Voting for Pretti

In the early morning after Election Day, a sprinkling of people stopped by Alex Pretti’s memorial with an intention—to place their “I Voted” sticker somewhere on the memorial. By late morning, the number had grown. 

Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents on Jan. 24, 2026 during Operation Metro Surge. 

One by one, people continued to place their “I Voted” stickers on the memorial at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue. 

“All day long, it was just a line of people,” memorial caretaker Jeff Wendelberger said about the previous day’s crowd. “They had a mission.” 

Across the street at Glam Doll Donuts, the workers stayed busy as people streamed in for “celebration donuts” after Democrats regained a trifecta with the Minnesota Legislature and the State’s first woman governor Amy Klobuchar. Peggy Flanagan’s win makes her the first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.