2025 Saint Paul mayoral election

For related races, see 2025 United States local elections.

2025 Saint Paul mayoral election
November 4, 2025
 
Candidate Kaohly Her Melvin Carter III
First round 25,884
38.28% 		27,611
40.83%
Final round 32,295
47.76% 		30,418
44.98%
 
Candidate Yan Chen Mike Hilborn
First round 6,416
9.61% 		5,701
8.54%
Final round Eliminated Eliminated
First preference votes by ward
Her:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Carter:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      80–90%
Mayor before election

Melvin Carter III
Democratic (DFL)

Elected mayor

Kaohly Vang Her
Democratic (DFL)

The city of Saint Paul, Minnesota held an election on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor. It was held using ranked-choice voting. The city elects mayors to four-year terms without term limits. Incumbent mayor Melvin Carter III, first elected in 2017, lost reelection to State Representative Kaohly Vang Her. Both are members of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.

Her was elected the first female, first Hmong, and first Asian-American mayor of Saint Paul. Her was elected in an upset after final round tabulations gave her an advantage distributed from other challengers to Carter, scientist Yan Chen, businessman Mike Hilborn, and engineer Adam Dullinger.

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