General Discussion

If any candidate gets at least 50% of the votes in the first count, they win. If nobody gets 50%, the candidates with no mathematical possibility of winning are eliminated. Then they transfer votes from the eliminated candidates to the next-ranked candidate on those ballots and the votes are tallied again. Fateh supporters are unlikely to list the GOP candidate as any of their choices but unless they totally hate Frey (and some do) they will list him as their second choice, and at some point enough Frey votes would be reallocated to Fateh to put him over the 50% threshold - or the other way around if Frey gets more votes. Minneapolis is very unlikely to elect a GOP mayor so it will come down to Fateh or Frey. The party endorsement could carry some weight as to the ranking of the candidates, but probably not as much as if it were a conventional election.