Isabel Rolfes
Isabel Rolfes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 61A. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 13, 2024.
Rolfes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61A
Katie Jones defeated Toya López in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61A on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Katie Jones (D)  | 83.9 | 18,234 |
 | Toya López (G) | 15.1 | 3,284 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 209 | ||
| Total votes: 21,727 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61A
Katie Jones defeated Will Stancil and Isabel Rolfes in the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61A on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katie Jones | 43.2 | 3,956 |
 | Will Stancil | 36.4 | 3,340 | |
 | Isabel Rolfes | 20.4 | 1,872 | |
| Total votes: 9,168 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dylan McMahon (D)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Rolfes received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Rolfes's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Isabel Rolfes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rolfes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Having grown up in rural Minnesota, I learned about the variety of struggles people can face. In my time at the Capitol, I have been able to use that experience to build meaningful relationships with people on all sides of the political spectrum, Democrat and Republican. I know that no piece of legislation is passed alone, but is done through collaboration. And I know how to collaborate.
As a queer, BIPOC woman growing up in rural Minnesota, I was not often surrounded by people that made me feel safe. I deeply appreciate our big tent party because whether you are in the farthest left corner, or right in the middle, I know that I am safe around you, and we can work together because we share a basic respect for all humanity, and for us all to do better.- Education is the most important thing we can invest in for the betterment of our community and state. We know every child deserves a great start, but we need to take steps to make it happen! I want to expand Voluntary Pre-K to help kids be ready for kindergarten and improve their literacy and social skills. And as research shows, access to Higher Education is one of the most effective ways to help marginalized communities build generational wealth. If elected, I will build off of the North Star Promise to continue making higher education accessible to working families in Minnesota. I also believe we must fill our cross-subsidies and relieve stress on educators and support staff by fulling funding our schools.
- When we tackle climate change, we also must tackle labor issues. We have set really amazing climate and efficiency goals for our state. But to reach them, we need folks who are able to build clean energy infrastructure. As we tackle climate change, I want to ensure that we bring our labor friends with us. We do this by bringing laborers and unions with us to the table when making plans and policy to enact green infrastructure and weatherization throughout our state to ensure we have a realistic plan for tackling ambitious goals. To ensure we have the labor force for these jobs, we must make these careers desirable through quality benefits as well as easier pathways for necessary education and training.
- We need to treat public safety as the multi-tiered issue that it is. I will continue to support public safety funding, as well as hold our Police Officers Standards Training board to new standards to mitigate bias in policing. I believe collaboration is needed between the city and state to help address safety concerns, especially ones rising in Uptown. On the other side, I want to acknowledge that crime is reduced when people's needs are met. We must invest in things that create security and health. We can do this by investing in the full-spectrum of housing, expanding access to healthy food through programs like Universal Schools Meals, monitoring the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for price gauging, and more!
I have found that when you work to have amicable relationships with other legislators, regardless of party lines, you are more likely to come to a shared consensus and create a bill that meets the needs of as many people as possible.
-Women Winning
-Pro-Choice Minnesota
-OutFront Minnesota Action
-Run For Something
-LPAC
-Save the Boundary Waters Action Fund
-LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
Representatives:
Kaela Berg
Mary Frances Clardy
Sandra Feist
Mike Freiberg
Athena Hollins
Erin Koegel
Fue Lee
Leon Lillie
Brad Tabke
María Isa Pérez Vega
Kristi Pursell
Liz Reyer
Kaohly Vang Her
Esther Agbaje
Mohamoud Noor
Ned Carroll
Samakab Hussein
Leigh Finke
Cheryl Youakim
Senators:
Steve Cwodzinski
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
