I am getting ready to start posting about the general election and my Big List of Races I’m Going to Write About turned out to be really useful in the primary (I literally printed it out and crossed stuff off) so here we go with a list of races I’m (hopefully) going to write about before November!
Governor & Lt. Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
State Auditor
US Senator
US House District 04 (St. Paul)
US House District 05 (Minneapolis)
Statewide Constitutional Amendment 1
St. Paul City Question 1
Ramsey County Commissioner District 3
Ramsey County Commissioner District 5
Hennepin County Commissioner District 2
Hennepin County Commissioner District 3
(Hennepin County Commissioner District 4, Ramsey County Commissioner District 4, and Ramsey County Commissioner District 6 are unopposed.)
Hennepin County Sheriff
Hennepin County Attorney
(Ramsey County Sheriff and Ramsey County Attorney are unopposed.)
Saint Paul School Board At-Large (elect 3)
Minneapolis School Board At-Large (elect 2)
Minneapolis School Board District 1
Minneapolis School Board District 5
(Minneapolis School Board District 3 is unopposed.)
It does appear that none of the judicial races on Minneapolis or St. Paul ballots is contested, but there are a lot of names so let me know if I missed one.
And then all the State Legislative races, which I may do in a single go because they are all a Democrat (who will be fine) running against a Republican (nope).
State Senate District 59 (Bobby Joe Champion is unopposed)
State Senate District 60 State Senate District 61 (Scott Dibble is unopposed)State Senate District 62 (Omar Fateh was challenged in the primary but is unopposed in the general)
State Senate District 63
State Senate District 64
State Senate District 65 (Note: the Republican appears on the ballot as “_ Rocco.”
State Senate District 66
State Senate District 67
State House District 59A (Fue Lee is unopposed)
State House District 59B
State House District 60AState House District 60B (Mohamud Noor was challenged in the primary but is unopposed in the general)State House District 61A (Katie Jones is unopposed)State House District 61B (Jamie Long is unopposed)State House District 62A (Aisha Gomez is unopposed)
State House District 62B
State House District 63A
State House District 63BState House District 64A (Meg Luger-Nikolai is unopposed)State House District 64B (Dave Pinto is unopposed)State House District 65A (Samakab Hussein is unopposed)State House District 65B (Sebastian Ellefson was challenged in the primary but is unopposed in the general)
State House District 66A
State House District 66B
State House District 67AState House District 67B (Jay Xiong is unopposed)
If you’re consulting this and there’s some race I haven’t covered, I’ll go ahead and tell you that my recommendation in all the partisan races is going to be, VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRAT (yes, even Amy Klobuchar.)
I’m worried about actually being able to vote and having my voted counted. I’ve checked and I am registered. I applied for an absentee ballot but I may drop it off in person. What else can we do?
Magenta
Honestly, I’m uncertain whether we can trust our ballots to the post office based on the stuff from the whistleblower this week. I’m hoping we get a bit more clarity before early voting starts.
You can’t drop off your absentee ballot at the early voting stations, you have to fill out your ballot there. No big deal, just bring your absentee ballot along for reference.
Thank you so much for the great public service you do by researching these candidates and sharing your opinions. You make a tremendous difference by keeping people informed, and I am beyond grateful for the time and energy you invest in making our world a better place.