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Erika Bailey-Johnson

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Erika Bailey-Johnson
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November 8, 2022

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Erika Bailey-Johnson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 2B. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Bailey-Johnson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 2B

Incumbent Matt Bliss defeated Erika Bailey-Johnson in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 2B on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Matt Bliss
Matt Bliss (R)
 
63.5
 
11,310
Image of Erika Bailey-Johnson
Erika Bailey-Johnson (D) Candidate Connection
 
36.5
 
6,505
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
8

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,823
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Erika Bailey-Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 2B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Matt Bliss advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 2B.

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2022

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Candidate Connection

Erika Bailey-Johnson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bailey-Johnson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Erika Bailey-Johnson is starting her fifteenth year as the first Sustainability Director at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota. She was also appointed the Coordinator of the People and the Environment academic program in 2016 and teaches one class per semester. She works in the Ganawendakamigaawigamig (Office of Earth-Caretaking or Sustainability Office). After graduating from Lake of the Woods School, she completed her BA in Biology from the University of Minnesota, Morris in 1998 and her Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from BSU in 2006. Her background is in science teaching, and Erika and her husband taught for two years in Mexico and three years in Kuwait before returning home to Northern Minnesota. She speaks at regional and national conferences on BSU’s unique sustainability model which includes a wellness component and an emphasis on integrating Indigenous voices. She served on Governor Dayton’s Committee on Pollinator Protection from 2016 to 2018. Erika is currently on the board for Fresh Energy, the Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation, Happy Dancing Turtle, and the alumni board for the University of Minnesota, Morris. In 2022, Erika received the Minnesota State Board of Trustees Service Faculty of the Year award. Her first book project was recently published and is a bilingual Ojibwe/English children’s book to connect children to the Ojibwe language and Mother Earth. Erika is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe.
  • Strong, connected schools are the backbone of our rural communities. As an educator myself for over 20 years, I understand the importance of investing in equitable education and working towards a 21st-century curriculum. Our world has changed tremendously in the last fifty years, and we need to work to continue to uplift and inspire our future leaders. Working in higher education and having two children that have been raised in public schools, I understand the various dynamics involved in education systems. I have also witnessed the inequities between urban and rural districts. I will work immediately towards developing equitable funding for transportation for rural districts.
  • I have led the higher education sustainability field for over a decade and created a unique model that includes wellness and Indigenous ways of thinking into efforts to improve communities. I am not against logging, mining, or the use of fossil fuels, though I do think we could be much more responsible. I understand the importance of preserving biodiversity and will initiate action to promote healthy air, water, and soil. Climate change is one of the most urgent threats of our time, so I will focus efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and increase the resilience of communities in an equitable manner.
  • I support ranked-choice voting and would like to see it implemented in various local and state elections. Used in Alaska, Maine, Virginia, places in Minnesota, for some military voters, and other states; ranked-choice voting provides a more inclusive process for voters. With this system the people rank everyone on the ballot from their most favorites candidate to their least favorite. The candidate must win majority from all voters in order to win. Ranked-choice voting provides a better opportunity for third-party or moderate candidates to win elections. This might also support the decrease of negative attack ads as candidates hope to be a voter’s second choice.
I am personally very passionate about education, the environment, and equity, though I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to the people in my district. I am looking forward to pulling all kinds of different people together to help create stronger communities.

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    Current members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
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    Speaker of the House:Lisa Demuth
    Majority Leader:Harry Niska
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