Star Tribune: Samuels is first to win via ranked-choice system
Minneapolis Fifth Ward City Council Member Don Samuels on Friday became the first candidate under the city's new ranked-choice voting system to win office through the counting of voters' second choices.
According to unofficial tallies released by city election officials, Samuels was reelected to his north Minneapolis seat with the second-choice ballots from voters who had listed three other eliminated candidates as their first choice.