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Michael Ziomko
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Monterey High School

Bachelor's

Yale College, 1971

Graduate

University of Minnesota, 2010

Personal
Birthplace
El Paso, Texas
Religion
Eclectic
Profession
Financial Advisor
Contact

Campaign website

Campaign Facebook

Michael Ziomko (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 9A. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Ziomko completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Michael Ziomko was born in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Monterey High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Yale College in 1971 and a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota in 2010. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor. He has been affiliated with Life Legacies.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A

Incumbent Jeff Backer defeated Michael Ziomko in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Backer
Jeff Backer (R)
 
68.8
 
15,587
Image of Michael Ziomko
Michael Ziomko (D) Candidate Connection
 
31.1
 
7,042
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
41

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 22,670
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A

Michael Ziomko advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Ziomko
Michael Ziomko Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,639

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

Total votes: 1,639
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A

Incumbent Jeff Backer defeated Boone Carlson in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Backer
Jeff Backer
 
65.7
 
3,151
Image of Boone Carlson
Boone Carlson
 
34.3
 
1,643

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,794
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Michael Ziomko completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ziomko's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Retired -- from 30 years of raising money for charities; a lifetime of making pottery -- the last 15 years focused on Empty Bowls to feed folks; broker and financial planner for 5 years before beginning my work raising money for charity. Community building is important to me, and art. Finding ways to care for others is central to my work.
  • Reduce taxes -- income and property especially
  • Build a program to serve seniors with more facilities, greater in-home care programs, and greater respect.
  • Free childcare.
Pro-choice amendment to the state constitution and ERA law passed
Martin Luther King, who had the courage to speak and act the truth
For every idea, the question if -- how does it help to achieve the greater good
To do what benefits the greater good
I can listen to folks; I'm empathetic; I've spent much of my life working to help others; I can change my mind
To listen to others, to do your best
A better place than when I came
I witnessed my mother register voters and collect their poll tax in 1956. Charging people to vote, a left-over from the post Civil War period that essentially disenfranchised newly-freed black men, was finally made illegal in the last 4 states that were stilling doing it when the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed.
Help with road construction when I was 14. Had it a summer.
The Gift, Poems by Hafiz. It's beautiful and ensightful.
The Wife of Bath, in Chaucer
Couldn't say....
Trying to understand hatred
Tax, education, senior care, equality
Rising income and asset inequality; seniors; care of each other in housing and food
Certainly
Absolutely. We're getting things accomplished by working together
No
I don't think so. I'm 75 now, one or two terms would be the maximum service I might provide
No, this is my first run -- but I look forward to hearing lots of stories
When a woman and man live together, it helps the man to live a longer life. It surprises the woman that showing her love really meant giving the man several years of her life since a single woman lives the longest in our culture and a married woman second longest.
Overseeing, yes; granting probably takes too long to address an emergency
Income tax cuts
MN Senior Caucus, MN Rural Caucus
Absolute transpanency and accountability
Not sure

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Campaign finance summary

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Michael Ziomko campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Minnesota House of Representatives District 9ALost general$19,587 $19,548
Grand total$19,587 $19,548
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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

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Minnesota House of Representatives District 9A
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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 9, 2024


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