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Todd Scott
Todd Scott (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 63. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2022.
Scott completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Todd Scott earned a bachelor's degree from St. Mary's University in 1987 and a law degree from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 1993.[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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Zaynab Mohamed (D) | 85.6 | 39,063 |
 | Shawn Holster (R)  | 14.1 | 6,449 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 106 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Zaynab Mohamed | 67.6 | 14,073 |
 | Todd Scott | 32.4 | 6,754 | |
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Shawn Holster | 100.0 | 840 |
| Total votes: 840 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Todd Scott completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Scott's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Immediate common-sense gun laws are urgently needed to protect the safety and welfare of our children and all Minnesotans. In 2017, guns overtook cars as the biggest injury-based killer of children and young adults in the U.S. If elected, I will author a comprehensive gun safety bill that will include a proposals to create a lability standard for gun manufacturers that fail to comply with the 2002 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). My legislation would also address gun theft prevention, untraceable firearms, prohibitions on certain ammunition and magazines, the sale of firearms to minors under 21, and comprehensive background checks for every gun sale or transfer in Minnesota.
- A woman's right to choose her own health care, including the right to an abortion, must be defended. Reproductive care is essential health care and a fundamental right that the U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to undermine. Overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, not only strips women and pregnant people of their personal autonomy but opens the door to erode more fundamental rights. Today in Minnesota, the right to reproductive freedom and accessible healthcare for women are still the law, but forces in state government will seek to take away these freedoms in Minnesota. I will stand with our allies to protect women’s access to health care and personal autonomy.
- Urgent action is needed for climate protection, and to confront a planetary emergency of our own making. Wildfire (and its smoke), extreme heat, intensified storms, increasing water acidification, and agricultural collapse are increasing climate associated risks Minnesotan's are currently experiencing and will undermine our children’s future. Minnesota must continue on its path of promoting renewable and alternative energy, legislating environmental health standard, and working toward the elimination of fossil fuel consumption. It can be done and it is critical to preserve Minnesota's lakes and clean air for today and for future generations.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 18, 2022
