MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council has a new leader. On Monday, council members chose Ward 1 representative Elliott Payne as president by a 10-3 vote. Payne says he hopes the council can ...

Incumbent Kevin Reich lost by 5% of final round votes to Elliott Payne. Payne is from Northeast Minneapolis and supports public safety options outside of the police force. Ward 1 includes Como and ...

including Wards 1 and 6, will need to include more people. Redistricting a growing city The population of every ward in Minneapolis has to be within 5% of the average population of all the wards, ...