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Boni Njenga
Boni Njenga ran for election to the Hennepin County Commission to represent District 5 in Minnesota. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Njenga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Njenga was born in Naivasha, Kenya. He earned a master's degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato, in 2014.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Hennepin County, Minnesota (2020)
General election
General election for Hennepin County Commission District 5
Incumbent Debbie Goettel defeated Boni Njenga and George Dennis Jr. in the general election for Hennepin County Commission District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Debbie Goettel (Nonpartisan) | 73.2 | 57,459 |
 | Boni Njenga (Nonpartisan)  | 26.0 | 20,415 | |
 | George Dennis Jr. (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 589 | ||
| Total votes: 78,463 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Debbie Goettel and Boni Njenga advanced from the primary for Hennepin County Commission District 5.
Endorsements
To view Njenga's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Boni Njenga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Njenga's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My name is Boni Njenga, a Kenyan- American, immigrant, policy consultant, 1st generation, asking for your vote for the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners. We are facing challenges like the Opioid crisis, Homelessness, public safety, racial disparities, and tax levy increase with no accountability and transparency on spending.
We can only solve these issues with fresh and bold 21st-century governance, by applying evidence-based policymaking. Which will enable us to curb wasteful spending in Hennepin County? Keeping more money in your pocket.
- Introduce Evidence based policy making to curb wasteful spending in Hennepin County
- Applying 21st century solutions to 21st century challenges i.e opioid crisis, Homelessness, public safety, racial disparities etc
- No tax levy increase with no accountability and transparency
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 15, 2020.
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