Shane Mekeland

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Shane Mekeland
Image of Shane Mekeland
Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B
Successor: Paul Torkelson
Predecessor: Jim Newberger

Compensation

Base salary

$51,750/year

Per diem

$66/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Shane Mekeland (Republican Party) is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 27A. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Mekeland (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 27A. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Shane Mekeland's career experience includes owning a business.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Mekeland was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Mekeland was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Mekeland was assigned to the following committees:


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

2024

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A

Incumbent Shane Mekeland defeated Kathryn Geary in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Mekeland
Shane Mekeland (R)
 
71.4
 
17,597
Kathryn Geary (D)
 
28.5
 
7,026
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
31

Total votes: 24,654
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kathryn Geary advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Shane Mekeland advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mekeland in this election.

2022

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A

Incumbent Shane Mekeland defeated Ron Thiessen in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Mekeland
Shane Mekeland (R)
 
70.9
 
13,288
Ron Thiessen (D)
 
29.0
 
5,434
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
7

Total votes: 18,729
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ron Thiessen advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Shane Mekeland advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A.

2020

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B

Incumbent Shane Mekeland defeated Ron Thiessen and Myron Wilson in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Mekeland
Shane Mekeland (R)
 
70.5
 
17,616
Ron Thiessen (D)
 
23.6
 
5,898
Image of Myron Wilson
Myron Wilson (Veterans Party of America Party) Candidate Connection
 
5.7
 
1,425
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
32

Total votes: 24,971
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B

Ron Thiessen advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Ron Thiessen
 
100.0
 
1,024

Total votes: 1,024
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B

Incumbent Shane Mekeland defeated John Ulrick in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Mekeland
Shane Mekeland
 
71.9
 
1,867
John Ulrick
 
28.1
 
730

Total votes: 2,597
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B

Shane Mekeland defeated Karla Scapanski and Myron Wilson in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Mekeland
Shane Mekeland (R)
 
59.4
 
10,699
Image of Karla Scapanski
Karla Scapanski (D)
 
34.2
 
6,161
Image of Myron Wilson
Myron Wilson (Independent)
 
6.3
 
1,137
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
11

Total votes: 18,008
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B

Karla Scapanski defeated Jessica Filiaggi in the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karla Scapanski
Karla Scapanski
 
66.3
 
1,166
Image of Jessica Filiaggi
Jessica Filiaggi
 
33.7
 
592

Total votes: 1,758
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B

Shane Mekeland advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Shane Mekeland
Shane Mekeland
 
100.0
 
2,258

Total votes: 2,258
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Shane Mekeland did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Shane Mekeland did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Shane Mekeland campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Minnesota House of Representatives District 27AWon general$26,093 $27,985
2022Minnesota House of Representatives District 27AWon general$28,131 $31,528
2020Minnesota House of Representatives District 15BWon general$29,643 N/A**
2018Minnesota House of Representatives District 15BWon general$30,702 N/A**
Grand total$114,569 $59,514
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2023


2022


2021


2020


2019


2018






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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Peggy Bennett (R)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 27A
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Jim Newberger (R)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B
2019-2023
Succeeded by
Paul Torkelson (R)


Current members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Lisa Demuth
Majority Leader:Harry Niska
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
District 7A
District 7B
District 8A
District 8B
District 9A
District 9B
District 10A
District 10B
District 11A
District 11B
District 12A
District 12B
District 13A
District 13B
District 14A
District 14B
District 15A
District 15B
District 16A
District 16B
District 17A
District 17B
District 18A
District 18B
District 19A
District 19B
District 20A
District 20B
District 21A
District 21B
District 22A
District 22B
District 23A
District 23B
District 24A
District 24B
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
District 31B
District 32A
District 32B
District 33A
District 33B
District 34A
District 34B
Xp Lee (D)
District 35A
District 35B
District 36A
District 36B
District 37A
District 37B
District 38A
District 38B
District 39A
District 39B
District 40A
District 40B
District 41A
District 41B
District 42A
District 42B
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District 43B
District 44A
District 44B
District 45A
District 45B
District 46A
District 46B
District 47A
District 47B
Ethan Cha (D)
District 48A
Jim Nash (R)
District 48B
District 49A
District 49B
District 50A
District 50B
District 51A
District 51B
District 52A
Liz Reyer (D)
District 52B
District 53A
District 53B
District 54A
District 54B
District 55A
District 55B
District 56A
District 56B
John Huot (D)
District 57A
District 57B
District 58A
District 58B
District 59A
Fue Lee (D)
District 59B
District 60A
District 60B
District 61A
District 61B
District 62A
District 62B
District 63A
District 63B
District 64A
District 64B
District 65A
District 65B
District 66A
District 66B
District 67A
Liz Lee (D)
District 67B
Jay Xiong (D)
Republican Party (67)
Democratic Party (67)