Jay Reeves (Minnesota)
Jay Reeves (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 13, 2024.
Reeves completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jay Reeves was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Army from 2006 to 2023. He earned a bachelor's degree from Thomas Edison State University in 2012 and a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota in 2019. His career experience includes working as a healthcare professional, union truck driver, and union warehouse worker.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)
Minnesota's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6
Incumbent Tom Emmer defeated Jeanne Hendricks in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Emmer (R) | 62.4 | 260,095 |
![]() | Jeanne Hendricks (D) ![]() | 37.4 | 155,836 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 565 |
Total votes: 416,496 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6
Jeanne Hendricks defeated Austin Winkelman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jeanne Hendricks ![]() | 83.8 | 14,895 |
![]() | Austin Winkelman ![]() | 16.2 | 2,878 |
Total votes: 17,773 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jay Reeves (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6
Incumbent Tom Emmer defeated Chris Corey in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 6 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Emmer | 87.0 | 21,624 |
Chris Corey | 13.0 | 3,218 |
Total votes: 24,842 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Reeves in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jay Reeves completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Reeves' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|In my twenties, I worked at a couple of union trucking companies. I worked on the docks at Yellow Freight in Burnsville and then left there to work for another trucking company, Georgia Pacific (GP) Lumber, in Maple Grove. While at GP, I earned my commercial driver's license and began to drive truck. I worked there for 4 years, got married and started a family.
At age 31, married, with four kids (one was just 5 days old) I left MN for Basic Training in July of 2006. I served the first 6.5 years enlisted, making the rank of Seargent. After completing my Bachelor's Degree in 2012, I applied for a Direct Commission into the Army Medical Service Corps as a Clinical Laboratory Officer and was selected to attend Officer Basic in January 2013.
Unexpectedly, in 2022 I was diagnosed with cancer which is presumed to have been caused by exposure to the burn pits in Iraq. As a result, my military career was cut short, and I was medically retired in July 2023 at the rank of Major. I am healthy now and continue to monitor everything at the Mayo Clinic.- I am a person that comes very humble beginnings. My mother was 16 and my father was 19 when my twin brother and I were born. We lived in the projects and lived off of food stamps. I was never handed anything in my life, I have had to go out and earn it.
- My family has a history of military service to this great country. My grandfathers both served during WWII, my younger brother is a Marine (two deployments to Iraq), my twin brother served in the Army Reserves (two deployments to Kuwait), my son is serving on Active Duty in the Army (currently deployed), and I served on Active Duty in the Army for almost 17 years (one deployment to Iraq) and retired as a Major.
- Both of my parents instilled a very strong work ethic into us. They both were union workers. My mom worked for a union printing shop, and my dad worked and retired as a truckdriver and dock worker from the Teamsters Local 120. I also worked as a dockworker for Local 120 for a period of time. Additionally, I worked as a truckdriver and lumberyard forklift operator for a union company. I wholeheartedly support our union workers!
We have a mental/behavioral health crisis in our communities. and across the Nation. I want to partner with behavioral health specialists to come up with programs beginning with children. If we don't get it right with the children, it becomes exponentially more challenging as teens and adults.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 29, 2024