A DFL state senator who is currently the subject of an ethics investigation ran his 2020 campaign out of a south Minneapolis location without reporting paying any rent, according to trial testimony and campaign finance filings. A campaign office for Sen. Omar Fateh, DFL-Minneapolis, was mentioned during a recent trial, and Senate ethics hearing. If Fateh received free rent without reporting it as an-kind contribution, he would be in violation of Minnesota campaign finance rules.
Voters in Minneapolis and St. Paul will decide in November whether both cities should restrict rent increases, though the proposals are dramatically different.