Lorrie Janatopoulos
Lorrie Janatopoulos (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 7B. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
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Biography
Lorrie Janatopoulos was born in Duluth, Minnesota. She earned a high school diploma from Two Harbors High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from the St. Scholastica College in 1995. She earned a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs in 2016.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 7B
Cal Warwas defeated Lorrie Janatopoulos in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 7B on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cal Warwas (R)  | 56.3 | 13,781 |
 | Lorrie Janatopoulos (D) | 43.6 | 10,655 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 23 | ||
| Total votes: 24,459 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 7B
Lorrie Janatopoulos advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 7B on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorrie Janatopoulos | 100.0 | 2,703 |
| Total votes: 2,703 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 7B
Cal Warwas defeated Matt Matasich in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 7B on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cal Warwas | 84.2 | 2,588 |
 | Matt Matasich | 15.8 | 485 | |
| Total votes: 3,073 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2012
Janatopoulos ran in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 6B. She was defeated by Jason Metsa in the Democratic primary on August 14. Incumbent Mary Murphy ran in District 3B.[2][3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Jason Metsa |
54% | 3,396 |
| Lorrie Janatopoulos | 41.2% | 2,590 |
| Dave Meyer | 4.9% | 307 |
| Total Votes | 6,293 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lorrie Janatopoulos completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Janatopoulos' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Janatopoulos worked as CareerForce Director for the State of Minnesota where she managed approximately 150 staff, a budget of $20 million and oversaw workforce development efforts at 50 workforce centers across the State. She also managed Veterans’ Employment Services for Minnesota. Prior to that she was the Planning Director at Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA), one of the State’s largest nonprofits. Lorrie has a Master of Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Behavioral Arts and Sciences with a concentration in Management. She is a 2016 Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow.
Lorrie Janatopoulos’s life and career have been spent advocating and working for community resilience and rural growth.- The message of Lorrie Janatopoulos' campaign is Iron Range Strong! An Iron Range Strong economy rests on mining, taconite mining and copper-nickel mining as bedrock to build on. It includes helping our small businesses thrive, developing our workforce, and diversifying our economic base. Janatopoulos will always support labor and the middle class. Tax breaks should be for working families and not the greedy and rich. Janatopoulos believes we all do better when we all do better.
- Iron Range Strong Families means the freedom to access reproductive healthcare for women and families; it means investing in public education and the next generation, ensuring that teachers are paid the wages they deserve, and it means protecting our seniors, providing affordable daycare, and affordable and safe healthcare.
- Iron Range Strong Communities means protecting Local Government Aid, investing in infrastructure, broadband, and housing creation. It means ensuring that our safety net, including emergency medical services, is appropriately funded. Strong Iron Range communities means the freedom to enjoy the outdoors and our recreational lifestyle, hunting, fishing, and boating.
Minnesota AFL-CIO, DFL Rural Caucus, and MAPE so far.
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Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Janatopoulos and her partner Sharon live near Makinen.[4]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Minnesota House of Representatives District 7B |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 14, 2024
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2012 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 18, 2012
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Votelj.com, "Meet Lorrie," accessed 9, 2012
