022. He was the first Somali American and Muslim elected to the chamber. He chaired the higher education committee and advanced a plan for free college for families who make less than $80,000.

“I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis mayor,” Fateh said after the endorsement win, referring to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, the Democratic party in Minnesota. “This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us.”

My error, I should have included it in the OP.

Thanks

union Electrician or considers themselves a p/Progressive can get more support running with a major party rather than the Union Party or Sparky Party or Progressive Party, so they pick one to screen with, and if that party likes them, they get the endorsement. That's how big tents work.

Do you think Tim Walz isn't Democratic?

as a Democratic Socialist:

"Minneapolis Democrats endorse democratic socialist for mayor over incumbent

"A Democratic socialist member of the Minnesota state senate won his party’s endorsement for the Minneapolis mayoral race over the incumbent, giving momentum to the progressive left’s political rise.

Omar Fateh, a state senator from Minneapolis’s southside, beat Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who served as mayor during the George Floyd protests and through the pandemic. Fateh gained momentum after Zohran Mamdani, also a democratic socialist and state lawmaker, won the primary for New York City mayor.

Fateh was first elected to the state senate in 2020 and won re-election in 2022. He was the first Somali American and Muslim elected to the chamber. He chaired the higher education committee and advanced a plan for free college for families who make less than $80,000.

“I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis mayor,” Fateh said after the endorsement win, referring to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, the Democratic party in Minnesota. “This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us.”


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/omar-fateh-minneapolis-mayor-endorsements

I am not being snarky, i am serious.

Why the heck are you literally refusing to understand this?

Democratic-Farmer-Labor party

for those not familiar with Minnesota. I don't know anything about it to comment

I am also a Democratic Socialist. I am also a Democrat.

He is a Muslim. He's a native born American citizen, but he is of Somali descent. So there is bigotry and hatred and this is yet another demonstration of just how ignorant, selfish and stupid some Americans can be. Would there be a problem if he were of German descent, and a Lutheran? Or Irish and Catholic?

He won the endorsement by the rules. Let's see what the voters do in the election.

And as far as being a Democratic socialist, well, so am I, and that doesn't make me any less a Democrat. I'm also a Quaker and Irish.

This is just another way of saying Omar Fateh's "not one of us".

But because he's challenging an incumbent and is a Democratic Socialist. If he were DLC/establishment and black, and the seat was open, I don't think there would be any pushback.