Carlo Franco
Carlo Franco is an at-large member of the Saint Paul Board of Education in Minnesota. He assumed office on January 1, 2024. His current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Franco ran for election for an at-large seat of the Saint Paul Board of Education in Minnesota. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Franco completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Carlo Franco was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Franco's professional experience includes working as a social worker. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 2016.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: Saint Paul Public Schools, Minnesota, elections (2023)
General election
General election for Saint Paul Board of Education At-large (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Saint Paul Board of Education At-large on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carlo Franco (Nonpartisan)  | 20.6 | 26,893 |
| ✔ | Chauntyll Allen (Nonpartisan) | 19.0 | 24,816 | |
| ✔ |  | Erica Valliant (Nonpartisan) | 16.9 | 22,084 |
| ✔ |  | Yusef Carrillo (Nonpartisan) | 16.8 | 21,977 |
 | Zuki Ellis (Nonpartisan) | 13.8 | 17,979 | |
| Gita Rijal Zeitler (Nonpartisan) | 7.6 | 9,900 | ||
| Abdi Omer (Nonpartisan) | 4.4 | 5,691 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 1,246 | ||
| Total votes: 130,586 | |||
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Endorsements
Franco received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Franco's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
- State Sen. Zaynab Mohamed (D)
- State Sen. Clare Oumou Verbeten (D)
- State Rep. Kaohly Her (D)
- State Rep. Samakab Hussein (D)
- State Rep. Alicia Kozlowski (D)
- State Rep. Liz Lee (D)
- State Rep. Maria Isa Pérez-Vega (D)
- St. Paul Sch. Brd. Memb. Halla Henderson (Nonpartisan)
- Saint Paul City Cncl. Memb. Mitra Jalali (Nonpartisan)
- St. Paul Sch. Brd. Memb. Uriah Ward (Nonpartisan)
- Cheniqua Johnson (Nonpartisan) - Saint Paul City Cncl cand.
- Saura Jost (Nonpartisan) - St. Paul City Council cand.
- HwaJeong Kim (Nonpartisan) - Saint Paul City Cncl cand.
- Saint Paul, Minn., Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
- Stonewall Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
- AFSCME Minnesota Council 5
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 32
- Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation AFL-CIO
- St. Paul Federation of Educators
- Education Minnesota
- OutFront Minnesota Action
- Run for Something
- Ellen Perrault - Growth & Justice Org. Cmte. Coord.
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carlo Franco completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Franco's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Carlo has demonstrated transformational leadership for the City of Saint Paul in his work with our youth and teens in our community centers, youth leadership initiatives, recreational programming, youth employment programs, and our public schools. Carlo has built connections throughout every neighborhood in the City.
Carlo currently serves as the Youth Engagement & Training Manager for the City of Saint Paul, the President of the West Side Boosters Youth Sports Organization, a member of the Board of Directors for Neighborhood House, and the Chair of the Movimiento (Latino) DFL Caucus. He was also recently appointed to serve as a Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity commissioner for the City of Saint Paul.- Carlo Franco is from and for the City of Saint Paul.
- Our vision is for a Saint Paul Public Schools district where our schools respond creatively to the needs of every community in our city; where our students feel safe, heard, and prepared for a changing world because we will have invested in our frontlines.
- Carlo Franco deeply understands the needs of our young people and works in partnership with them to design solutions; on the school board, Carlo will champion quality services for each and every young person throughout our great City of Saint Paul.
Student Leadership
Environmental Justice in Education Communities
Positive School Culture & Climate
Saint Paul Federation of Educators
Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation
AFSCME Council 5
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 32
Run for Something
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Other survey responses
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 31, 2023
