Hennepin County has elections for County Commissioner, County Park Commissioner, and Soil and Water Conservation District in 2012. Information below comes from the Secretary of State's page and the League of Women Voters. Click on District for link to League of Women Voters information.
County Commissioners
District 1 — Mike Opat and Chris Rains
District 2 (special election) — Linda Higgins and Blong Yang
District 5 — Randy Johnson, Jim Koepke
District 6 — Jan Callison, Dave Wahlstedt
District 7 — Jeff Johnson
County Park Commissioners
District 1 — Penny Steele and Sara Wyatt
District 2 - Jennifer Dejournett and Rick Theisen
District 3 — Danile Freeman and Matthew Laue
District 4 — John Gunyou and Leigh Harrod
District 5 — John F. Gibbs
Soil and Water Supervisor
District 1 — Jeremy Haefs and Eleonore Wesserle
District 3 — Marjorie Holstein and Brian T. Peterson
District 4 — Andrew K. Moller and Richard B. Strong
District 5 — Danny Nadeau
Judicial elections
Judge - 4th District Court 22
Elizabeth V. Cutter
Steven E. Antolak
Judge - 4th District Court 44
Lois Conroy
Marc Berris
Residents of the 2nd District of the Hennepin County Board have a rare opportunity to elect an inspiring new voice to the Hennepin County Board on November 6. I have had the privilege of gett
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Thirty-six year old Blong Yang points out that there’s a Hennepin County Commissioner who’s been in office 34 years, and that Mark Stenglein, the District 2 Commissioner whose resignation opened up
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Blong Yang (Right) with William Green (Left) at the Northeast Parade.
Green is a long time North Minneapolis resident and was the former St. Olaf College Dean of Students and Mulitcultural Outreach Director.
In 2006, Keith Ellison, against all odds, was elected into the U.S. House of Representatives .
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By far the closest contest in the Aug.
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Nine candidates are running for the District 2 Hennepin County Commissioner seat vacated by Mark Stenglein, who, after 15-plus years on the job, resigned to lead the Minneapolis Downtown Council.
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CORRECTION: As a commenter has noted, this article contained some fairly significant inaccuracies in the list of candidates. It has now been revised.
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Who’s running for what in local elections, and how will the elections work?
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Blong Yang announced April 9 he will be a candidate for Hennepin County Commissioner-District 2.
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The confluence of Census-driven redistricting, the announced resignation of Hennepin County 2nd District Commissioner, Mark Stenglein, and the earlier announcement that State Sen.
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The upcoming District 2 Hennepin County Commissioner race has so far drawn five candidates: Jill Davis, Linda Higgins, Tonia Johnson, Paula Pentel, and Don Samuels.
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