Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Michael Sukalski
Michael Sukalski (Republican Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 23A. He lost in the Republican primary on August 11, 2020.
Sukalski completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Sukalski was born in Fairmont, Minnesota. He earned a bachelor’s degree from South Dakota State University.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 23A
Bjorn Olson defeated Pat Bacon in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 23A on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bjorn Olson (R)  | 68.4 | 14,324 |
 | Pat Bacon (D) | 31.2 | 6,523 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 80 | ||
| Total votes: 20,927 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 23A
Pat Bacon advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 23A on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pat Bacon | 100.0 | 1,409 |
| Total votes: 1,409 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 23A
Bjorn Olson defeated Michael Sukalski in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 23A on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bjorn Olson | 57.3 | 2,484 |
 | Michael Sukalski | 42.7 | 1,848 | |
| Total votes: 4,332 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Sukalski completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sukalski's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
After college, I returned to District 23A to work and continue farming in Martin and Faribault counties with my family. I bought a home in Fairmont and began a career at AGCO in Jackson, Minn., working on the Challenger tractor line. After several fulfilling years with AGCO, I took advantage of another opportunity to join Harsco Rail in Fairmont, Minn., to design rail and track maintenance equipment. In 2019, I earned the status of a licensed Professional Engineer by completing the licensing exams.
I have had the opportunity to get involved in the community volunteering for the Soybean Growers Associations, Corn Growers Associations, United States Soybean Export Council and became a director for Martin County Farm Bureau.- Supporting the rural economy, promoting agriculture, and defending agriculture from governmental overreach
- Pushing back against over-taxation and the runaway spending of our state's government and putting more money back into the pockets of hard-working Minnesotans instead of the state's coffers
- Supporting and defending the 2nd Amendment
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
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2020
