With 16 mayoral candidates on the ballot this year, Minneapolis voters could have ranked over 5,800 potential combinations of first-, second- and third-choice votes. But nearly 1 in 5 voters chose the same approach: they ranked Mayor Jacob Frey. And no one else. Frey’s challengers banded together, campaigning behind a “slate for change.” The campaigns sent mailers to Minneapolis residences with sample ballots ranking Omar Fateh, DeWayne Davis and Jazz Hampton as first, second and third choices, respectively. That exact order was the second-most-common ballot. Read more at the link in our bio. Reporting by Jake Steinberg and Jeff Hargarten. Graphics by Jake Steinberg. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii rtsongphoto/The Minnesota Star Tribune. #minneapolis #minnesota #twincities