Emy Minzel
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Emy Minzel (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 27. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Minzel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Minnesota State Senate District 27
Incumbent Andrew Mathews defeated Emy Minzel in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Mathews (R) | 71.8 | 26,479 |
 | Emy Minzel (D)  | 28.2 | 10,397 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 36,892 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Emy Minzel advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 27.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Andrew Mathews advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 27.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Minzel's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
2018
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15A
Incumbent Sondra Erickson defeated Emy Minzel in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15A on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sondra Erickson (R) | 64.3 | 10,495 |
| Emy Minzel (D) | 35.6 | 5,808 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 23 | ||
| Total votes: 16,326 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15A
Emy Minzel advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15A on August 14, 2018.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15A
Incumbent Sondra Erickson advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15A on August 14, 2018.
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Emy Minzel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Minzel's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a wife, mother of a daughter in her twenties, small business owner of a yoga studio in Princeton MN. I am member of the Princeton Chamber of Commerce and Board member of the Friends of Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in Sherburne County. I have lived in District 27 for over 19 years, so I know what it is like to live, work, play and volunteer in our community. I believe elected officials should represent everyone in the community not just the people who believe exactly what they do. I am running because I believe most folks live in the middle of extreme politics. I believe in the separation of church and state. I believe the fight for personal freedoms must include women. I don't believe in banning guns or abortion. I want to protect the current laws in MN that protect both the second amendment rights and women's right to choose. I am running to protect my daughter's rights and yours too.
- Protecting personal freedoms and privacy for everyone in the district. This means protecting women's rights to choose and keep birth control legal. It also means protecting MN from gun bans.
- Affordable Housing is a huge concern for residence of my community of all ages. It affects us all in one way or another. It could be that young adults choose to move away from our community or have to move back home to afford to live. Some folks leave for employment opportunities that allow them to afford housing. We need to make sure folks that love our rural area are able to find and keep the security and basic need of a roof over their heads.
- Over 1/2 of MN 10,000 lakes are too polluted to swim in or eat the fish from. We must be diligent about protecting this dwindling and valuable precious resource we all depend on to protect the Minnesota way of life we all know and love.
Protecting women's rights. Environmental Protections and protecting personal freedoms and privacy.
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2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Emy Minzel participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 28, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Emy Minzel's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | I will work to protect the Minnesota environment we know and love for future generations. Almost half of our water is too polluted to eat the fish out of or even swim in. Protecting our water and Minnesota way of life will be a major focus when I am elected. I will also work to make Healthcare affordable for everyone by promoting a Minnesotacare buy-in option or supporting Medicare for all. Medical debt is the number one reason for bankruptcy in America and we must address this issue now. Continuing Education is becoming a financial burden for our young adults. This keeps many young people from starting families, buying houses or even moving on in life because they are burdened with a mortgage worth of debt. This has to change. I support public funded two year college and trade school programs.[2][3] | ” |
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Protecting our natural resources needs to be a priority. We must look at our water as a necessity and do all we can to maintain a healthy environment for our future. I believe investing in maintaining our natural resources should be looked upon as important as investing in infrastructure and healthcare, to maintain a healthy and safe future. We need to start investing in preserving and protecting our resources like we maintain our homes. It is sometimes costly and hard but worth it in the end to live in a safe place with the necessities you need to live. Water is a necessity for life and our health, we must protect it.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Emy Minzel answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?
| “ | Bernie Sanders[3] | ” |
| “ | Sustainable[3] | ” |
| “ | Integrity to do what is right even if it is hard. No different then parenting and doing your best to foster in a better future for the greater good.[3] | ” |
| “ | Dedication and passion to protect what I love. The people of Minnesota and the Environment that supports us.[3] | ” |
| “ | A Representative must do their best to represent their whole community not just the party that gets them elected. Every voice matters. We must work together to solve problems not point fingers of blame. This trend of party line politics is not working for regular citizens who only want to be represented fairly.[3] | ” |
| “ | Clean water for future generations. To be sure our State takes steps to preserve and appreciate the land of 10,000 lakes and Minnesota way of life we have been blessed with and often take for granted.[3] | ” |
| “ | Thanksgiving. I am thankful for all I am blessed with.[3] | ” |
| “ | Anything by Joel Salatin or Turn Here Sweet Corn by Atina Diffley[3] | ” |
| “ | Mother Earth reincarnated - Nurturing yet fierce[3] | ” |
| “ | My family and my dogs.[3] | ” |
| “ | RESPECT - Aretha Franklin[3] | ” |
| “ | My love of food vs my gluten intolerance ;)[3] | ” |
| “ | No, I think we need more regular people representing regular citizens. We need people who do not have an ulterior motive or power seeking for selfish needs. This is how you have a true voice in politics.[3] | ” |
| “ | Working together. We have become so separated we forget that we are all on the same team, on the same planet, with the same needs and desires. We need to stop pointing fingers and get to work making changes for the greater good.[3] | ” |
| “ | Yes I would love to serve on the Environmental & Natural Resources Committee[3] | ” |
| “ | No two years is not enough to make a difference in your community. I believe it should be 4 years with a two term maximum.[3] | ” |
| “ | I agree there should be changes made and a career in politics should not be a sure thing if all your doing is blocking progress and not open to changing with the times.[3] | ” |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Emy Minzel's responses," August 28, 2018
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Current members of the Minnesota State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Bobby Champion
Majority Leader:Erin Murphy
Minority Leader:Mark Johnson
Senators
District 1
Mark Johnson (R)
District 2
Steve Green (R)
District 3
Grant Hauschild (D)
District 4
Rob Kupec (D)
District 5
Paul Utke (R)
District 6
Keri Heintzeman (R)
District 7
District 8
Jen McEwen (D)
District 9
Jordan Rasmusson (R)
District 10
Nathan Wesenberg (R)
District 11
Jason Rarick (R)
District 12
Torrey Westrom (R)
District 13
Jeff Howe (R)
District 14
Aric Putnam (D)
District 15
Gary Dahms (R)
District 16
Andrew Lang (R)
District 17
Glenn Gruenhagen (R)
District 18
Nick Frentz (D)
District 19
John Jasinski (R)
District 20
Steve Drazkowski (R)
District 21
Bill Weber (R)
District 22
Rich Draheim (R)
District 23
Gene Dornink (R)
District 24
Carla Nelson (R)
District 25
Liz Boldon (D)
District 26
Jeremy Miller (R)
District 27
Andrew Mathews (R)
District 28
Mark Koran (R)
District 29
Vacant
District 30
Eric Lucero (R)
District 31
Calvin Bahr (R)
District 32
Michael Kreun (R)
District 33
Karin Housley (R)
District 34
John Hoffman (D)
District 35
Jim Abeler (R)
District 36
District 37
Warren Limmer (R)
District 38
Susan Pha (D)
District 39
District 40
John Marty (D)
District 41
Judy Seeberger (D)
District 42
Bonnie Westlin (D)
District 43
Ann Rest (D)
District 44
Tou Xiong (D)
District 45
Ann Stewart (D)
District 46
Ron Latz (D)
District 47
Vacant
District 48
Julia Coleman (R)
District 49
Steve Cwodzinski (D)
District 50
Alice Mann (D)
District 51
Melissa Wiklund (D)
District 52
Jim Carlson (D)
District 53
Matt Klein (D)
District 54
Eric Pratt (R)
District 55
Lindsey Port (D)
District 56
Erin Maye Quade (D)
District 57
Zach Duckworth (R)
District 58
Bill Lieske (R)
District 59
Bobby Champion (D)
District 60
Doron Clark (D)
District 61
Scott Dibble (D)
District 62
Omar Fateh (D)
District 63
Zaynab Mohamed (D)
District 64
Erin Murphy (D)
District 65
Sandra Pappas (D)
District 66
District 67
Foung Hawj (D)
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Vacancies (2)
