Craig Alciati (Minnetonka City Council At-large Seat B, Minnesota, candidate 2025)

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Craig Alciati

Nonpartisan

Candidate, Minnetonka City Council At-large Seat B

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

Personal

Birthplace

San Rafael, CA

Religion

Christian

Profession

Nurse

Contact

Campaign website

Craig Alciati ran for election to the Minnetonka City Council At-large Seat B in Minnesota. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.^[source]

Alciati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Craig Alciati provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 6, 2025:

• Birth date: March 7, 1961
• Birth place: San Rafael, California
• High school: Southwest
• Bachelor's: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, 1994
• Other: The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2006
• Gender: Male
• Religion: Christian
• Profession: Nurse
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign website

Elections

General election

General election for Minnetonka City Council At-large Seat B

Craig Alciati, David D. Biesboer, and Kimberly Wilburn ran in the general election for Minnetonka City Council At-large Seat B on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Craig Alciati (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	David D. Biesboer (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Kimberly Wilburn (Nonpartisan)

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I was born in the San Francisco Bay area, but grew up a couple blocks from Lake Harriet. I obtained my BSN and Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata CA. I worked as an oncology and research nurse at the San Francisco Veterans Medical Center before moving to France for 12 years where I taught in several large Universities and obtained a Masters in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). I returned to the area in 2013 to help with my mother who had advancing dementia. My wife, 3 daughters and I live in the Glenlake area since 2013. For the last 10+ yrs I have worked at HCMC in ambulatory clinics, Hospice and Care Coordination. The whole family has a love for nature, food, music and the arts. I would be happy to share more stories, just ask. Minnetonka, The Twin Cities and Minnesota is such a wonderful area with so much to offer that I am hopeful we can protect what is here and help nurture a healthy and vibrant environment and culture forever.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• The best run City Council government is not even noticed. We should be able to slowly improve our neighbors lives without getting in the way and without raising taxes. The city doesn't need to make a profit. We just to increase our efficiency and productivity at a pace equal to inflation or even better.
• The City Council does not need to hire consultants to discover what our constituents want. The city council candidates use their own skills that got them elected in the first place. The city also has some very excellent communication tools,skills and resources to assess our public needs and priorities
• We have a wonderful city, but we are not in a bubble in space so we need to work with all our neighbors in the region to lift us all up together.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Protecting all residents and visitors civil and human rights. Which freedom of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Of course this means all residents and visitors have a huge responsibility to respect each other's space and freedom too. This is applies to every area, but to use dogs and dog owners. Dog owners must be respectful of people who do not want contact with dogs. The city council should not force all the residents to pay for the construction of fencing that harms our open spaces just to attempt to control a very small number of disrespectful dog owners. City ordinances can be written and enforced that deal strongly with disrespectful dog owners and their dog. People who wish to avoid dogs need to be reasonable.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

There are many Doctors, Nurses, and other Caregivers I work with everyday now and in the past when I worked in Hospice and on an ambulance. They maintain their composure in sometimes very difficult situations with sometimes difficult people and they provide care and compassion to people in the moments of highest need

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

We must be responsible and respectful to all residents and visitors to our city and likewise to each other . We need to truly listen and learn from each other.

What legacy would you like to leave?

A growing sense of love, compassion and gratefulness to our creator and all of the creation we are in.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first landing on the moon. I was 8 yrs old. My grandfather thought it was a big deal. He rode his horse to California from Kansas when he was 20yrs old, so I guess that is understandable

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I was a morning paperboy for the Minneapolis Tribune. From 4th grade to 7th grade I delivered to paperboy before school. My dog walked with me even when it was -40°F. We had fun.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Today, The Choice by Edith Eger. I really liked Huxley's The Island too.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Chauncey Gardiner, or maybe Cool Hand Luke, or someone in Young Frankenstein

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Being the best I can be without stressing out about it

Candidates hear many personal stories from voters. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching or memorable?

Too many

What is an accomplishment that you are proud of?

Working in Hospice, raising 3 wonderful kids, convincing my wife to keep loving me and learning to speak fluent French

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