Ernest Oppegaard-Peltier was born in Grafton, North Dakota. His professional experience includes working as a community organizer and a caregiver.[1]Oppegaard-Peltier has been affiliated with Our Revolution Bemidji, Project For Change, Beltrami Country DFL, Native Peoples Caucus of the DFL, The Eagles, and Honor The Earth.[2]
Ernest Oppegaard-Peltier completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Oppegaard-Peltier's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
Ernest Joseph Oppegaard-Peltier III (Joey), comes from a union and generational farming family out of Grafton, North Dakota. His professional experience includes being a caregiver, low level management, and public speaking.
Ernest and his husband Tyler moved to Bemidji, Minnesota from Grand Forks, North Dakota in September 2018 and have made Bemidji their home. Ernest honors his commitment to community and for seventeen years has served in different capacities in community building, volunteering his time to projects, events, campaigns and organizations.
Ernest is/has affiliated with: Co-Founding member of Our Revolution Minnesota, Our Revolution Bemidji, Project For Change. Member of Beltrami County DFL, Native Peoples Caucus of the DFL(co-Director), StoneWall DFL, DFL Environmental Caucus and Nonpartisan League of North Dakota. Formerly with Rock The Vote, Native Style, North Dakota Foster care and Adoption Task Force, 4NDYouth, ND Youth, ND Youth Advisory Council, Honor The Earth and the North Dakota Democrat NPL.
Life is about making those good, long-lasting memories with your family and loved ones.
- EJOP3
We champion three key table-top issues that our families support, Medicare-For-All, Legalize Cannabis, Expanding Social Security.
We need that corporation across the Eight to build each other up. We need to be good nieghbors to each other. We need to unite not just the seven Anishinaabe tribes, we need to unite as friends, allies and community!.
Unbought, prairie populist fighter, who will get things done for Minnesota.
I am a hardworking member of our community, I am focused on our local communities and families building our labor class up and creating long-term individual wealth here locally.
I learned at a very young age not to elevate a person. I do look around myself to my friends, family, neighbors and community members, doing what they have to do to survive in rural America. The poverty, low wages, lack of opportunities that desperation that can be seen across America as our leaders allowed the extortion of our families' wealth, time, labor and lands. Even so struggling, still raising a family, creating lives for themselves and making great long term memories.
If I were to look up to something, it would be the words of my elder Leonard Peltier. “I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth’s inhabitants, none of us will survive—nor will we deserve to.” I am not running to reinvent the wheel, there are a good deal of legislation out there that address the major issues that plague the American Labor Class, that the majority of American support. What I will do is use every tool in my toolkit to push us to get the job done as I carry myself in a good way with a good heart.
I am not new to politics, engaged over most of my life, to the extent of being appointed to a North Dakota Task Force. I am a community organizer and leader, utilizing and building that grassroots political infrastructure outside the party. Minnesota Congressional District 8 after redistricting hold all the Minnesota Anishinaabe tribes, it is important that our representative reflects those communities.
1992, I was turning 4 years old in a informed Democratic household that the nightly news was a regular routine. I remember listening to the reporting of the Los Angeles riots after a trail jury acquitted four offices for police brutality against Rodney King. As soon to be President Clinton and his family started to get probed on the Whitewater scandal. Almost thirty years later, being that generation to see the massive police state and incarceration rate. While our leadership get wealthier and avoid accountability. It is time for the labor class voice to be at the table.
I believe that our representatives should come from our communities that represent those communities. I've been civically engaged for most of my life, I am accessible, I am close to our communities across Congressional District 8 serving them as a faithful custodian of our lands and community leader.
The corporate establishment that owns and dominates the both parties and the political landscape. We have many great pieces of policy and legislation that the majority of Americans, Democrat and GOP bases' support and demand to pass. The Democrats currently control the three branches of our national government, with their major piece of legislation barely touch our communities issues and are filled with pro-Big Business support and policies. It is time to support the labor class of America, to build back better and let us be competitive.
I feel a good leader, is always looking for their replacement. I believe term limits will help our leaders to cultivate more leaders and engagement if they are looking for the future leaders to carry on their legacy. Term limits are a must.
Yes, a local man bought his father's home. His father a hard worker, tradesmen great insurance got hurt working on his home. Resulting in the loss of his job, insurance means to afford his way of life. His son, a struggle local business owner, single parent with two adult boys now and grand children, having to do what was best for his family and relieve his dad of that payment as he moved him next door to help care for him. There are policies that are supported by my communities and Americans at-large that would help the labor class stay in their homes, have health care and not struggle so hard. We need our leaders to represent those needs to our community.
This is a pivotal tactic to my priority in the house, using our congressional seat to negotiation between the White House and Senate to push our community needs. Forcing votes on legislation that are important to the labor class of Minnesota Congressional District 8.
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I am Ernest Joseph Oppegaard-Peltier III (Joey). I am running for Minnesota Congressional District 7. For far too long an corporate establishment candidate has represented the labor class here in one Minnesota’s largest congressional districts. Minnesota Congressional District 7 needs a politician that is going to represent the farmers, landowners, tribal nations, labor class, and the people! Our populace demands for a populist of the people candidate and I am just that person.
I am a hard working member of our community, I am focused on our local communities and families building our labor class up and creating long-term individual wealth here locally.
I learned at a very young age not to elevate a person. I do look around myself to my friends, family, neighbors and community members, doing what they have to do to survive in rural America. The poverty, low wages, lack of opportunities that desperation that can be seen across America as our leaders allowed the extortion of our families wealth, time, labor and lands. Even so struggling, still raising a family, creating lives for themselves and making great long term memories.
If I were to look up to something, it would be the words of my elder Leonard Peltier. “I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth’s inhabitants, none of us will survive—nor will we deserve to.” I am not running to reinvent the wheel, there are many legislation out there that address the major issues that plague the American Labor Class, that the majority of American support. What I will do is use every tool in my toolkit to push us to get the job done as I carry myself in a good way with a good heart.
I am not new to politics, engaged over most of my life, to the extent of being appointed to a North Dakota Task Force. I am a community organizer and leader, utilizing and building that grass roots political infrastructure outside of the party. Minnesota Congressional District 7 after redistricting is expected to hold all of the Minnesota Anishinaabe tribes, it is important that our representative reflects those communities.
1992, I was turning 4 years old in a informed Democratic household that the nightly news was a regular routine. I remember listening to the reporting of the Los Angeles riots after a trail jury acquitted four offices for police brutality against Rodney King. As soon to be President Clinton and his family started to get probed on the Whitewater scandal. Almost thirty years later, being that generation to see the massive police state and incarceration rate. While our leadership get wealthier and avoid accountability. It is time for the labor class voice to be at the table.
I believe that our representatives should come from our communities that represent those communities. I've been civically engaged for most of my life, I am accessible, I am close to our communities across Congressional District 7 serving them as a faithful custodian of our lands and community leader.
The corporate establishment that owns and dominates the both parties and the political landscape. We have many great pieces of policy and legislation that the majority of Americans, Democrat and GOP bases' support and demand to pass. The Democrats currently control the three branches of our national government, with their major piece of legislation barely touch our communities issues and are filled with pro-Big Business support and policies. It is time to support the labor class of America, to build back better and let us be competitive.
Yes, a local man bought his father's home. His father a hard worker, tradesmen great insurance got hurt working on his home. Resulting in the loss of his job, insurance means to afford his way of life. His son, a struggle local business owner, single parent with two adult boys now and grand children, having to do what was best for his family and relieve his dad of that payment as he moved him next door to help care for him. There are policies that are supported by my communities and Americans at-large that would help the labor class stay in their homes, have health care and not struggle so hard. We need our leaders to represent those needs to our community.
This is a pivotal tactic to my priority in the house, using our congressional seat to negotiation between the White House and Senate to push our community needs. Forcing votes on legislation that are important to the labor class of Minnesota Congressional District 7.
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Note: Oppegaard-Peltier submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on April 1, 2021.
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