Education Minnesota announces 58 legislative endorsements
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CHRIS WILLIAMS
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota. July 19, 2024 – Education Minnesota announced its endorsement Friday of 58 candidates for the Minnesota House of Representatives, including five members of the union.
The union endorses candidates for state House 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.
The endorsements announced July 19, 2024:
| District | Name | Party |
| 01B | Mike Christopherson ** | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 02B | Michael Reyes | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 03A | Harley Droba | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 03B | Mark Munger | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 04B | Thaddeus Laugisch | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 07A | Aron Schnaser ** | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 07B | Lorrie Janatopoulos | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 08A | Peter Johnson | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 08B | Alicia (Liish) Kozlowski | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 11A | Pete Radosevich | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 11B | Eric Olson | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 14A | Abdi Daisane | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 14B | Dan Wolgamott | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 15A | Anthony M. Studemann | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 18A | Jeff Brand | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 18B | Luke Frederick | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 19A | Jessica Navarro | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 20A | Heather Arndt | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 20B | Michael Hutchinson | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 21B | Jon Wilson  ** | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 22B | Sara Nett-Torgrimson | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 27B | Andrew Scouten | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 30B | Paul Bolin | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 32B | Matt Norris | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 33B | Josiah Hill ** | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 35A | Zack Stephenson | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 35B | Kari Rehrauer | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 36A | Janelle Calhoun | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 39B | Sandra Feist | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 40B | Curtis Johnson | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 41A | Lucia Wroblewski | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 41B | Jen Fox | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 44A | Peter M. Fischer | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 45A | Tracey Breazeale | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 45B | Patty Acomb | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 46A | Larry Kraft | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 46B | Cheryl Youakim | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 48B | Lucy Rehm | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 49B | Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 50B | Steve Elkins | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 51A | Michael Howard | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 51B | Nathan Coulter | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 52A | Liz Reyer | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 52B | Bianca Virnig | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 53A | Mary Frances Clardy ** | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 53B | Rick Hansen | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 54B | Jean Lee | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 56A | Robert Bierman | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 56B | John Huot | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 57A | Veda Kanitz** | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 57B | Brian Cohn | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 58A | Kristi Pursell | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 58B | Ian English | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 60A | Sydney Jordan | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 61B | Jamie Long | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 62B | Anquam Mahamoud | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 63A | Samantha Sencer-Mura | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| 63B | Emma Greenman | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
** Education Minnesota member
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.
