Jacob Frey
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Jacob Lawrence Frey ( FRY; born July 23, 1981) is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2018 as the mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. 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 Arlington County, 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.