Political career
Emily Koski began her political career with a run for Minneapolis City Council in 2021. During her 2021 campaign,she opposed rent control and proposals to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety,positioning herself as a moderate in alignment with incumbent mayor Jacob Frey. [4] She was elected in the first round of ranked choice voting,defeating incumbent Jeremy Schroeder,who ran in favor of the Department of Public Safety. [5] [6] [7] In her first term,Koski largely voted with the moderate majority alongside then-council president Andrea Jenkins and vice president Linea Palmisano. [8] One such vote was against a pause on homeless encampment evictions in 2022. [9]
Koski was re-elected in 2023 with 88.36% of the first-round vote against Socialist Workers Party candidate Gabrielle Prosser. [10] In the beginning of 2024,she became the vice-chair of the Budget Committee and of the Climate and Infrastructure Committee. [11]
In her second term,she gained attention as the council's most frequent swing vote. [12] Koski opposed some of Frey's moderate positions on matters including police bonuses,relocation of the third police precinct,and redevelopment of the former Roof Depot site in the East Phillips neighborhood. [13] In March 2024,she changed her vote on an ordinance establishing minimum wage for rideshare drivers,overriding Frey's veto. [14] That October,her letter criticizing the delayed MPD response to the shooting of a Minneapolis resident by his neighbor again broke with Frey and gained media attention. [15] By December,her vote was pivotal in overriding Frey's mayoral veto of the 2025 budget. [16] Frey-aligned PAC All of Mpls,which endorsed her past City Council campaigns,removed her from their marketing materials during this term. [17]
On December 4,2024,Koski announced her candidacy for mayor in the 2025 mayoral election. [18] [19] In her campaign,she has emphasized collaboration between the Mayor's office and the city council as a priority. [3]
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