North Dakota Sen. Josh Boschee (D) elected mayor of Fargo

North Dakota State Sen. Josh Boschee will be the next mayor of Fargo, after finishing first in a five-person race that also included three current city commissioners.

The Associated Press called the race for Boschee on Tuesday night. He received nearly 47 percent of the vote, with 95 percent of the votes counted as of early Wednesday. He’ll replace Mayor Tim Mahoney, who has been in the role since 2014 and is term-limited.

Boschee has been a member of the North Dakota Legislature since 2012 and is in the middle of serving a term in the state Senate. He said he will resign his seat upon becoming mayor.

He is the first mayor elected since the city commission voted to make the position a full-time role last year. It was also the first city election since the North Dakota Legislature prohibited Fargo from using a novel voting system called “approval voting,” where voters can select multiple candidates.


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