In 2022, our democracy and our freedoms were on the ballot. We used our collective power at the polls to make our voices heard on the critical issues and compounding crises that matter most: defending our democracy, protecting our reproductive rights, transforming public safety, addressing the climate crisis, caring for our families and taking on greedy corporations that put profit before people.
At TakeAction Minnesota, we came into this election season clear on the stakes and challenges of this moment. At every level of government, we know that we need more than Democratic majorities to protect our reproductive rights, climate, and democracy. We need progressive leaders in office who will be champions with us to transition from fossil fuels, transform public safety beyond policing, build a caring economy, and deliver reproductive justice.
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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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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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.
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
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
In Hennepin County, our primary elections give us a choice: we can elect status-quo politicians, or we can vote for bold, progressive leaders with the political courage this moment calls for. TakeAction Minnesota’s member-led political committee has endorsed two progressive champions running in competitive primaries in our district.
To parents, students, and educators across the state who have been struggling to juggle it all throughout the pandemic: we see you. We’re diving into school board races because of what’s at stake, but also because we know we can be powerful together.
We at TakeAction Minnesota are excited to endorse a slate of candidates who are running in competitive primaries. These races give us a chance to look deeper at how our political system is or is not serving us. We’ve been talking about how ‘Not Just Any Blue Will Do.’ That choice is always starkest when we’re looking at two candidates from the same party.
