Jacob Frey
Jacob Frey | |
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Frey in 2025 | |
| 48th Mayor of Minneapolis | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Betsy Hodges |
| Member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 3rd ward | |
| In office January 2, 2014 – January 2, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Diane Hofstede |
| Succeeded by | Steve Fletcher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jacob Lawrence Frey July 23, 1981 |
| Party | Democratic (DFL – Minneapolis) |
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| Children | 2 |
| Education | College of William & Mary (BA) Villanova University (JD) |
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| Website | Campaign website |
Jacob Lawrence Frey (born July 23, 1981) is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2018 as the 48th mayor of Minneapolis. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he served on the Minneapolis City Council from 2014 to 2018 and was elected mayor of Minneapolis in 2017 and reelected in 2021 and 2025.
Born and raised in Northern Virginia, Frey attended the College of William & Mary on a track and field scholarship. He later attended law school at Villanova University.
Frey was a distance runner in college and ran professionally, ranking in prominent races and receiving an athletic endorsement. After law school, he moved to Minneapolis, where he worked as an employment discrimination and civil rights lawyer before entering politics.