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This election is kind of flying under the radar, but there's three competitive races, and they all have candidates who want a Ron DeSantis-like agenda running.
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District 1: This consists of Anoka, western Andover, western Coon Rapids and southwestern Ramsey, and incumbent Erin Heers-McArdle has a challenger in . Hokeman uses the term "Parental Rights" on her site which is a dogwhistle that usually means anti-LGBT policies, and claims to be "fiscally conservative".
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District 2: This is Blaine and eastern Coon Rapids. Zach Arco and Susan Witt are the candidates. Arco is that use all sorts of such dogwhistles and also sound like they were written by ChatGPT as the link notes.
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District 5: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, southern Coon Rapids and Fridley, has three candidates, Michelle Langenfeld, Scott Simmons, and Cyrus Wilson. Simmons is openly , as well as both the Minnesota and Anoka-Hennepin Parents Alliance, which is an
We all saw what happened when extremists took over this board in the past. Please be aware and vote if you live in any of these districts.