Hello to a bunch of people looking up this site on their phone from a voting booth! Here are links to (hopefully) all my posts about this year’s races. (If you scroll and don’t find what you want, try a search, but remember, I only write about races that appear on the ballot in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. I did write a post about how to research a race, though.)

ETA: Someone was inspired to do similar research for city races in Lakeville, Credit River, Apple Valley, Eagan, Burnsville, Chaska, Eden Prairie, and Bloomington, with a bit of miscellany for St. Cloud, Maplewood, Robbinsdale, Maple Grove, Osseo, and Wayzata — find those writeups (not mine, but using a similar approach) at https://candidatenotes.com/

STATEWIDE

Governor & Lieutenant Governor: Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan

Secretary of State: Steve Simon

State Auditor: Julie Blaha

Attorney General: Keith Ellison

JUDICIAL

There are no contested judicial races anywhere in either Hennepin County or Ramsey County.

MINNEAPOLIS AND HENNEPIN COUNTY RACES

US Representative District 5: Ilhan Omar

All State Senate districts: the DFLer

All State House districts: the DFLer

Hennepin County Commissioner District 2: Irene Fernando, but I did not write about this one because it’s uncontested.

Hennepin County Commissioner District 3: Marion Greene

Hennepin County Commissioner District 4: Angela Conley, but I did not write about this one because it’s uncontested.

Hennepin County Sheriff: Dawanna Witt

Hennepin County Attorney: Mary Moriarty

School Board Member at Large (SSD #1) (elect two): Collin Beachy and Sonya Emerick, but if you haven’t been following this race you should probably read my post to see if you agree with me; Sonya was my most controversial endorsement this year by far.

School Board Member District 1 (SSD #1): Abdul Abdi, but I did not write about this one because it’s uncontested.

School Board Member District 3 (SSD #1): Fathia Feerayarre, but I did not write about this one because it’s uncontested.

School Board Member District 5 (SSD #1): Lori Norvelle

SAINT PAUL AND RAMSEY COUNTY RACES

US Representative District 4: Betty McCollum

All State Senate districts: the DFLer

All State House districts: the DFLer

Ramsey County Commissioner District 3: Trista MatasCastillo

Ramsey County Commissioner District 4: Rena Moran

Ramsey County Commissioner District 5: Rafael Ortega

Ramsey County Commissioner District 6: Mai Chong Xiong

County Attorney: John Choi, but I did not write about this one because it’s uncontested

County Sheriff: I did not write about this one because it’s uncontested.

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In addition to writing political commentary, I write science fiction and fantasy. My book that came out in April 2021, Chaos on CatNet, takes place in a future Minneapolis. It’s a sequel to Catfishing on CatNet and signed copies of both books are usually available from Dreamhaven and the NOW REOPENED Uncle Hugo’s (it’s at 2716 E 31st St in Minneapolis, in the former Glass Endeavors.)

I do not have a tip jar or a Patreon; instead, I highlight fundraisers. Three places you can donate this year: there is a science teacher at Sullivan STEAM magnet who needs some better computers so his students can actually program the cool robots they got. (This fundraiser is a long way from funding, so I want to note, DonorsChoose isn’t like Kickstarter, they’ll work with teachers and donors to come up with a good use of the donations if it only gets halfway there.) You can also donate to the Theater program at Henry High School in Minneapolis. Or, you can donate to the Movement Voter fundraiser I created; I explained back in May why I’m fundraising for the Movement Voter PAC and the fundraiser is still active.