Meet the Candidates
- Since 2017, Run for Something has endorsed over 2,500 candidates across all 50 states and D.C.
- Since 2017, we have elected over 800 candidates across 48 states
Minnesota Candidates
Run for Something is working with hundreds of young diverse progressives running for local office for the first time. Find one in your community and support their campaign.
2024 Candidates
Minnesota Candidates
Run for Something is working with hundreds of young diverse progressives running for local office for the first time. Find one in your community and support their campaign.
2023 Candidates
- Katie CashmanCity Council, Ward 7, Minneapolis, MNKatie is an accomplished policy advocate, non-profit leader, and community organizer. Her dedication to environmental justice and equity has...
- Ashlie CastaldoCity Council, At-Large, Duluth, MNAshlie, an autistic disability advocate, freelance contractor, and digital marketing director, is a dedicated candidate for Duluth City...
- Jason ChavezMinneapolis City Council, Ward 9, MNJason is the 9th Ward City Council Member, representing residents in Central, Corcoran, East Phillips, Longfellow, Midtown Phillips, and...
- Aurin ChowdhuryMinneapolis City Council, Ward 12, MNAurin is a first-generation Bengali-American, the daughter of working-class immigrants, organizer, renter, and experienced policy aide. She...
- Carlo FrancoBoard of Education, At-Large Saint Paul, MNCarlo is a passionate and driven individual who is deeply rooted in his community as a fourth-generation West Sider, Chicano, youth worker,...
- Sophia GinisCity Council, At-large, Golden Valley, MNSophia is a dedicated advocate for a welcoming, sustainable, and secure Golden Valley. With a vision for the future, Sophia aims to make...
- Cheniqua JohnsonSaint Paul City Council, Ward 7, MNCheniqua is a Minnesota native, philanthropic leader and long-time community organizer. Cheniqua is running for Saint Paul City Council in...
- Saura JostCity Council, Ward 3, St. Paul, MNSaura is a civil engineer, community leader, and mom running for Ward 3 City Council in Saint Paul. With her technical background and...
- Hwa Jeong KimSaint Paul City Council, Ward 5, MNHwa Jeong is a Korean American non-profit executive director, organizer, former Legislative Aide, and resident of Saint Paul's North End. She...
- Miranda PachecoCity Council, At-Large, Duluth, MNMiranda is a driven individual who has overcome numerous obstacles to achieve success. Starting off as a felon, high school dropout, pregnant...
- Nelsie YangSaint Paul City Council, Ward 6, MNNelsie, the first Hmong American woman to be elected as councilmember in Saint Paul, was sworn into office in January 2020. Raised in a...
- Jenna YeakleCity Council, At-Large, Duluth, MNJenna is a dedicated community organizer with a passion for environmental advocacy. Born and raised in Duluth, Jenna understands the unique...
- Conrad ZbikowskiMinneapolis City Council, Ward 3, MNConrad seeks to bring a fresh start to Ward 3 of Minneapolis by prioritizing inclusivity and community values on the city council. His...
Minnesota Candidates
Run for Something is working with hundreds of young diverse progressives running for local office for the first time. Find one in your community and support their campaign.
2022 Candidates
- Esther AgbajeMinnesota House, District 59B, MNEsther is running for re-election to build up our collective strength to tear down the barriers of race, class, and gender to give people a...
- Brion CurranMinnesota House, District 36B, MNBrion is a former police officer and current human resources professional. She grew up in Centerville, Minnesota and has lived in District...
- Alicia DonahueMinnesota Senate, District 54, MNAlicia is a wife, stepmom, clinical social worker, community organizer, and social justice advocate. She is a leader and co-founder of...
- Cedrick R. FrazierMinnesota House, District 43A, MNAs a first-term legislator, Cedrick serves as the Vice-Chair of the Public Safety & Criminal Justice Reform, Finance Committee and has been a...
- Sheigh FreebergMinnesota Senate, District 65, MNAlmost a decade ago, Sheigh worked at a hotel and watched as his co-workers were mistreated, underpaid, and unappreciated by bad management....
- Amanda Hemmingsen-JaegerMinnesota House, District 47A, MNAmanda has a passion for advocating, equity, and doing the right thing. She is an active member of the community and builds relationships...
- John HestMinnesota House, District 4B, MNJohn is a farm-grown educator, dad, husband, and union member running to serve Minnesota House District 4B. He works at Minnesota State...
- Kristy JanigoMaple Grove City Council, At-Large, MNKristy is a solution-oriented servant leader with hometown values. Because of her prior service in the US Army National Guard, and as the...
- Zaynab MohamedMinnesota Senate, MNZaynab is a working class immigrant and policy advocate, running to represent South Minneapolis in the Minnesota Senate. Through her...
- Hoang MurphyMinnesota House, District 67A, MNHoang is a lifelong Minnesotan, husband, non-profit leader, and proud East Side resident. He’s running because the East Side deserves more...
- Chantal OechsleSt. Cloud School Board, MNChantal has lived in the St. Cloud area for 11 years. Her children attend District 742 schools. The programming her daughters receive (both...
- María Isa Pérez-HedgesMinnesota House, District 65B, MNMaría Isa is a lifelong Minnesotan, raised on the West Side of Saint Paul. She is a cultural community organizer, international recording...
- Kristi PursellMinnesota House, District 58A, MNKristi is an environmental professional, parent, former farmer, and Southern Minnesotan running to represent MN House District 58A because...
- Ashton RamsammyMinnesota House, District 32A, MNAshton is a public policy analyst, a health unit coordinator in behavioral mental health, the child of immigrant parents from Guyana, South...
- Scott RosochackiBlaine City Council, Ward 1, MNScott has always wanted to serve his country. He served in the Navy as a Nuclear Submarine Electrician, and now he wants to do that by...
- Kimberly SanbergMinnesota House, MNKimberly has a track record of leadership in her community and will bring a progressive vision to the Minnesota House. She currently serves...
- Lori SaroyaBlaine City Council, Ward 1, MNLori is a proud resident of Blaine and a candidate for Blaine City Council, Ward 1. Lori and her husband have lived in Blaine for 18 years...
- Jason SatterMinnesota House, District 9B, MNJason is running for the Minnesota House of Representatives, District 9B because for the last 20 years our representatives have not improved...
- Samantha Sencer-MuraMinnesota House, District 63A, MNSamantha is an educator, a working mom, a local community leader, a fourth-generation Japanese American, and she is running to be the next...
- Saraswati SinghHennepin County Attorney, MNSaraswati, an experienced and progressive prosecutor nationally recognized for her leadership, is running to be the next Hennepin County...
- Justice SpriggsColumbia Heights City Council, MNJustice is a husband, new dad, and fourth-year medical student running for the Columbia Heights City Council because he loves his city. and...
- Jenn StraterRobbinsdale City Council, Ward 3, MNIf elected, Jenn will be the first openly queer woman on the Robbinsdale City Council and the first woman councilmember elected in Ward 3....
- Susie StromMinnesota House, District 36A, MNSusie is a mom, attorney, U.S. Army veteran, and Korean American adoptee. She is deeply committed to serving her community, state, and...
- Hanna ValentoMinnesota House, District 33A, MNHanna is running for an open seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. She has lived in District 33A her whole life and is currently on...
- Aaron WagnerRobbinsdale City Council, Ward 4, MNAaron is running for Robbinsdale's City Council because he wants to empower the working people of his city. He knows that policies like a...
- Mai Chong XiongRamsey County Commissioner, District 6, MNMore than 10 years ago, as a first-generation college student, Mai Chong committed her life to racial justice work. As a Hmong daughter of...
Minnesota Candidates
Run for Something is working with hundreds of young diverse progressives running for local office for the first time. Find one in your community and support their campaign.
2021 Candidates
- Tom AndersonMinneapolis City Council, Ward 2, MNTom is a former public school teacher, coach, teachers union representative, and is currently the Director of Government Relations for...
- Azrin AwalDuluth City Council, At-Large, MNAzrin was born in Bangladesh and her family immigrated to Minnesota when she was three. Azrin moved to Duluth to attend college at the...
- Gerard BalanHopkins City Council, MNTen-year Hopkins resident and Planning & Zoning Commissioner, Gerard, is running for Hopkins City Council. In his announcement, Gerard noted...
- Ashlie CastaldoDuluth City Council, At-Large, MNAshlie was born and raised in Duluth, MN, but grew up taking her city for granted. She went out of state for college and realized quickly how...
- Jason ChavezMinneapolis City Council, Ward 9, MNJason is an organizer, policy worker, renter, and proud LGBTQ+ Latino with experience fighting for renters’ rights, immigration justice,...
- Aisha ChughtaiMinneapolis City Council, Ward 10, MNAisha is a community organizer, a union activist, a first-generation immigrant, and a Muslim American. As the political organizer for Service...
- Saul EugeneSaint Louis Park City Council, Ward 3, MNSaul is running for city council in Ward 3 of his hometown of Saint Louis Park. Saul spent his childhood in Saint Louis Park and immediately...
- Heidi GarridoHopkins City Council, MNBorn in Chile, Heidi is an adopted Wisconsinite-turned-Minnesotan running for a seat on the Hopkins City Council in Hopkins, Minnesota. Heidi...
- Dillon GhernaMinneapolis City Council, Ward 11, MNDillon is a public safety professional running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 11. Professionally, Dillon serves the over 1.2 million...
- Halla HendersonSt. Paul School Board, At-Large, MNHalla is an organizer, a youth worker, and a fierce advocate for an education system that meets all students' needs. Through years of...
- Nick KorMinneapolis City Council, Ward 7, MNNick is an organizer and coalition builder for progressive change running for Minneapolis City Council at a pivotal moment. He is a former...
- Patrick MartinBloomington City Council, District IV, MNThroughout his first term as Council Member for District IV, Patrick has worked alongside his community to chart a new trajectory for...
- Mike MayouDuluth City Council, District 2, MNMike was born and raised in a union family in Duluth and graduated from East High School and UMD with degrees in Management Information...
- Sheila NezhadMayor of Minneapolis, MNSheila is a community organizer, renter, daughter of an immigrant, and a queer woman of color. If elected, she will be the first openly queer...
- Dan OlsonMinnetonka ISD 276 School Board, MNDan is the father of twin fourth-graders in the ISD 276 district. He and his wife moved to Minnetonka in 2016 for proximity to work,...
- Alicia D. SmithMinneapolis Park and Recreation Board, At Large, MNAlicia is an executive director and a proud mother of two awesome boys Walter (12) and Alonzo (8), running for the Minneapolis Park and...
- Kelsey WaitsHastings School Board ISD 200, MNKelsey is a community activist, mother, and PhD student at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Kelsey is seeking re-election to the...
- Uriah WardSt. Paul School Board, At-Large, MNUriah is a former Social Studies teacher who currently works in financial aid administration. He is the former President of the Saint Paul...
Minnesota Candidates
Run for Something is working with hundreds of young diverse progressives running for local office for the first time. Find one in your community and support their campaign.
2020 Candidates
- Esther AgbajeMinnesota House, District 59B, MNEsther is running to represent District 59B to build up our collective strength to tear down the barriers of race, class, and gender in order...
- Michele AndersonMinnesota Senate, District 8, MNMichele is a nonprofit leader, writer, and mom who lives in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Through her work as Rural Program Director at...
- Ukasha DakaneEdina City Council, MNUkasha was born and raised in Kenya and as a first-generation immigrant from Kenya, he has set and achieved clear goals, participated and...
- Alfreda DanielsBrooklyn Center City Council, MNAlfreda is a community organizer with the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation (MRLF) and a Teamsters Local 120 Member. She was born in...
- Elise DiesslinMinnesota House, District 21B, MNElise is running for Minnesota House of Representatives because she cares about Southeastern Minnesota. She grew up in Elgin and returned...
- Doria DrostMinnesota House, District 16A, MNDoria is an advocate for clean energy and education investments. She’s worked in local schools and campuses around her district for years and...
- Heather EdelsonState House of Representatives, 49A District, MNHeather is a mom, a mental health therapist, and an avid community leader. She loves Edina and is deeply invested in seeing the city thrive....
- James FarnsworthSaint Paul Public Schools ISD 625 Board of Education, MNJames (he/him/his) is a committed advocate for the students, families, and educators of Saint Paul. As a proud graduate of Saint Paul Public...
- Sara Flick, MN...
- Cedrick R. FrazierMinnesota House of Representatives, District 45A, MNCedrick is running for Minnesota State House because he believes that our government has a role to play in removing inequities and making...
- Nicole Joy FrethemRamsey County Commission, District 1, MNNicole is a mother, a wife, an early childhood educator, advocate and policy expert and a part-time law student. For more than a decade, she...
- Dr. Jess GarciaRochester (MN) School Board Director, MNDr. Jess Garcia is running for Minnesota’s Rochester Public School Board because she cares about teachers, students, staff, and community...
- Dr. Erik GoebelVadnais Heights City Council, MNErik is a PhD scientist, entrepreneur, and 10-year resident of Vadnais Heights. Erik is running to bring fresh leadership as he seeks to be...
- Brittney JohnsonMinnesota House of Representatives, District 8A, MNBrittney is a sheep farmer and corn miller running for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 08A. Brittney is passionate about...
- Marinda Mindy"" KimmelState House of Representatives, District 16B, New Ulm, MNMindy is a New Ulm native and the 6th generation in her family to live in Brown County, MN. As a mental health counselor and family...
- Logan KortgardMinnesota House, District 17B, MNLogan is a worker and student of health services management, with experience working in healthcare and advocating for LGBTQ+ equality and...
- Carlie Kotyza-WitthuhnMinnesota House of Representatives, District 48B, MNCarlie is running for re-election to the Minnesota House to continue building a Minnesota that works better for everyone, highlighting early...
- Christa MimsMinneapolis School Board, District 4, MNChrista is a social worker and a fierce advocate for equity in her community. She’s running for Minneapolis School Board in District 4 so...
- Hoang MurphyMinnesota State House of Representatives, District 67A, MNHoang Murphy is an educator and youth advocate running for Minnesota State House of Representatives – District 67A. The child of Vietnamese...
- Erin PreeseMinnesota House, District 58A, MNErin is running for the Minnesota House of Representatives from Lakeville, District 58A. As a mom, a teacher, and a gun violence prevention...
- Justin StofferahnMinnesota Senate, District 38, MNJustin is a husband, father, and policy nerd running to be the next Minnesota State Senator from District 38 in the northeast Twin Cities...
- Tanner SundermanMinnesota State House of Representatives, District 66A, MNTanner is a high school speech and debate coach and housing advocate who is looking to ensure that the Minnesota House has at least one...
- Kelsey WaitsMinnesota House of Representatives, District 54B, MNAs a military spouse, mother, and Chair of the Hastings School Board, Kelsey advocates for the people in her community and represents their...
Minnesota Candidates
Run for Something is working with hundreds of young diverse progressives running for local office for the first time. Find one in your community and support their campaign.
2019 Candidates
- Nicole FrethemRamsey County Commissioner, District 1, Shoreview, MNNicole is running for County Commissioner in Ramsey County, Minnesota, District 1. Nicole has been working on behalf of families for over a...
- Kimberly SanbergGolden Valley City Council, MNKimberly Sanberg is a founding organizer of the Golden Valley Pride Festival, Minnesota’s first suburban LGBTQ pride festival, and serves on...
- Nelsie YangSt. Paul City Council, Ward 6, MNNelsie is a daughter of Hmong refugees, a renter, young progressive leader, organizer and union steward at TakeAction Minnesota. Nelsie is...
Minnesota Candidates
Run for Something is working with hundreds of young diverse progressives running for local office for the first time. Find one in your community and support their campaign.
2018 Candidates
- Dave HutchHennepin County Sheriff's Office, MNMy name is Dave Hutchinson, and I am running for Sheriff of Hennepin County. Hennepin County is where I live and work. I have spent most of...
- Brittney JohnsonMinnesota State House, District 8A, MNBrittney is a young farmer who is passionate about building and sustaining vibrant rural communities. She has spent her career working with...
- Marinda KimmelMN State House district 16B, MNMindy Kimmel was born and raised in New Ulm, in her largely rural MN district. She has a Bachelor's Degree in psychology from the University...
- Carlie Kotyza-WitthuhnMinnesota House of Representatives, District 48B, MNCarlie Kotyza-Witthuhn is a proven problem-solver who has spent her career in operations and administration. A Wisconsin native and...
- Alice MannMN House of Representatives 56B, MNDoctor Alice Mann is a family medicine physician running for the MN House of Representatives in district 56B. She currently lives in...
- Christina NelsonWillmar City Council, Ward 2, MNA mother of two young children and an active community member, Christina is running for City Council to make Willmar a whole community that...
- Josh PaulyMinneapolis School Board, at-large, MNJosh Pauly is the executive director of Books on Wings, a nonprofit that provides culturally relevant books to underserved students in grades...