Jazz Hampton is a candidate for mayor of Minneapolis. A lifelong resident of the city, he attended local schools before earning his undergraduate degree at the University of St. Thomas, where he later completed his law degree. After practicing law for several years, Jazz left the profession to start his own company. He also teaches finance at the University of St. Thomas.
He and his wife live in Minneapolis, where their three children attend Minneapolis Public Schools. On September 14, 2025, I sat down with Jazz to discuss why he is running for mayor, what he hopes to accomplish if elected, and what he sees as the city’s greatest strengths and most pressing challenges.
Hampton tends to do good interviews..BUT, ( and moved over from a Next Door Post)
I really wish, given what we now know about Fateh, that neither Davis or Hampton would have made the decision to campaign with him. Also, I wish both of them would not have taken a very anti police position when they answered a question during a forum about whether Chief O’Hara should be disciplined for allowing some of his/ our officers to help in managing the crowd during that federal law enforcement problematic situation on Lake Street. Statements like THAT, ( that really pander to the DSA voter) pretty much ensure that recruitment and retention for all positions in the MPD would be impacted, if either continued on with that same positioning, IF they were put in a position of power.
So, for this year, I could not make the case for ranking any of them but Frey.