Education Minnesota announces 23 new legislative endorsements
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota. Sept. 13, 2024 – Education Minnesota announced its endorsement Friday of 23 candidates for the Minnesota House of Representatives and state Senate, including two members of the union.
The union endorses candidates for the state Legislature after they fill out a questionnaire and screen with local educators about the candidate’s views on public education. The union considers endorsements in groups and will announce more endorsements in coming weeks.
A complete list of the union’s endorsed candidates is posted at www.edmnvotes.org.
The endorsements announced Sept. 13 are below. An * indicates a member of Education Minnesota.
| District | Name | Party |
| 5A | Brian Hobson* | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 9A | Michael Ziomko | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 13A | Cindy Aho | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 19B | Edel Fernandez-Mejia | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 24A | Heather Holmes | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 26B | Gregory M. Davids | Republican |
| 30A | Sonja Buckmeier | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 32A | Ashton Ramsammy | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 34A | Brian Raines | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 37A | Laurie Wolfe* | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 42A | Ned Carroll | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 42B | Ginny Klevorn | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 47A | Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 47B | Ethan Cha | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 60B | Mohamud Noor | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 61A | Katie Jones | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 62A | Aisha Gomez | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 64B | Dave Pinto | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 65B | Maria Isa Perez-Vega | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 66A | Leigh Finke | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 66B | Athena Hollins | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 67A | Liz Lee | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Senate 45 | Ann M. Johnson Stewart | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
About Education Minnesota
Education Minnesota is the voice for professional educators and students. Education Minnesota’s members include teachers and education support professionals in Minnesota’s public school districts, faculty members at Minnesota’s community and technical colleges and University of Minnesota campuses in Duluth and Crookston, retired educators and student teachers. Education Minnesota is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association and AFL-CIO.
