John Bristol
John Bristol (Republican Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 37B. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37B
Incumbent Kristin Bahner defeated John Bristol in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37B on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kristin Bahner (D) | 55.4 | 14,726 |
 | John Bristol (R) | 44.5 | 11,841 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 26,585 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kristin Bahner advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37B.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. John Bristol advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37B.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bristol in this election.
2022
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37B
Incumbent Kristin Bahner defeated John Bristol in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37B on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristin Bahner (D) | 55.6 | 12,293 |
| John Bristol (R) | 44.3 | 9,802 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 22,106 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kristin Bahner advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37B.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. John Bristol advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37B.
Endorsements
To view Bristol's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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John Bristol did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
John Bristol completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bristol's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I grew up the second of six kids, learning hard work from my father who was a union steamfitter and my mother who worked full time at home caring for of all of us. I moved here to Maple Grove 19 years ago to raise our boys in a great community.
You might know me from time I spent coaching or cheering our kids as they grew up. Maybe you met me as we worked to raise money as the leader of your Football Booster club.
You might have seen me working as an appointed member of our School Board during the COVID lockdowns in 2020, navigating unprecedented challenges.
This year, some parents and a fellow coach asked me to run for this role because they know I’m good at getting people to work together for the common good.
I’ve learned a lot as an Air Force Veteran with a 30 year business background, and lots of experience in the volunteer community. I completed my MBA at the University of St. Thomas.
I promise to work tirelessly to carry your message of change to the Capitol, and to work to get things done. I’m looking forward to meeting more of you this fall and listening to your hopes for our wonderful City. I ask you for your vote so I can carry your voice to the Capitol as your next State Representative!
- We have a police force in Maple Grove that is the envy of many communities. However, as I have door knocked all summer, I have heard a recurring concern at the door that our prosecutors and judges are not holding accountable those who commit violent crimes. As your Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association (MPPOA) endorsed candidate, I will back our police and first responders with every vote I take. Not only are we looking to keep Maple Grove safe, but we all want to be able to go downtown to enjoy all it has to offer and feel safe there as well. Our current Administration’s policies on crime have led to unprecedented violence and lawlessness that must be stopped.
- People at the doors are really concerned that test scores are going in the wrong direction. Our kids got behind during Covid and now their attention is more focused on what divides us rather than what unites us… rather than focusing on Reading, Math and Science. Parents are telling me that they want to have a say in their child’s curriculum. Many parents are acting on that, as less than 70% of the eligible students in our district are currently enrolled. Some are open-enrolled elsewhere, and many are in private school or homeschooled. We must focus on getting students to excel in the basic subject areas, so they can have success at a job, in the military, in trade school or college.
- Minnesota will have the #1 tax rate in the nation for corporate taxpayers in 2024. We don’t have to have the lowest rate, but we can’t have the highest one and expect to attract new businesses. We must address that, just as 27 other states have done to reduce their tax burdens and rates over the last two years. I will support policies that get inflation under control by reducing excess government spending. Accelerating inflation has led to interest rate hikes that make access to affordable capital increasingly scarce. As your Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and MN NFIB endorsed candidate, I will do all I can to help our businesses grow without needless regulation so they can hire and flourish.
I'm very pro-teacher and pro-student, and want to see policies and curriculum that help our students excel in their academic basics and be prepared for life after public school. I want us to focus on experiences that help unite our students and communities as Minnesotans and Americans, and not dwell on curriculum that creates division.
I want to protect our businesses so they can grow and prosper. Many of our businesses are still recovering after dealing with "one size fits all" mandates. I will support policies that prevent that from happening again and will work to get the economy back under control so that we see an improvement in our labor participation rate.
We must assist our seniors by removing the taxes from their Social Security benefits, as so many other States have done. We must implement policies that makes it attractive for our Seniors to remain here in Minnesota as opposed to migrating to other places for economic reasons. As the Care Providers of Minnesota endorsed candidate, I also want to see us implement policies that improve the ability for facilities to deliver care to our seniors.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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