It doesn’t matter if you’re from Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Richfield or Minneapolis: you have a friend on the Hennepin County Board. I’m always looking for new ways to bring ideas from our communities to life. We have a unique strength together as a vibrant, diverse community. I’m honored to be the one you have turned to as we solve complex issues regarding housing, opportunity gaps, and building the roads and infrastructure we need for a rapidly changing economy.

My family found a friendly, welcoming neighborhood to call home here. As a council member, I have had the privilege of assisting our city with many of its important initiatives. We formed the Housing Task Force, a coalition of community leaders, real estate agents and developers dedicated to making affordable housing available in Eden Prairie. We spearheaded the Race Equity Report, and continued the push to become carbon neutral by the year 2050.

As a board member and volunteer with several Eden Prairie nonprofits and civic groups, my commitment to the safety and well-being of our neighbors is assured. I promise to listen, be innovative yet fiscally responsible and to support our exceptional city’s strategic plan. For close to 20 years, I have devoted my time to supporting and developing programs within Eden Prairie for those in need.

Kim Ross believes in opportunity for all students. As a member of the Eden Prairie School Board, she’ll focus on improving the achievement of all students; ensuring equitable opportunities for all students; supporting a culture that values social justice; and operating the district in a way that is financially and environmentally sustainable.

During my first two terms as State Representative, I focused on what best serves the great folks of our community and state. This includes reaching across the aisle to introduce bipartisan legislation and standing as a moderate voice who puts politics aside to get the job done. I am committed to safe and healthy communities, economic opportunity, and educational excellence.

Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn is honored to be serving her third term as your State Representative in District 48B and running for re-election in 2024. As a millennial and a mom of four young children, Representative Kotyza-Witthuhn brings a fresh perspective to the Minnesota House of Representatives and is part of the new generation of leadership in Minnesota. She is committed to elevating your thoughts and ideas, highlighting the diversity of Eden Prairie, and bringing everyone’s voice to the table in Saint Paul.

I’ve spent over 30 years teaching American Government, challenging over 12,000 students to think for themselves, speak out in the face of injustice and find empowerment in a sense of political efficacy. After so many years of talking the talk, I decided to step up eight years ago and walk the walk to practice what I preached.

As your state senator, I have fought tirelessly to expand mental health services, combat the gun violence epidemic, ensure people can afford life-saving prescription drugs and give our educators and students the resources they need to succeed.

Since being elected in 2018, Julie Blaha has enthusiastically served as an unbiased state auditor for all Minnesotans.

Serving as Minnesota’s financial watchdog, Julie and her staff at the Office of the State Auditor oversee more than $60 billion, mostly in local spending. She ensures transparent, effective, and accountable government through services such as audits, investigations, and compliance checks.

With Steve’s leadership, Minnesota has led the nation in voter turnout for the past three elections in a row. Moving forward, his top priorities are to defend our democracy, strengthen the freedom to vote for all eligible Minnesotans, push back against dangerous disinformation about our elections, provide support for small businesses, and enhance security protections for our most vulnerable.

Keith has served as attorney general since Minnesotans first elected him in 2018. Keith has expanded the office’s strong tradition of consumer protection. He’s fought to lower pharmaceutical drug prices, hold opioid companies accountable for the deadly opioid epidemic, protect tenants from exploitation, protect seniors from scams and abuse, protect student borrowers, hold major corporations accountable for consumer fraud and deception, and much more.

Peggy Flanagan is Minnesota’s 50th Lieutenant Governor. At the center of all her work is advocating and making progress for children, working families, communities of color and Indigenous communities, and Minnesotans who have historically been underserved and underrepresented. In the toughest of times, Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan provided the steady leadership Minnesota needed to keep our neighbors and families safe and grow our economy in every corner of the state.

Tim’s career has been defined by public service, from serving in the National Guard for 24 years, to serving our students as a high school teacher and football coach, to serving our state as a Congressman, and now as Minnesota’s 41st Governor. As governor during an unprecedented global crisis, Tim’s decisive actions saved lives, made Minnesota’s COVID-19 response a national model, and put our state on the path to recovery.

Dean Phillips is a father, businessman, civic leader, eternal optimist, and Representative for Minnesota's Third Congressional District in Congress. In Congress, Dean is on a mission to inspire a new era of collaboration in Washington, pursue common ground for the common good, and end the corrupting influence of special interest money in our politics.

Tina first worked at General Mills in Minnesota before starting her own small business and later worked as an executive at Planned Parenthood. As someone who believes that politics should be about improving people’s lives, it didn’t take long for her to become active in her community. She started by getting involved in local campaigns and became Minnesota’s 48th Lieutenant Governor in 2015. She has been serving in the U.S. Senate since 2017.

Amy Klobuchar has always been guided by the values she learned growing up in Minnesota. As the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman and the first woman elected to the United States Senate from her state, Amy understands that we live in a country of shared dreams -- that no matter where you come from, or who you are, or the color of your skin, or how much money you have, or where you worship, or who you love, you should be able to make it in the United States of America.

As Vice President, she has worked to bring people together to advance opportunity, deliver for families, and protect fundamental freedoms across the country. She has led the fight for the freedom of women to make decisions about their own bodies, the freedom to live safe from gun violence, the freedom to vote, and the freedom to drink clean water and breathe clean air. She has embarked on more than a dozen foreign trips, traveling to more than 19 countries, and meeting with more than 150 world leaders to strengthen critical global alliances.

As a Senator from Delaware for 36 years and 47th Vice President for President Obama, Biden established himself as a leader in facing some of our nation’s most important domestic and international challenges. Biden oversaw the implementation of the Recovery Act — the biggest economic recovery plan in the history of the nation and our biggest and strongest commitment to clean energy. The Act prevented another Great Depression, created and saved millions of jobs, and led to 75 uninterrupted months of job growth by the end of the administration.