The decision to strip Fateh of his endorsement came after incumbent Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey challenged the DFL’s voting process.

The campaigns and supporters of the leading Minneapolis mayoral candidates, Jacob Frey and Omar Fateh, are speaking out in the wake of the state DFL’s decision to vacate the endorsement of Fateh.

Fateh, a democratic socialist, won the endorsement on July 19 at a Minneapolis DFL convention marked by difficulties and delays with the party’s electronic voting system.