Mamdani of Minneapolis: DFL-Backed Omar Fateh, a Northern Virginia Native, Seeks Left-Wing Takedown of City’s Already Progressive Mayor A Minneapolis Marxist looking to become the Zohran Mamdani of the North Star State is offering an even more extreme program of woke goodies on a platform that would enact race-based housing policy, prevent evictions from rental properties, and codify public financing for the state’s annual "Trans Equity Summit." Omar Fateh, born in Washington, D.C., to Somali immigrant parents, grew up in Falls Church, Virginia. He ran an unsuccessful 2015 campaign for school board in Fairfax County, moving to Minneapolis shortly after his electoral loss. He then worked in a variety of municipal government jobs and has served in the Minnesota state senate since 2021. Fateh announced his candidacy for mayor in November 2024 and stunned the state’s political class last week by winning the endorsement of the Minneapolis Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) over incumbent mayor Jacob Frey. Frey—an avowed progressive with maximalist stances on Black Lives Matter and COVID-19 restrictions enforcement—nonetheless took heat from the far left of his party for a number of moderate stances, including coming out against rent control, vetoing a bill that would have set minimum wage standards for Uber and Lyft drivers, and dismantling a homeless encampment that spent almost a year erected in Minneapolis's Phillips neighborhood. Fateh is broadly supportive of a slew of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, many of which he proudly touts on his campaign website. He's vowed to "ensure that events like the Trans Equity Summit are fully funded and prioritized" and attacked Frey for underfunding and mismanaging the event, "resulting in the cancellation of the 2024 summit."
Meet Omar Fateh, The Radical Somali American Socialist Poised To Be The Next Mayor Of Minneapolis The Minnesota state senator, 35, is running on an uber-progressive platform that includes cracking down on the police, getting “economic justice” for LGBT and minorities, and keeping Minneapolis a sanctuary for not just illegal migrants but also for abortions and transgender drugs and surgeries, all while spending lots of taxpayer dollars.