Aisha Chughtai

Aisha Chughtai

Nonpartisan

Minneapolis City Council Ward 10

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Predecessor: Lisa Bender (Nonpartisan)

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Last election

November 4, 2025

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Aisha Chughtai is a member of the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota, representing Ward 10. She assumed office on January 3, 2022.

Chughtai (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council to represent Ward 10 in Minnesota. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, but the Minneapolis City Charter allows mayoral and city council candidates to choose a party label to appear below their name on the official ballot. Ballotpedia includes candidates' party or principle to best reflect what voters will see on their ballot.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)

General election

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Note: The vote totals below are from the first round of ranked-choice voting. If voting goes beyond the first round, Ballotpedia will include additional rounds of voting after results from the final round become available.

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 10

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Aisha Chughtai in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Aisha Chughtai	58.8	6,358	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Lydia Millard	37.1	4,011	0	1
	Submit photo	DeShanneon Grimes	3.9	423	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.3	28	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 10,820
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Endorsements

Chughtai received the following endorsements.

• Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America

2023

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2023)

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 10

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Aisha Chughtai in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Aisha Chughtai	60.7	3,828	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Bruce Dachis	27.2	1,713	0	1
	Submit photo	Nasri Warsame	10.1	638	0	1
	Submit photo	Greg Kline	1.7	105	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.3	18	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,302
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Endorsements

Chughtai received the following endorsements.

• Minneapolis, Minn., Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

2021

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021)

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 10

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The ranked-choice voting election was won by Aisha Chughtai in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Aisha Chughtai	59.9	5,360	1,197	Won (3)
		Alicia Gibson	40.1	3,581	559	3
		Katie Jones	0.0	0	-2,476	2
	Submit photo	Ubah Nur	0.0	0	0	1
	Submit photo	Chris Parsons	0.0	0	0	1
		David Wheeler	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Aisha Chughtai	43.1	4,163	229	Won (3)
		Alicia Gibson	31.3	3,022	1,023	3
		Katie Jones	25.6	2,476	390	2
	Submit photo	Chris Parsons	0.0	0	-1,610	1
		David Wheeler	0.0	0	-625	1
	Submit photo	Ubah Nur	0.0	0	-374	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Aisha Chughtai	36.9	3,934	0	Won (3)
		Alicia Gibson	18.8	1,999	0	3
		Katie Jones	19.6	2,086	0	2
	Submit photo	Chris Parsons	15.1	1,610	0	1
		David Wheeler	5.9	625	0	1
	Submit photo	Ubah Nur	3.5	374	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.3	31	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,659
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Campaign themes

2025

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2023

Aisha Chughtai did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Aisha Chughtai did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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• Click here to view an archived version of Chughtai's campaign website.

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Preceded by Lisa Bender	Minneapolis City Council Ward 10 2022-Present	Succeeded by -