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Joyner Emerick
Joyner Emerick (formerly Sonya Emerick) is an at-large member of the Minneapolis Board of Education in Minnesota. Emerick assumed office on January 3, 2023. Emerick's current term ends in 2027.
Emerick (formerly Sonya Emerick) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Minneapolis Board of Education in Minnesota. Emerick won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Emerick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large (2 seats)
Collin Beachy and Joyner Emerick defeated KerryJo Felder and Lisa Skjefte in the general election for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Collin Beachy (Nonpartisan) | 33.1 | 68,084 |
| ✔ |  | Joyner Emerick (Nonpartisan)  | 25.4 | 52,365 |
 | KerryJo Felder (Nonpartisan) | 25.2 | 51,872 | |
| Lisa Skjefte (Nonpartisan) | 15.5 | 31,941 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 1,686 | ||
| Total votes: 205,948 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the primary for Minneapolis Board of Education At-large on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | KerryJo Felder (Nonpartisan) | 31.3 | 30,593 |
| ✔ | | Collin Beachy (Nonpartisan) | 25.7 | 25,199 |
| ✔ | | Joyner Emerick (Nonpartisan) | 18.9 | 18,464 |
| ✔ | Lisa Skjefte (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 9,013 | |
 | Jaton White (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 8,901 | |
| Harley Meyer (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 5,720 | ||
| Total votes: 97,890 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Emerick's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Joyner Emerick completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Emerick's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Increased Community Voice, Centering Those Most Impacted by Disparities—I will center BIPOC students and involve the community in decision-making.
- Interruption of the School to Incarceration/Institutionalization Pipeline through True Inclusion—If our schools are not set up to teach the diversity of our students, that’s a structural problem, not a result of student deficit.
- Equitable, Effective Literacy Instruction for All Students—Every student has limitless literacy learning potential.
Disabled students, students receiving special education services, and their families need inclusion that explicitly celebrates and values disability as a form of human diversity that adds value to our communities and carries a powerful history, narrative, and legacy that all students deserve to learn about.
I prioritize community partnership. MPS should be connected to communities in service of offering rich, purposeful, and relevant learning experiences and every available resource for student safety and well-being. Mechanisms for integrating community voice must be co-crafted with families and other stakeholders.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
