Here are my recommendations for allllllllllll the races I’ve written about in 2018. Links lead back to my post about the race.
Statewide
US Senator (term expiring January 3, 2025): Amy Klobuchar
US Senator (Special Election for term expiring January 3, 2021): Tina Smith
Governor: Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan
Secretary of State: Steve Simon
State Auditor: Julie Blaha
Attorney General: Keith Ellison
Statewide Judicial
Supreme Court, Associate Justice 2: Margaret Chutich
Court of Appeals, Judge 2: Lucinda Ellen Jesson
Minneapolis and Hennepin County Races
US Representative, District 5: Ilhan Omar
State Representative 63A: Jim Davnie
(I didn’t research any other State Rep races. Just vote for the DFLer. This is a better state when the Democrats are running things.)
Hennepin County Commissioner, District 2: Irene Fernando
Hennepin County Commissioner, District 3: Marion Greene
Hennepin County Commissioner, District 4: Angela Conley
Hennepin County Sheriff: Dave Hutch
Hennepin County Attorney: Mark Haase
Minneapolis City Question regarding liquor licenses: Yes
Minneapolis School Board At-Large (vote for 2): Kimberly Caprini and Josh Pauly
Minneapolis School District Questions: Yes (to both)
Note regarding judicial races: all the Hennepin County district judges are running unopposed. It kind of doesn’t matter much whether you fill in the dots or not. I usually vote for all the unopposed incumbents unless I’m running short of time, but as you may have noticed, I’m overly thorough about anything election-related.
Saint Paul and Ramsey County Races
US Representative, District 4: Betty McCollum
State Representative 64B: Dave Pinto
(I didn’t research any other State Rep races. Just vote for the DFLer. This is a better state when the Democrats are running things.)
Ramsey County Commissioner, District 3: Trista MatasCastillo
Ramsey County Commissioner, District 5: Rafael Ortega (post is from the primary season; Charles Barklind is no longer on the ballot, everything else applies.)
Ramsey County Sheriff: Jack Serier
Ramsey County Attorney: John Choi
Saint Paul School District Question: Yes
2nd District Court, Judge 2: DeAnne Hilgers
2nd District Court, Judge 11: Leaning toward Scott Flaherty for my own vote, but both candidates are excellent.
2nd District Court, Judge 14: Robyn Millenacker
2nd District Court, Judge 20: Probably Tony Atwal, despite his DUI.
2nd District Court, Judge 28: Elena Ostby
I think that’s all of them. If you have some spare time this weekend, CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING.
Edited to add: if you’re looking for more perspectives, or information on races outside Minneapolis and St. Paul, this tool also has some information on downticket races: https://inthearenaonline.com/mycandidates/
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I really appreciate your election posts. It’s nice to get other perspectives than just the vague candidate websites.
Thank you for all the election work you do. And especially, thank you for the nudge to get out and volunteer. It worked!
Thank you for this roundup! It’s so hard to find information for downballot races. As a Saint Paul voter, I’m curious if you have any thoughts about the Ramsey County sheriff race.
Yes, I prefer Serier, and there’s a link to my thoughts on that race on this page.
I must have overlooked the link at first. Thank you again!
Thanks again for your excellent analysis and synthesis of our local politics. This is the fifth year running I’ve bought one of your e-books in early November as a minor thank you… shamefully, I’m not sure I ever got around to actually reading Freedom’s Gate! Now that I’ve got its sequel, I had better catch up…
Also, I think this is the first year that I have started seeing other friends and co-workers recommend your blog to others! You’re starting to develop a reputation – watch out, soon you will be some kind of powerful influencer on the politics scene.
Your commentary is fantastic. Thank you for doing this!!
Thank you so much for doing this!
Thanks for these write ups, very informative.
I am so appreciative of your work doing the round up on all these races. It saved me many hours of comparing the few contested judicial seats in Ramsey County. I have been an avid volunteer for my local State Legislative race, but know nothing basically on the back of our ballot. 🙂
Thanks so much for your work.
Thank you!
Thank you for your insights! They are well researched and were very helpful for me in informing my voite