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Endorsed candidates
Full list of Education Minnesota endorsements for state and federal races as of Sept. 27, 2024.
(* = Education Minnesota member)
View a state candidate’s answers to our endorsement questionnaire on education issues by clicking on their name. In targeted races, a side-by-side comparison is also available by clicking on the 
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Our endorsement process relies on the educators who work every day in schools across Minnesota. They meet with candidates, review candidates’ written answers to educators’ questions and make recommendations to the board of the Education Minnesota Political Action Committee for a final vote.
Federal and state races
House District 1A – James Sceville
House District 1B – Mike Christopherson *
House District 2A – Reed Olson
House District 2B – Michael Reyes
House District 3A – Harley Droba
House District 3B – Mark Munger
House District 4A – Heather Keeler
House District 4B – Thaddeus Laugisch
House District 5A – Brian Hobson *
House District 5B – Gregg Hendrickson
House District 6B – Emily LeClaire
House District 7A – Aron Schnaser *
House District 7B – Lorrie Janatopoulos
House District 8A – Peter Johnson
House District 8B – Alicia (Liish) Kozlowski
House District 9A – Michael Ziomko
House District 10A – Julie Hipp
House District 11A – Pete Radosevich
House District 11B – Eric Olson
House District 13A – Cindy Aho
House District 14A – Abdi Daisane
House District 14B – Dan Wolgamott
House District 15A – Anthony M. Studemann
House District 17B – Jennifer Nuesse
House District 18A – Jeff Brand
House District 18B – Luke Frederick
House District 19A – Jessica Navarro
House District 19B – Edel Fernandez-Mejia
House District 20A – Heather Arndt
House District 20B – Michael Hutchinson
House District 21B – Jon Wilson *
House District 22B – Sara Nett-Torgrimson
House District 23A – Joe Staloch
House District 23B – Joseph Pacovsky
House District 24A – Heather Holmes
House District 24B – Tina Liebling
House District 25A – Kim Hicks
House District 25B – Andy Smith
House District 26A – Sarah Kruger
House District 26B – Gregory M. Davids
House District 27B – Andrew Scouten
House District 28A – Tim Dummer
House District 28B – Mary Murphy
House District 29A – Chris Brazelton
House District 29B – Colton Kratky
House District 30A – Sonja Buckmeier
House District 30B – Paul Bolin
House District 32A – Ashton Ramsammy
House District 32B – Matt Norris
House District 33A – Jake Ross
House District 33B – Josiah Hill *
House District 34A – Brian Raines
House District 34B – Melissa Hortman
House District 35A – Zack Stephenson
House District 35B – Kari Rehrauer
House District 36A – Janelle Calhoun
House District 36B – Brion Curran
House District 37A – Laurie Wolfe *
House District 37B – Kristin Bahner
House District 38A – Huldah Hitsley
House District 38B – Samantha Vang
House District 39A – Erin Koegel
House District 39B – Sandra Feist
House District 40A – Kelly Moller
House District 40B – Curtis Johnson
House District 41A – Lucia Wroblewski
House District 41B – Jen Fox
House District 42A – Ned Carroll
House District 42B – Ginny Klevorn
House District 43A – Cedrick Frazier
House District 43B – Mike Freiberg
House District 44A – Peter M. Fischer
House District 44B – Leon Lillie
House District 45A – Tracey Breazeale
House District 45B – Patty Acomb
House District 46A – Larry Kraft
House District 46B – Cheryl Youakim
House District 47A – Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger
House District 47B – Ethan Cha
House District 48B – Lucy Rehm
House District 49A – Alex Falconer
House District 49B – Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn
House District 50A – Julie Greene
House District 50B – Steve Elkins
House District 51A – Michael Howard
House District 51B – Nathan Coulter
House District 52A – Liz Reyer
House District 52B – Bianca Virnig
House District 53A – Mary Frances Clardy *
House District 53B – Rick Hansen
House District 54A – Brad Tabke
House District 54B – Jean Lee
House District 55A – Jessica Hanson
House District 55B – Kaela Berg
House District 56A – Robert Bierman
House District 56B – John Huot
House District 57A – Veda Kanitz *
House District 57B – Brian Cohn
House District 58A – Kristi Pursell
House District 58B – Ian English
House District 59A – Fue Lee
House District 59B – Esther Agbaje
House District 60A – Sydney Jordan
House District 60B – Mohamud Noor
House District 61A – Katie Jones
House District 61B – Jamie Long
House District 62A – Aisha Gomez
House District 62B – Anquam Mahamoud
House District 63A – Samantha Sencer-Mura
House District 63B – Emma Greenman
House District 64A – Kaohly Vang Her
House District 64B – Dave Pinto
House District 65B – Maria Isa Perez-Vega
House District 66A – Leigh Finke
House District 66B – Athena Hollins
House District 67A – Liz Lee
Senate District 45 – Ann M. Johnson Stewart
MN-1: Rachel Bohman
MN-2: Angie Craig
MN-3: Kelly Morrison
MN-4: Betty McCollum
MN-5: Ilhan Omar
MN-6: Jeanne Hendricks
MN-8: Jen Schultz
School board races
School board endorsements or recommendations are made by local unions, and not all local unions do them. The list below represents the endorsed/recommended candidates we have received to date.
Kevin Boyles
Michelle Brekken
John Ward
Annemarie Anderson
Rachael Mikkelsen
Mary Granlund
Michelle Pettway
Corenia Smith
Carrie Jansen
Quinn McCloughan
Rachel Berg Scherer
Angela Erickson
Sean Olsen
Ann Bradsher
Kim Ross
Jody Ward-Rannow
Leah Colby
Shane Steinbrecher
Kyle Christensen
Kelsey Jezierski
Hannah Johnson
Jeney Christensen
Julie Corcoran
Rob Rapheal
Jim Smith
Gail Theisen
Ashley Goodman
Tom Gustafson
Brian Vroman
Amber Cameron
Darryl Hall
Laura Fangel
Jessica Howg
Anna Kanani
Jacqueline Meyer
Holly Wright
Greta Callahan
Marissa Ahlering
Azad Berwari
Nancy Livingston
Charlotte Nitardy
Katie Swor
Kita Yang
Corey Butler
Maggie Epstein
Amy Goerwitz
Claudia Gonzalez-George
Nikki Gieseke
Tim Jensen
Andrea Van Gelder
Kelsey Dawson Walton
Keith Tate
Tekoa Cochran
Kimberly Bolz-Andolshek
Curt Johnson
Susan Mathison-Young
Amy Sjoblad
Jess Locke
Laurie Stinson Yankosky
Monica Sveen-Ziebell
Dawn Bourdeaux
Chuck Kobes
Eric Strandberg
Jennifer Super
Mary Frantz
Gail Lewis-Miller
Adam Tlusty
Position 1
Don Barlow
Position 3
Karen McLaughlin
Position 7
Stephanie Whitehorn
Helen Bassett
Greta Evans-Becker
Aviva Hillenbrand
Mark Forte
Jennifer Bonner
Tim Riordan
Leah Gardner
Tricia Meling
Matt Moehrle
Chelsea Thielen
Brian Dreher
Doug Jourdan
Bob Stueven
Isaac Contreras
Paul Cumings
Ryan Duffy
Matt Beukema
Jake Humphrey
Kwadwo “K” Osei
Rob Schoenrock
Scott Arcand
Brian Cern
Angela Thompson
Darla Agard
Eric Parrish
Matthew Widboom
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