Minnesota AFL-CIO makes first round of 2022 Congressional & Legislative endorsements

Jun 22 2022

The Minnesota AFL-CIO General Board began taking action on Congressional and Legislative candidate endorsements for the 2022 election by endorsing Congresswoman Angie Craig and Congresswoman Betty McCollum for reelection and 110 candidates for the Minnesota House and Senate.

“No matter what we look like or where we live, working people deserve leaders who stand with us, not billionaire CEOs,” said Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernie Burnham. “Every candidate we endorse has met with union members in their communities and committed to protecting and expanding our freedom to join together and negotiate better wages and benefits.”

Legislative candidates seeking Minnesota AFL-CIO endorsement must agree to support collective bargaining rights, employer neutrality during organizing campaigns, Project Labor Agreements, creating family sustaining jobs, and opposing anti-worker legislation including so-called “Right to Work” bills.

The Minnesota AFL-CIO endorsed Governor Walz and statewide constitutional officers in March and will be making additional Congressional and Legislative endorsements in the coming weeks.

“The Minnesota AFL-CIO has one of the most expansive independent political programs in the state and we are excited to have conversations with union members on the importance of supporting Labor-endorsed candidates,” Burnham added.

The following candidates have been endorsed for Minnesota House and Senate (as of 6/22/2022):

 

House

03a Rob Ecklund

03b Mary Murphy

07a Julie Sandstede

07b Dave Lislegard

08a Liz Olson

08b Arik Forsman

11a Pete Radosevich

13a Andrea Robinson

13b Melissa Bromenschenkel

14a Tamara Calhoun

14b Dan Wolgamott

18a Jeff Brand

23b Tom Stiehm

25a Kim Hicks

28b Katie Malchow

32a Ashton Ramsammy

32b Matt Norris

33a Hanna Valento

33b Josiah Hill

34b Melissa Hortman

35a Zack Stephenson

35b Jerry Newton

36a Susie Strom

36b Brion Curran

37b Kristin Bahner

38a Michael Nelson

38b Samantha Vang

39a Erin Koegel

39b Sandra Feist

40a Kelly Moller

40b Jamie Becker-Finn

41a Patricia Driscoll

41b Tina Folch

42a Ned Carroll

42b Ginny Klevorn

43a Cedrick Frazier

43b Mike Freiberg

44a Peter Fischer

44b Leon Lillie

45a Lauren Bresnahan

45b Patty Acomb

46b Cheryl Youakim

47a Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger

47b Ethan Cha

48b Lucy Rehm

49a Laurie Pryor

49b Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn

50a Heather Edelson

51a Michael Howard

51b Nathan Coulter

52b Ruth Richardson

53a Mary Frances Clardy

53b Rick Hansen

54a Brad Tabke

55a Jess Hanson

55b Kaela Berg

56a Robert Bierman

56b John Huot

57b Erin Preese

59a Fue Lee

59b Esther Agbaje

60a Sydney Jordan

60b Mohamud Noor

61a Frank Hornstein

61b Jamie Long

62a Aisha Gomez

62b Hodan Hassan

63a Samantha Sencer-Mura

63b Emma Greenman

64a Kaohly Her

64b Dave Pinto

65a Samakab Hussein

65b Maria Isa Perez-Hedges

66b Athena Hollins

67a Kaozoupa “Liz” Lee

67b Jay Xiong

 

Senate

03 Grant Hauschild

07 Ben DeNucci

13 Alissa Brickman

14 Aric Putnam

18 Nick Frentz

32 Kate Luthner

33 Nancy McLean

34 John Hoffman

36 Heather Gustafson

37 Farhio Khalif

39 Mary Kunesh

40 John Marty

41 Judy Seeberger

42 Bonnie Westlin

43 Ann Rest

44 Leslie Lienemann

46 Ron Latz

47 Nicole Mitchell

48 Dan Kessler

49 Steve Cwodzinski

51 Melissa Halverson Wicklund

52 Jim Carlson

53 Matt Klein

55 Lindsey Port

57 Jackie Craig

58 Clarice Grabau

59 Bobby Joe Champion

60 Kari Dziedzic

61 Scott Dibble

63 Zaynab Mohamed

64 Erin Murphy

65 Sandy Pappas

66 Clare Verbeten

67 Foung Hawj

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