Mitra Jalali

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Mitra Jalali

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St. Paul City Council Ward 4

Successor: Matt Privratsky

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Mitra Jalali was a member of the St. Paul City Council in Minnesota, representing Ward 4. She assumed office on September 5, 2018. She left office in 2025.

Jalali ran for re-election to the St. Paul City Council to represent Ward 4 in Minnesota. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Nelson won the general special election on August 14, 2018.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in St. Paul, Minnesota (2023)

General election

General election for St. Paul City Council Ward 4

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Mitra Jalali in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Mitra Jalali	79.4	7,058	0	Won (1)
		Robert Bushard	18.8	1,674	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.	1.7	153	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,885
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2019

See also: City elections in St. Paul, Minnesota (2019)

General election

General election for St. Paul City Council Ward 4

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Mitra Jalali in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Mitra Jalali	59.1	5,896	0	Won (1)
		Tarrence Robertson-Bayless	27.2	2,714	0	1
		Chris Holbrook	13.2	1,321	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.	0.4	41	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,972
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2018

See also: Municipal elections in St. Paul, Minnesota (2018)

General election

Special general election for St. Paul City Council Ward 4

Mitra Jalali defeated Shirley Erstad and David Martinez in the special general election for St. Paul City Council Ward 4 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Mitra Jalali (Nonpartisan)	53.4	5,642
	Submit photo	Shirley Erstad (Nonpartisan)	41.0	4,335
		David Martinez (Nonpartisan)	5.0	533
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	60

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,570
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2023

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2019

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Preceded by -	St. Paul City Council Ward 4 2018-2025	Succeeded by Matt Privratsky