“With only the mayor’s race and the two ballot questions on the ballot, there’s been more onus on us to generate energy around the race,” Carter said. “But I think people are, today as much as ever, tuned into what’s happening in the country. … It puts a spotlight on how cities are responding in this moment.”
Before his event at the Solar Arts Building in Minneapolis, Frey said his crowded schedule included trick-or-treating with his two kids in south Minneapolis, interviews with Latino and Oromo-focused media, a trip to The Saloon bar for an LGBTQ get-out-the-vote rally, and “a bunch” of tailgates at the Gophers’ football game. He also attended a ceremony renaming Edmund Boulevard after Lena Smith, the first Black woman lawyer in Minnesota.
