Jen Westmoreland
Jen Westmoreland is an officeholder of the Hopkins Public Schools, At-large in Minnesota. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends in 2025.
Westmoreland ran in a special election to the Hennepin County Commission to represent District 6 in Minnesota. She lost in the special primary on April 30, 2024.
Westmoreland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jen Westmoreland was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. She earned a bachelor's degree from St. Olaf College in 2001, a graduate degree from UCLA in 2005, and a graduate degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato, in 2024. Her career experience includes working as a professor.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Hennepin County, Minnesota (2024)
General election
Special general election for Hennepin County Commission District 6
Heather Edelson defeated Marisa Simonetti in the special general election for Hennepin County Commission District 6 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Heather Edelson (Nonpartisan) | 54.4 | 6,194 |
 | Marisa Simonetti (Nonpartisan)  | 45.4 | 5,171 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 21 | ||
| Total votes: 11,386 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for Hennepin County Commission District 6
The following candidates ran in the special primary for Hennepin County Commission District 6 on April 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Heather Edelson (Nonpartisan) | 44.3 | 3,096 |
| ✔ | | Marisa Simonetti (Nonpartisan) | 31.7 | 2,214 |
 | Patrick Gage (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 713 | |
 | Jen Westmoreland (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 686 | |
| Daniel Moret (Nonpartisan) | 2.2 | 151 | ||
| Janet Kitui (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 133 | ||
| Total votes: 6,993 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jen Westmoreland completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Westmoreland's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jen graduated from Hopkins High School and studied French and Fine Arts at St. Olaf College. She earned an M.A. in French and Francophone Studies from University of California, Los Angeles and an M.A. in Literature and English Studies from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Jen holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Minnesota State University, Mankato. A career educator and union member, Jen has taught and led innovation and equity-driven programming at Normandale Community College for the past fifteen years.
Current work includes: Serves on the state organizing committee for Local Progress Minnesota, an organization of local elected officials committed to advancing racial and economic justice. She was appointed to the Local Progress National School Board Steering Committee in 2022.
Jen is a member of the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute.
Member of the Heading Home Hennepin Continuum of Care Partnership to End Homelessness Executive Committee.
More details are on Jen's website.- Climate Action & Sustainability. We need urgent action to address the impacts of climate change and implement sustainable practices.
- Community Safety & Wellbeing. Every person in our community deserves to be safe — both mentally and physically. This requires approaches to safety rooted in data-driven decision-making, informed by national best practices and the lived experiences of our community members.
- Thriving Youth, Families & Caregivers. Youth, families, and caregivers in our community are facing unprecedented challenges and need coordinated support to thrive. This requires thinking about our government systems in an integrated way and using public funds wisely.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 12, 2024
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