2022 NFIB MN PAC Endorsements for the Minnesota Legislature

August 17, 2022

2022 NFIB MN PAC Endorsements for the Minnesota Legislature

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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Elections

State:

Minnesota

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