
Kaohly Her defeated incumbent Melvin Carter III and three other candidates in the general election for mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota on November 4, 2025. While mayoral elections in St. Paul are nonpartisan, both candidates were Democrats. Her was the first woman and the first Hmong American to be elected mayor of St. Paul. Carter…

Denise Slipy (D) and Keri Heintzeman (R) are running in the special election for District 6 of the Minnesota Senate on April 29, 2025. The previous incumbent, Justin Eichorn (R), resigned on March 20, 2025, after his arrest for allegedly attempting to solicit a minor for sex. In the 2022 Senate elections, the chamber changed…