Know your Candidates

Everyone knows the major party candidates for President. You can’t escape their coverage. But who are our local candidates that will be on the ballot? He Here is an un-biased run down of who will be on our local ballot so you can be an informed voter on Election Day (Nov. 8, 2016).

You can find a copy of what our ballot will look like at http://myballotmn.sos.state.mn.us

Title	Candidate	Party
U.S. President & Vice President	Donald J. Trump and Michael R. Pence	REPUBLICAN
U.S. President & Vice President	Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine	DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR
U.S. President & Vice President	Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley	CONSTITUTION PARTY
U.S. President & Vice President	Dan R. Vacek and Mark Elworth, Jr.	LEGAL MARIJUANA NOW
U.S. President & Vice President	Alyson Kennedy and Osborne Hart	SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
U.S. President & Vice President	Jill Stein and Howie Hawkins	GREEN PARTY
U.S. President & Vice President	"Rocky" Roque De La Fuente and Michael Steinberg	AMERICAN DELTA PARTY
U.S. President & Vice President	Evan McMullin and Nathan Johnson	INDEPENDENCE
U.S. President & Vice President	Gary Johnson and William Weld	LIBERTARIAN PARTY
U.S. President & Vice President	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
U.S. Representative District 5	Frank Nelson Drake	REPUBLICAN
U.S. Representative District 5	Keith Ellison	DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR
U.S. Representative District 5	Dennis Schuller	LEGAL MARIJUANA NOW
U.S. Representative District 5	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
State Senator District 63	Ron Moey	REPUBLICAN
State Senator District 63	Patricia Torres Ray	DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR
State Senator District 63	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
State Representative District 63A	Kyle Bragg	REPUBLICAN
State Representative District 63A	Jim Davnie	DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR
State Representative District 63A	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1	YES/NO	NONPARTISAN
School Board Member at Large (SSD #1)	Kim Ellison	NONPARTISAN
School Board Member at Large (SSD #1)	Doug Mann	NONPARTISAN
School Board Member at Large (SSD #1)	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 (SSD #1)	YES/NO	NONPARTISAN
Associate Justice - Supreme Court 6	Natalie Hudson	NONPARTISAN
Associate Justice - Supreme Court 6	Michelle L. MacDonald	NONPARTISAN
Associate Justice - Supreme Court 6	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 5	Louise Dovre Bjorkman	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 5	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 8	Denise D. Reilly	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 8	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 11	Michelle A. Larkin	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 11	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 13	Randolph W. Peterson	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 13	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 14	Larry Stauber Jr.	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 14	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 16	Peter M. Reyes, Jr.	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 16	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 17	Matthew E. Johnson	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 17	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 18	Heidi Schellhas	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 18	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - Court of Appeals 19	Francis Connolly	NONPARTISAN
Judge - Court of Appeals 19	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN
Judge - 4th District Court 3	Thomas M. Sipkins	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 3	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 4	Juan G. Hoyos	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 4	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 7	Tamara Garcia	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 7	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 8	Kevin S. Burke	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 8	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 9	Michael K. Browne	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 9	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 13	Regina Chu	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 13	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 18	Susan N. Burke	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 18	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 21	Mel Dickstein	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 21	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 23	Marta Chou	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 23	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 24	Nicole Engisch	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 24	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 26	Joseph R. Klein	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 26	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 34	Karen Janisch	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 34	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 36	Tom Fraser	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 36	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 37	Carolina A. Lamas	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 37	Luke Kyper Bellville	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 37	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 39	Laurie J. Miller	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 39	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 41	Hilary Caligiuri	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 41	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 45	Chris Ritts	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 45	Paul R. Scoggin	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 45	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 52	Fred Karasov	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 52	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**
Judge - 4th District Court 60	Bruce Manning	NONPARTISAN
Judge - 4th District Court 60	WRITE-IN**	WRITE-IN**

Constitutional Amendments – MN, note failure to vote counts as voting ‘No’ on the amendment

Remove Lawmaker’s' Power to Set Their Own Pay - “Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to remove state lawmaker’s' power to set their own salaries, and instead establish an independent citizens-only council to prescribe salaries of lawmakers?” Yes or No

School District Questions – For = Yes, Against = No

Renewal of Expiring Referendum Revenue Authorization – “The Board of Special School District No. 1 (Minneapolis Public Schools) has proposed to renew the school district’s existing referendum revenue authorization of $1604.31 per pupil, which is scheduled to expire after taxes payable in 2016. The revenue will be used to manage class sizes and provide supportive services and activities for students. The proposed referendum revenue authorization would increase each year by the rate of inflation and be applicable for nine years, beginning with taxes payable in 2017, unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law. Shall the increase in revenue proposed by the board of Special School District No. 1 be approved?” Yes or No, note: voting “Yes” will extend an existing property tax referendum that is scheduled to expire.

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