The Minneapolis DFL’s endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh in the Minneapolis mayor’s race sparked numerous challenges. On Thursday, the state DFL party took the unprecedented step of revoking the local endorsement.

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.

The Minneapolis DFL endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh for mayor has been revoked by the state party, which alleges there were "substantial failures" in the July 19 convention's voting process.