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Education

High school

White Bear Lake Area High School

Bachelor's

Minnesota State University, Moorhead

Personal
Profession
Training specialist
Contact

Personal website

Joe Kovacs was a candidate for Ward 7 representative on the Minneapolis City Council in Minnesota. He was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

Although municipal elections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, candidates can choose a party affiliation to appear on the ballot.[1] Kovacs ran as a Republican candidate.[2]

Biography

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Kovacs earned a bachelor's degree in education from Minnesota State University-Moorhead.[3]

At the time of his 2017 run for city council, Kovacs was a training specialist for Infinite Campus. His experience also includes work as a teacher for the White Bear Lake Area Schools and a resident manager for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley.[4]

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017) and Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, held a general election for mayor, all 13 seats on the city council, both elected members of the board of estimate and taxation, and all nine members of the park and recreation board on November 7, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 15, 2017.

Incumbents ran for re-election to all but two of the city council seats. Ward 3 Councilman Jacob Frey filed to run for mayor instead, and Ward 8 Councilwoman Elizabeth Glidden opted not to run for re-election.[5] Incumbent Lisa Goodman defeated Janne Flisrand, Teqen Zea-Aida, and Joe Kovacs in the general election for the Ward 7 seat on the Minneapolis City Council.[6]

Minneapolis City Council, Ward 7 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lisa Goodman Incumbent 52.26% 4,742
Janne Flisrand 31.21% 2,832
Teqen Zea-Aida 9.79% 888
Joe Kovacs 6.60% 599
Write-in votes 0.14% 13
Total Votes 9,074
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "2017 Minneapolis Election Results," accessed November 22, 2017

Campaign themes

2017

Kovacs' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Undo Business Regulations
The City Council has passed several ordinances that will be harmful to small businesses. The $15/hour minimum wage ordinance is just on of them, but quite possibly the one that will do the most damage. This ordinance was passed on the heels of a study that was released out of Washington State that shows how employees making $13/hour having less income, on average, than they did when they made $11/hour. Employers have cut employee's hours to make up for the additional costs. This ordinance needs to be reversed before it takes full effect.
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Affordable Housing
Minneapolis is a beautiful city; A city full of opportunity. But for far too many in our city, something as fundamental as a place to call home is hard to obtain. My vision is to help facilitate the development of affordable housing by working closely with non-profit organizations . In a city as wealthy as ours, no one should have to sleep on the streets. I plan to work with non-profits, church leaders and others who can come together to make our city a place where everyone can have a home.
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Upward Mobility
I believe every person deserves to make a livable wage. I do not however believe that every job is worth that same amount. I want to work with technical schools and community colleges in the area to create an environment where a postsecondary education is a feasible option for people of all income levels.
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Skyways
Our city has an incredibly unique feature in the skyways. In recent news, some individuals have argued to do away with the skyways. Instead I want to revitalize them. They are an important economic aspect of our city and coming from someone who lives attached to them, they are an absolute necessity in the winter. I want to work with the building owners to renew this Minneapolis treasure.[7]

”
—Joe Kovacs' campaign website, (2017)[8]

Endorsements

2017

Kovacs received endorsements from the following in 2017:

  • Minneapolis City Republican Committee[9]

Recent news

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See also

Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ MinnPost, "Minnesota Loves to Brag About Turnout. But Minneapolis and St. Paul Residents Are Actually Pretty Bad About Voting in Municipal Elections," July 7, 2017
  2. ↑ City of Minneapolis, "Official Ballot," accessed November 3, 2017
  3. ↑ Kovacs for City Council, "About Joe," accessed November 3, 2017
  4. ↑ LinkedIn, "Joe Kovacs," accessed November 3, 2017
  5. ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Elizabeth Glidden Won't Seek Re-election to Minneapolis City Council," December 12, 2016
  6. ↑ Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "Candidate Filings - 2017," accessed August 16, 2017
  7. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  8. ↑ Kovacs for City Council, "Issues," accessed November 3, 2017
  9. ↑ Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Minneapolis Republicans Endorse Six Candidates for City Elections," July 19, 2017
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