All four of the top-ranked candidates are Democrats, so there was never a chance we'd get a GOP mayor. The competition was just among the variations of Democrats. I thought the comparison of Fateh to Mamdani in NY was kind of weak, since what they had in common - being Muslims and "Democratic socialists," whatever that is, didn't hold up to a comparison of the cities or the circumstances. Fateh lacks Mamdani's charisma and positivity; he often seemed angry and argumentative, and he didn't have a clearly focused campaign like Mamdani's, which would have been hard to do considering that he was competing with other Democrats. The screw-up with the endorsement and following un-endorsement didn't help him, but Mamdani had another advantage Fateh didn't have - he was competing with sleazebag Cuomo and MAGA Sliwa. In Minneapolis we never had to deal with such a situation, we'd get a Democrat regardless. In my opinion the larger problem has been some of the dingbats on the city council who think a resolution condemning Israel's actions in Gaza was something more useful for a middle-sized Midwestern city government to do than managing the police department and fixing the streets. I hope the three or four new people on the council have more sense.

So, I was content just to watch what happened. Frey has not being doing all that well in some ways. It's a complex job, and I would want nothing to do with that. Meanwhile, in St. Paul, where I lived for many years, the result was different. the incumbent Mayor, Melvin Carter, lost to a Hmong woman, Kaohly Her, who is a sitting state legislator. St. Paul voters seem more prepared to do the unexpected than voters in Minneapolis.

Of course, now, both mayors-elect have to take on the very difficult job of leading two mid-sized metropolitan cities. Not easy.

Katie Wilson may still come back, but as of this morning she's down 53-46% (after leading in virtually all the polling heading into the election) against incumbent and more moderate Democrat Bruce Harrell.

I don't know Seattle well at all, so I don't have any concept of where its local politics are.

Seems like an important fact to include...