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Dan Kessler
Dan Kessler (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 48. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Minnesota State Senate District 48
Incumbent Julia Coleman defeated Dan Kessler in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 48 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Julia Coleman (R) | 54.3 | 23,306 |
![]() | Dan Kessler (D) | 45.6 | 19,564 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 20 |
Total votes: 42,890 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 48
Dan Kessler defeated Bala Chintaginjala in the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 48 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dan Kessler | 90.1 | 3,054 |
Bala Chintaginjala | 9.9 | 334 |
Total votes: 3,388 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 48
Incumbent Julia Coleman advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 48 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Julia Coleman | 100.0 | 3,685 |
Total votes: 3,685 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 47B
Incumbent Greg Boe defeated Dan Kessler in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 47B on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Greg Boe (R) | 51.5 | 14,172 | |
![]() | Dan Kessler (D) ![]() | 48.3 | 13,290 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 34 |
Total votes: 27,496 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Dan Kessler advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 47B.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Greg Boe advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 47B.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
To see Kessler's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dan Kessler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Dan Kessler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kessler's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Everyone should have access to high-quality and affordable healthcare. Nobody should have to choose between going to the doctor and paying their bills.
- We must fully fund our schools to provide for a world-class education for all students, from Pre-K to College and Technical Training.
- We need to grow the economy through a strong infrastructure, repairing our roads and bridges, and building out new clean energy technologies for the future.
Strong schools.
Thriving and healthy environment.
Women's rights.
Affordable housing.
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
2022 Elections
External links
Candidate Minnesota State Senate District 48 |
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