BLAINE, Minn. – The first round of candidates have officially filed for office in Minnesota. The filing period for every race that had the potential to have a primary election concluded earlier this month. Here is the list of candidates that have filed for office in the North Metro TV area.
US CONGRESS
5th U.S. Congressional District
Keith Ellison* (D)
Chris Fields (R)
Gary Boisclair (D)
Gregg Iverson (D)
6th U.S. Congressional District
Michele Bachmann* (R)
Jim Graves (D)
Aubrey Immelman (R)
Stephen Thompson (R)
STATE SENATE
District 31
Michelle Benson* (R)
Mike Starr (D)
District 37
Pam Wolf* (R)
Alice Johnson (D)
District 38
Roger Chamberlain* (R)
Timothy Henderson (D)
District 41
Barb Goodwin* (D)
Gina Bauman (R)
District 42
Bev Scalze (D)
April King (R)
STATE HOUSE
District 31B
Tom Hackbarth* (R)
Louis Fay Woodberry (D)
District 37A
Jerry Newton (D)
Mandy Benz (R)
District 37B
Tim Sanders* (R)
Jon Chlebeck (D)
Torey Hall (R)
District 38A
Linda Runbeck* (R)
Patrick Davern (D)
District 41A
Connie Bernardy (D)
Dale Helm (R)
District 42A
Russ Bertsch (R)
Barb Yarusso (D)
ANOKA COUNTY
Commissioner District 2
Andy Westerberg*
Julie Braastad
Debbie Johnson
Mike Jungbauer
Commissioner District 3
Robyn West*
Dan Sanders
Commissioner District 6
Rhonda Sivarajah*
Kevin Ryan
BLAINE
Mayor
Tom Ryan*
Council Ward 1
Dick Swanson*
Jason Babler
Council Ward 2
Mike Bourke*
Dave Morrell
Council Ward 3
Russ Herbst*
Since the last state house and senate elections in 2010 the district maps have been redrawn, the new maps will be used for the first time in the 2012 election. To see which district you now reside in check out the Secretary of State’s pollfinder. Just enter your zip code, then your address, and it will tell you where you vote, along with all of the districts and wards form Congress, State Senate, State House, County Commissioner, Judicial Districts, School Districts and more.
