2022 NFIB MN PAC Endorsements for the Minnesota Legislature

Date: August 17, 2022

46 Senate candidates, 80 House candidates win backing of small business

The following list of 126 candidates for the Minnesota Legislature are endorsed by NFIB MN PAC, the political action committee of NFIB Minnesota.

 

Minnesota House of Representatives
District # Endorsed Candidate District # Endorsed Candidate
01A Rep. John Burkel* 24B Katrina Pulham 
01B Rep. Debra Kiel* 26B Rep. Greg Davids
02A Rep. Matt Grossell  27A Rep. Shane Mekeland 
02B Rep. Matt Bliss  27B Rep. Kurt Daudt
03A Roger Skraba 28A Rep. Brian Johnson 
03B Natalie Zeleznikar  28B Rep. Anne Neu Brindley
04B Jim Joy  29A Rep. Joe McDonald 
05A Krista Knudsen  29B Rep. Marion O’Neill 
06A Ben Davis  30A Walter Hudson 
06B Rep. Josh Heintzeman 30B Rep. Paul Novotny 
07A Rep. Spencer Igo  31A Harry Niska
07B Matt Norri  31B Rep. Peggy Scott 
09A Rep. Jeff Backer* 32A Rep. Nolan West 
09B Tom Murphy* 32B Rep. Donald Raleigh 
10A Rep. Ron Kresha 33A Patti Anderson 
10B Isaac Schultz 34A Danny Nadeau 
11A Jeff Dotseth* 35A Rep. John Heinrich 
11B Rep. Nathan Nelson* 35B Polly Matteson 
12A Rep. Paul Anderson  36A Elliott Engen 
12B Rep. Mary Franson  36B Heidi Gunderson*
13A Rep. Lisa Demuth* 37A Rep. Kristin Robbins 
13B Rep. Tim O’Driscoll  37B John Bristol 
14A Bernie Perryman  41A Mark Wiens 
14B Aaron Henning  41B Shane Hudella 
15A Rep. Chris Swedzinski  42B Jackie Schroeder
15B Rep. Paul Torkelson* 45A Andrew Myers 
16A Rep. Dean Urdahl  45B Lorie Cousineau 
16B Rep. Dave Baker* 47A Bob Lawrence 
17A Dawn Gillman* 47B Kelly Fenton 
17B Bobbie Harder 48A Rep. Jim Nash 
18A Rep. Susan Akland  48B Rep. Greg Boe 
19A Rep. Brian Daniels  49B Thomas Knecht 
19B Rep. John Petersburg  54A Rep. Erik Mortensen
21A Rep. Joe Schomacker  54B Ben Bakeberg 
21B Marj Fogelman* 55A Gabriela Kroetch 
22A Rep. Bjorn Olson  55B Van Holston 
22B Rep. Brian Pfarr  56B Joe Scanlon 
23A Rep. Peggy Bennett  57A Rep. Jon Koznick 
23B Rep. Patricia Mueller  57B Jeff Witte 
24A Rep. Duane Quam  58B Rep. Patrick Garofalo 

 

 

Minnesota Senate
District Endorsed Candidate District  Endorsed Candidate
1 Sen. Mark Johnson* 27 Sen. Andrew Mathews 
2 Steve Green 28 Sen. Mark Koran 
3 Andrea Zupancich 29 Sen. Bruce Anderson 
4 Dan Bohmer 30 Eric Lucero 
5 Sen. Paul Utke 31 Cal Bahr
6 Sen. Justin Eichorn  32 Michael Kreun 
7 Robert Farnsworth  33 Sen. Karin Housley 
9 Jordan Rasmusson 34 Sen. John Hoffman 
11 Sen. Jason Rarick* 35 Sen. Jim Abeler 
12 Sen. Torrey Westrom  36 Sen. Roger Chamberlain 
13 Sen. Jeff Howe 37 Sen. Warren Limmer 
14 Tama Theis  41 Tom Dippel
15 Sen. Gary Dahms 42 Paul Hillen 
16 Sen. Andrew Lang  45 Kathleen Fowke 
17 Glenn Gruenhagen* 47 Dwight Dorau
19 Sen. John Jasinski  48 Sen. Julia Coleman 
20 Steve Drazkowski  49 Marla Helseth
21 Sen. Bill Weber 50 Doug Fulton
22 Sen. Rich Draheim* 54 Sen. Eric Pratt
23 Sen. Gene Dornink 55 Pam Myhra 
24 Sen. Carla Nelson* 56 Jim Bean III 
25 Ken Navitsky 57 Sen. Zach Duckworth 
26 Sen. Jeremy Miller  58 Dr. Bill Lieske


 

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