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Who is running for Governor of Minnesota?

September 1, 2022
On November 8, 2022, Minnesotans will decide who will be our next Governor and Lt. Governor. The DFL-endorsed candidates are Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan. The GOP-endorsed candidates are Dr. Scott Jensen and Matt Birk. Here’s what you need to know about gubernatorial candidate Jensen and his running mate Birk.
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Chantal Oechsle for St. Cloud School Board
Chantal Oechsle is a community leader focused on making sure every student has a safe and supportive school here in our district.

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Get Ready for #ThePeoplesPrimaries!
This Primary Election, we have a choice between politics as usual, and politics as it should be. Between candidates who will organize for the bold change we need in the face of compounding social, economic and climate crises, and politicians who have proven they won’t.
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TakeAction Minnesota Proudly Endorses Omar Fateh for Senate
A distinguished community organizer and advocate, Senator Fateh is a progressive champion for the people of South Minneapolis, and we’re ready to throw down to elect him again in 2022. It starts with voting in Minnesota’s Primary Election by August 9.
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Our fundamental rights are under attack. We’re not going to take it.
Demanding leadership from our congressional electeds has never been more important. We need the U.S. Senate to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women’s Rights to Reproductive Freedom Act, which would codify Roe v. Wade into law and reaffirm the right to travel across state lines freely to access abortion.

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Vote for Mai Chong Xiong and Amane Badhasso in #ThePeoplesPrimaries
Vote Mai Chong Xiong for Ramsey County Commissioner District 6 by August 9 Mai Chong Xiong is a longtime community leader running to serve St. Paul’s upper East Side, Payne-Phalen

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Amane Badhasso for Congress
Vote Amane for Congress by August 9! At TakeAction Minnesota, we believe in a politics that is by and for the people. It’s a politics where we care for each

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Our democracy is broken by design. We’re rebuilding it through collective wisdom, imagination and love.
Now, more than ever, we must imagine a new democracy. We’re imagining and building a future where our grief is transformed into profound collective action, and where each of us is ready to find a place in the movement to save each other instead of waiting for a politician or court to do it for us. When we act collectively, we have so much power.
