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