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 Results by city council district Carter: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Thao: 30–40% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The city ofSt. Paul, Minnesota held an election on November 7, 2017, to elect its nextmayor, which was won by city councilmanMelvin Carter III.[1]Chris Coleman, who had served as mayor from 2006, did not run for a fourth term and instead planning to run forGovernor of Minnesota in 2018. This was the second mayoral election in St. Paul to use ranked-choice voting. Municipal elections inMinnesota are non-partisan, although candidates can identify with a political party.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Melvin Carter III | Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 31,353 | 50.86 | |
| Pat Harris | Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 15,281 | 24.79 | |
| Dai Thao | Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 7,590 | 12.31 | |
| Elizabeth A. Dickinson | Green Party | 2,927 | 4.75 | |
| Tom Goldstein | Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 2,360 | 3.83 | |
| Chris Holbrook | Independent | 854 | 1.39 | |
| Sharon Anderson | Independent | 487 | 0.79 | |
| Tim Holden | Independent | 446 | 0.72 | |
| Trahern Crews | Independent | 162 | 0.26 | |
| Barnabas Joshua Yshua | Independent | 94 | 0.15 | |
| Write-in | 92 | 0.15 | ||
| Total | 61,646 | 100.00 | ||
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