Minnesota Primary Night, Female candidates front and center

Rochester City Council President race features all female candidates

For lois riess./// thank you for joining us for kimt news 3 at 10?

"* i'm katie lange.

And i'm george mallet.

The polls are now closed and election officials are tallying up the votes.

Tonight our live team coverage of the minnesota primary continues.

Kimt news three's isabella basco is covering the race for rochester city council president ?

"* and kimt news three's nick kruszalnicki is talking to top minnesota party leaders.

We'll check in with nick in just a moment.

First isabella ?

"* how's the council president race turning out?

Xxx this race stands out because it's a female?

"* dominated rac.

On the ballot are vangie castro ?

"* a community organizr with ranked choice voting; kathleen harrington ?

"* the president of the rochester area chamber of commerce and small business owner brooke carlson.

Right now ?

"* there's only one woman on city council ?

"* annalissa johnson and she's not seeing reelection.

All three council president candidates believe there's a need for more female representation in city government.

"all perspectives have to be at the table, the reality is we have different perspectives, so i think it's great to have more women running."

"if we are talking about equity, we want to ensure we have female representation at the same numbers as we have male representation ."

<"this is such an important moment in history to step up and represent voices that haven't been heard before."

At this point ?

"* kathleen harrington leads with 21?

"* hundred votes.

Brooke carlson has almost 16?

*- hundred... and vangie castro has less than 11?

"* hundred votes... but there are still plenty more votes that need