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Shawn Holster

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Shawn Holster
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

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St. Paul, Minn.
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Catholic
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Shawn Holster (Republican Party) ran for election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 63. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Holster completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Shawn Holster was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 63

Zaynab Mohamed defeated Shawn Holster in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 63 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Zaynab Mohamed
Zaynab Mohamed (D)
 
85.6
 
39,063
Image of Shawn Holster
Shawn Holster (R) Candidate Connection
 
14.1
 
6,449
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
106

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 45,618
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 63

Zaynab Mohamed defeated Todd Scott in the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 63 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Zaynab Mohamed
Zaynab Mohamed
 
67.6
 
14,073
Image of Todd Scott
Todd Scott Candidate Connection
 
32.4
 
6,754

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,827
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 63

Shawn Holster advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 63 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Shawn Holster
Shawn Holster Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
840

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 840
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2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Shawn Holster completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Holster's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am an average resident of south Minneapolis, husband, homeowner, citizen. I've spent 30 years as a carpenter and the last 4 years in the realm of addiction and mental health. Public safety, the matrix of services, organizations, agencies and agencies are my number one concern. Working directly with those in this field, both on the public service side and the services recipient side of the equation, I am intimately aware of the issues and barriers that we as a city and state are facing. It is not theoretical or academic for me, I am a pair of boots on the ground interacting with the homeless, addicted, mentally ill, and yes, the criminal element on a daily basis. Real problems require real approaches; not political, academic, or theoretical grandstanding, platitudes, or generalities. I have the field experience and expediency to approach the issues that comprise public safety in a pragmatic and realistic manner.
  • Systems are a fail-safe, not a lifestyle. When people are dependent upon systems, they are just that - dependent. Systems foster dependency. Real change happens from the inside out. I encourage community participation, not systemic control.
  • Personal agency, ownership of self, is the first step in creating strong individuals. You cannot build a strong community without strong individuals. We, as a community need to encourage the means of building and promoting individual strengths, not systemic dependence.
  • Innovation and progress are hampered by regulatory agencies and process more often than not. By removing these regulatory barriers, we can see real experimentation and innovation that can alleviate the negative social forces wearing at our social fabric.
Public safety, mental health, community building and approaches, cutting regulatory and legal redundancies, tax relief, the right to self defense, an all of the above approach to energy policy, and improving the business climate in Minneapolis and Minnesota.
The Writings of Madison

The Letters of Paul
The Road to Serfdom - F.A Hayek

Various writings of Aquinas
Humility, transparency, blunt honesty, and humor.
After 30 years of being a physical problem solver, I've spent the last three working with damaged minds and spirits. To work with this population that is in physical, mental, and chemical crisis, one must be able to not only problem solve, but more importantly listen to what is going on with those individuals. One does not control a crisis situation, one works through it with available resources and the humility to realize that one is indeed not in control. Mitigation and management, yes, control, no. Working with my clients I see the real world effects of legislation aimed at providing assistance, but instead end up trapping people in cycles of systemic dependency for all things large and small.
The core responsibility of a State Senator is to be a conduit of and for the constituency of the district. A conduit of information and communication between the citizen and every other level of government. To work in the common interest of the district in the proposal and promotion of policy.
A legacy of reform and repeal.
I remember being on the living room rug as a 5 year old watching the helicopter on the roof in Saigon on the giant console black and white television.
Life is struggle, that's what makes it fun.
One in which each branch recognizes their roles, responsibilities, and restraints under the MN Constitution and operates within those guidelines, while holding the other accountable.
Reasonable energy and natural resources policy. Reform of education spending and school choice, the entire public education structure and operation, actually.
No, just the opposite. Private sector experience, being a part of how commerce and other aspects of our civil society operates on a practical and logistical level before going into governance is the preferable experience set. Practice over theory.
As close to a grid as possible.
No.
An incident that stands out to me is that of a gentleman who spent days during the riots defending the neighborhood grocery store, armed with a baseball bat. He and others took shifts to keep the store from being looted. When he was relaying the part of his experience where they were being shot at, another individual asks him if, "Did you get shot? No? Then what's the problem?"
That callousness floored me. Is this how far we have become divided as neighbors?
Absolutely. The abuse of emergency powers under the Walz administration and DFL leadership were devastating for Minnesota and need never be repeated.
Reasoned compromise is absolutely necessary for the crafting of sound policy. The importance lies in having a shared vision of what a legislative solution to a problem looks like.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 9, 2022


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