Kaohly Her wins historic election, will be St. Paul's first Hmong mayor [View all]

Source: Minnesota Star Tribune

St. Paul voters on Tuesday handed a historic election victory to state Rep. Kaohly Her, who will be the first woman and first person from the city’s Hmong community to serve as mayor.

Her upset her former boss, two-term Mayor Melvin Carter, to win the election.

Coming 50 years after Hmong refugees began arriving in the U.S. fleeing war in southeast Asia, Her’s ascent is a political milestone and achievement in the heart of Minnesota’s Hmong community. The 52-year-old state lawmaker was born in Laos and arrived in the U.S. as a child, one of tens of thousands who eventually landed in Minnesota after the war to forge a new life.

Her has represented the city for seven years in the Legislature and formerly worked as Carter’s policy director. She entered the race late, only declaring her candidacy in August, and did little to differentiate her policy goals from Carter’s — the two even campaigned together in support of the city’s two ballot questions. Instead, she focused her attacks on what she called Carter’s unresponsive management.
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Read more: https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayor-election-2025/601503582

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As a clarification, this is one Democrat beating another. In St. Paul and Minneapolis, everyone with a chance of being elected is a Democrat or Democratic Socialist.

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