Ron Kresha

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Ron Kresha
Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A
Tenure
2023 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
2
Predecessor: Josh Heintzeman (R)
Prior offices:
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B
Years in office: 2013 - 2023
Successor: Tom Murphy (R)
Compensation
Base salary
$51,750/year
Per diem
$66/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
St. Cloud State University, 1994
Graduate
Bellevue University, 2010
Personal
Profession
Business executive
Contact

Ron Kresha (Republican Party) is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 10A. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Kresha (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 10A. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

On October 30, 2025, Kresha announced he would not run for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A in 2026.[1]

Biography

Ron Kresha earned a B.A. in English from St. Cloud State University in 1994 and an M.B.A. from Bellevue University in 2010. Kresha's career experience includes working as the chief operating officer of Golden Shovel Agency and a consultant.[2][3]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Kresha was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Kresha was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Kresha was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Kresha was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
Commerce and Regulatory Reform
Education
Health and Human Services Reform

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
Agriculture Policy
Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy
Education Policy
• State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2026

Ron Kresha did not file to run for re-election.

2024

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A

Incumbent Ron Kresha defeated Julia Hipp in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Kresha
Ron Kresha (R)
 
71.1
 
17,957
Image of Julia Hipp
Julia Hipp (D) Candidate Connection
 
28.4
 
7,159
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
134

Total votes: 25,250
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A

Julia Hipp advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julia Hipp
Julia Hipp Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,320

Total votes: 1,320
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A

Incumbent Ron Kresha defeated Diane Webb-Skillings in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Kresha
Ron Kresha
 
50.4
 
2,295
Diane Webb-Skillings
 
49.6
 
2,260

Total votes: 4,555
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A

Incumbent Ron Kresha won election in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Kresha
Ron Kresha (R)
 
96.3
 
15,947
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.7
 
611

Total votes: 16,558
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Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A

Incumbent Ron Kresha defeated Charles Parins in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Kresha
Ron Kresha
 
73.6
 
3,572
Charles Parins
 
26.4
 
1,278

Total votes: 4,850
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2020

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B

Incumbent Ron Kresha defeated Laura Wright in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Kresha
Ron Kresha (R)
 
77.1
 
16,855
Laura Wright (D)
 
22.8
 
4,979
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
29

Total votes: 21,863
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Laura Wright advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ron Kresha advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B.

Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B

Incumbent Ron Kresha defeated Stephen Browning in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ron Kresha
Ron Kresha (R)
 
72.2
 
11,802
Stephen Browning (D)
 
27.8
 
4,548
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
5

Total votes: 16,355
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B

Stephen Browning advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B on August 14, 2018.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B

Incumbent Ron Kresha advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
Image of Ron Kresha
Ron Kresha

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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 Ron Kresha defeated Dustin Simmonds in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B general election.[4][5]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 9B General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ron Kresha Incumbent 72.36% 14,139
     Democratic Dustin Simmonds 27.64% 5,402
Total Votes 19,541
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Dustin Simmonds ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B Democratic primary.[6][7]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 9B Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dustin Simmonds  (unopposed)


Incumbent Ron Kresha ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B Republican primary.[6][7]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 9B Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ron Kresha Incumbent (unopposed)

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. Al Doty was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Ron Kresha was unopposed in the Republican primary. Kresha defeated Doty in the general election.[8][9][10]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 9B General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRon Kresha Incumbent 56.4% 8,449
     Democratic Al Doty 43.5% 6,518
     Write-in Write-in 0.1% 8
Total Votes 14,975

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Kresha won election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 14 and defeated Adrian Welle (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[11][12]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 9B, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRon Kresha 53% 9,881
     Democratic Adrian Welle 47% 8,751
Total Votes 18,632

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Ron Kresha did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Ron Kresha did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Kresha's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[13]

Solutions & Responsibility

  • Excerpt: "My parents expected me to take responsibility for my actions. I expect it of my children, and I certainly expect responsibility from the leaders in St. Paul. If you choose me, I will listen and keep you informed on the decisions being made."

Pro-Life 100%

  • Excerpt: "I have always believed that our future generations will continue to make this nation great. But, if we are aborting our children before they even leave the womb, not only are we committing a terrible atrocity, but we are passing along the wrong values to our future men and women."

Tax and Budget Reform

  • Excerpt: "While we currently hold a cash reserve, the State has some work to do to a create structural balance in the budget. A structural balance between revenue and expenses can be accomplished by looking for long-term solutions that include tax reform, closing loopholes, and eliminating wasteful spending."

Jobs and Employees

  • Excerpt: "I believe we should 'create and maintaining a competitive business environment to promote economic prosperity and once again make Minnesota the economic engine of the Upper Midwest.'"

Education

  • Excerpt: "St. Paul is driving too many decisions for our schools and we don’t trust our local officials enough. That needs to change."

Campaign finance summary


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Ron Kresha campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Minnesota House of Representatives District 10AWon general$36,015 $41,676
2022Minnesota House of Representatives District 10AWon general$32,130 $32,796
2020Minnesota House of Representatives District 9BWon general$40,785 N/A**
2018Minnesota House of Representatives District 9BWon general$40,998 N/A**
2016Minnesota House of Representatives, District 9bWon $31,052 N/A**
2014Minnesota House of Representatives, District 9bWon $39,593 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Josh Heintzeman (R)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 10A
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Minnesota House of Representatives District 9B
2013-2023
Succeeded by
Tom Murphy (R)


Current members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Lisa Demuth
Majority Leader:Harry Niska
Minority Leader:Zack Stephenson
Representatives
District 1A
District 1B
District 2A
District 2B
District 3A
District 3B
District 4A
District 4B
Jim Joy (R)
District 5A
District 5B
District 6A
Ben Davis (R)
District 6B
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District 25A
Kim Hicks (D)
District 25B
District 26A
District 26B
District 27A
District 27B
District 28A
District 28B
Max Rymer (R)
District 29A
District 29B
District 30A
District 30B
District 31A
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District 32A
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Xp Lee (D)
District 35A
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Ethan Cha (D)
District 48A
Jim Nash (R)
District 48B
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Liz Reyer (D)
District 52B
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John Huot (D)
District 57A
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Fue Lee (D)
District 59B
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Liz Lee (D)
District 67B
Jay Xiong (D)
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