About Melvin

Melvin, Alecia and Maylena Carter

Melvin W. Carter III is the DFL endorsed St. Paul City Council, Ward One candidate.  

Melvin has a background in community and electoral organizing; most recently he worked on the Policy Outreach Team in the office of St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman.

A native of Minnesota, Melvin attended Florida A&M University and became engaged in the political process after his brother-in-law was turned away from a Florida polling location in Election 2000. Melvin has worked ever since to empower underrepresented communities through grassroots and electoral organizing with various community organizations and political campaigns, including Got Voice Got Power, Wellstone Action and Minnesota Victory 2004.

In 2005, he played a key role in his mother's successful bid to become the first African American County Commissioner in state history.

In his personal time, Melvin serves on volunteer boards of three local non-profits, directs a choir at St. James AME Church in St. Paul and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. For his dedication he was recently presented the St. Paul NAACP's 2006 Community Service Award.