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Rena Moran
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Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 4
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A
Successor: Samakab Hussein

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Southern Illinois University

Personal
Profession
Community organizer
Contact

Rena Moran is a member of the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners in Minnesota, representing District 4. She assumed office on January 2, 2023. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Moran ran for election to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners to represent District 4 in Minnesota. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Ramsey County, Minnesota (2022)

General election

General election for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 4

Rena Moran defeated Darryl Spence in the general election for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rena Moran
Rena Moran (Nonpartisan)
 
81.3
 
19,015
Darryl Spence (Nonpartisan)
 
17.9
 
4,177
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
202

Total votes: 23,394
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 4

Rena Moran and Darryl Spence defeated Barbara Bolar and George H. Jackson Sr. in the primary for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 4 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rena Moran
Rena Moran (Nonpartisan)
 
78.3
 
7,494
Darryl Spence (Nonpartisan)
 
7.8
 
748
Barbara Bolar (Nonpartisan)
 
7.5
 
718
George H. Jackson Sr. (Nonpartisan)
 
6.3
 
606

Total votes: 9,566
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2020

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A

Incumbent Rena Moran defeated Amy Anderson in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rena Moran
Rena Moran (D)
 
83.2
 
14,253
Amy Anderson (R)
 
16.6
 
2,843
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
45

Total votes: 17,141
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rena Moran advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Amy Anderson advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A.

Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A

Incumbent Rena Moran defeated Monique Giordana in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rena Moran
Rena Moran (D)
 
86.8
 
12,785
Image of Monique Giordana
Monique Giordana (R)
 
13.0
 
1,913
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
38

Total votes: 14,736
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A

Incumbent Rena Moran advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
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Rena Moran

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A

Monique Giordana advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
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Monique Giordana

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2016

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Rena Moran defeated Monique Giordana in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A general election.[1][2]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 65A General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rena Moran Incumbent 83.16% 12,665
     Republican Monique Giordana 16.84% 2,564
Total Votes 15,229
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Rena Moran defeated Rashad Turner in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A Democratic primary.[3][4]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 65A Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rena Moran Incumbent 79.06% 2,310
     Democratic Rashad Turner 20.94% 612
Total Votes 2,922


Monique Giordana ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A Republican primary.[3][4]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 65A Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Monique Giordana  (unopposed)

Endorsements

In 2016, Moran’s endorsements included the following:[5]

  • AFL-CIO: American's Union Movement
  • AFSCME: Minnesota Council 5
  • North Central States: Regional Council of Carpenters
  • DFL: Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
  • SEIU
  • womenwinning

2014

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Rena Moran was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Anthony Meschke was unopposed in the Republican primary. Lena Buggs ran as a Green Party candidate. Moran defeated Meschke and Buggs in the general election.[6][7][8]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 65A General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRena Moran 71.2% 6,626
     Republican Anthony Meschke 14.6% 1,358
     Green Lena Buggs 14.1% 1,308
     Write-in Write-in 0.2% 14
Total Votes 9,306

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Moran won re-election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Daniel Lipp (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 65A, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRena Moran Incumbent 84.7% 13,263
     Republican Daniel Lipp 15.3% 2,387
Total Votes 15,650

2010

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Moran won election to the District 65A seat in 2010. She defeated Democratic candidate Jeremiah Ellis in the August 10 Democratic primary. She defeated Paul Holmgren (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[10]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 65A (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Rena Moran (DFL) 5,149 79.31%
Paul Holmgren (R) 1,313 20.22%
Write-In 30 0.46%

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Rena Moran did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Moran's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Education:

  • Rep. Moran made good on her commitment to pay back the money owed to our schools and voted to make historic investments in education—including Early Childhood Education and free all-day kindergarten for every Minnesota child. Rep. Moran also voted for the largest college financial aid increase in a generation, including a tuition freeze at Minnesota state colleges and universities to help Minnesota students pay for college.

Women’s Economic Security:

  • Women in Minnesota, especially women of color, earn significantly less than their white male counterparts. Rep. Moran authored a portion of the Women’s Economic Security Act (WESA) to help close the gender pay gap because women deserve equal pay for equal work. WESA also strengthened workplace protections and flexibility for pregnant women and mothers, expanded parental leave time, enhanced retirement security, and addressed negative economic consequences of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault.

Minimum Wage:

  • Rep. Moran worked to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 by 2016. Raising the minimum wage and indexing it to the rate of inflation will give 357,000 working Minnesotans a pay raise. Doing so will allow families to keep up with the rising costs of living instead of continuing to fall farther and farther behind. Raising the minimum wage will help raise members of our community out of poverty and provide them with more economic security that they need and deserve.

Health Care:

  • Rep. Moran helped create MNsure, Minnesota’s online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can compare private insurance policies, pick the plan that’s best for them, and receive financial help to buy it if they qualify. Through MNsure, Rep. Moran also helped cover tens of thousands of low-income Minnesotans by expanding Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare.
  • MNsure offers the lowest costs of any health insurance exchange in the entire country, before factoring in tax credits available for eligible Minnesotans. In addition, insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to Minnesotans with pre-existing conditions and they cannot place caps on care received in a year or a lifetime. MNsure is also helping to begin reducing health inequities among communities of color.
  • As a result, the number of uninsured Minnesotans was reduced by nearly half. Now, 95 percent of Minnesotans have health insurance – the second best rate in the nation.

Seniors:

  • Rep. Moran continued to stand up for Minnesota seniors and the disabled by increasing funding for home and community- based long-term care providers. No matter where our seniors are living, they deserve the highest level of care we can provide. With years of cuts behind us, Minnesota is finally moving in the right direction and making progress when it comes to funding for our care providers.[11]
—Rena Moran[12]

Campaign finance summary


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Rena Moran campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Minnesota House of Representatives District 65AWon general$24,360 N/A**
2018Minnesota House of Representatives District 65AWon general$22,598 N/A**
2016Minnesota House of Representatives, District 65aWon $38,528 N/A**
2014Minnesota House of Representatives, District 65aWon $21,333 N/A**
2012Minnesota House, District 65AWon $23,841 N/A**
2010Minnesota House, District 65AWon $35,111 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal

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Moran and her husband, John Stewart, have seven children.

State legislative tenure

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Moran was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Moran was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Moran was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Moran served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Moran served on the following committees:

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2022

In 2022, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 31 to May 23.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 4
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Minnesota House of Representatives District 65A
2011-2023
Succeeded by
Samakab Hussein (D)