Endorsements
Minnesota Supreme Court
Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Retired Chief Justice
Eric John Magnuson Retired Chief Justice
Kathleen Blatz, Retired Chief Justice
Alan Page, Retired Justice
Sam Hanson, Retired Justice
David Lilllehaug, Retired Justice
Esther Tomljanovich, Retired Justice
Judges
Richard Solum, former District County Judge, Dorsey Law Firm
Kevin Burke, former Hennepin County Chief Judge
James Swenson, former Hennepin County Chief Judge
Jack Van de North, former Ramsey County Judge
George Stephenson, former Ramsey County Judge
Gordon Shumaker, former Court of Appeals Judge
Arlene Perkkio, former Dakota County Judge
Gregg Johnson, former Ramsey County Judge
Rosanne Nathanson, former Ramsey County Judge
David Higgs, former Ramsey County Judge
Attorneys & Community Supporters
Arthur Allen
Bill Amberg
Megan Anderson
Jenna Bartelt
Elizabeth Beach
Amanda Bean
Tanya Beck
Kim Bingham
John Bisanz, Jr.
Jeanette Boerner
Matt Bolt
Lisa Braaten
Victoria Brenner
Diane Castro
Charlie Clippert
Molly Coleman
David Connor
Kate Courtney
Sara Cowles
Pete Dahlquist
Caitlin Deal
Carter DeLaittre
Kevin DeVore
Petra Dieperink
Joseph Dixon
Joann Hageman Dougherty
Moose Dougherty
Jaime Driggs
Jon Duckstad
Alan Eidsness
Patricia Eldred
Ronald Eldred
Scott Emery
Nicole Engisch
James Faber
Farah Famouri
Carole Finneran
William Forsyth
Mary Gabler
Margaret Galvin
Marianna Garcia
Gary Goulet
Kathryn Graves
Anne Haaland
Andrea Hageman Snook
Benjamin Hamborg
Rochelle Hauser
Zack Hedling
Leah Hedman
Valerie Herring
Anne Honsa
Stephen Hopkins
Bethany Hurd
Lena Hydrie
Shari Jacobus
Anne Jirak
Jade Johnson
Scott Johnson
Debra Julius
Baylea Kannmacher
Bruce Kennedy
Bob Kerber
Joseph Kerber
Angie Kline
Lora Kohan
Daniel Kufus
Daniel Steven Kufus
Katie Lammers
Michael Lammers
Skip Lecy
Sarah Leonard
Phillip Lies
Melanie Liska
Mary Madden
Maria Maier
Father John Malone
John March
Julie McArdle
Tami McConkey
Dana McKenzie
Nancy McLean
Kelly McSweeney
Kelly Meehan
Jim Mogen
Molly Mons
Patty Moses
Daniel Mulrooney
Kathleen Mulrooney
Scott Neilson
Charles Nguyen
Andrea Niemi
Melissa Nilsson
Sonja Nyberg
Patrick O’Neill III
David Olsen
Clark Opdahl
Brigitt Orfield
David Palm
Eric Parker
Kathy Peterson
Allison Plunkett
Thomas Plunkett
Kathy Rauenhorst
Michelle Rencher
Daniel Repka
Louise Rogness
Marian Saksena
Azure Schermerhorn-Snyder
Sally Scoggin
Michael Seaberg
Pat Sellner
Katie Shannon
Katie Shaw
Jeffrey Shea
Mari Ampe Shestak
Saraswati Singh
Mark Solheim
George Soule
James Street
See Thao
Sharon Thompson-Carter
Cheri Townsend
Schuyler Troy
Evan Tsai
Tom and Chris Tuft
Zachary Van Cleve
Susan Vandenberg
Ka Vang
Yamy Vang
Mikala Wahl
Dylan Wallace
Ann Dunn Wessberg
Stuart Williams
Barbara Wright
Sabrina Yates
Joseph Young
Lindsay Ziezulewicz
Anne Zimmerman
Civic Leaders & Organizations
Mark Dayton, former Minnesota Governor
James Backstrom, retired Dakota County Attorney
Richard Cohen, former Minnesota State Senator
James Fleming, former Chief Public Defender, Ramsey County
Mike Freeman, former Hennepin County Attorney
Susan Gaertner, former Ramsey County Attorney
Michael Jordan, former Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety
Kim Keprios, former CEO, The Arc Greater Twin Cities
Victoria Reinhardt, Ramsey County Commissioner
Rafael E. Ortega, Ramsey County Commissioner
Nicole Frethem, Ramsey County Commissioner
Tara Jebens-Singh, Ramsey County Commissioner candidate (unopposed)
Trista Martinson, Past Chair, Ramsey County Board of Commissioners, Co-Chair Minnesota Treatment Court Initiative
Tina McNamara, former Undersheriff, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office
Lyndsey Olson, Saint Paul City Attorney
Scott Williams, Former Deputy Ramsey County Manager for Safety and Justice
Mindy Greiling, former MN Legislator and NAMI Ramsey County President 2000-2022
Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas, Mayor, New Brighton
Jim DeMay, Mounds View School Board
Jane Prince, former St. Paul City Councilmember
Todd Axtell, former Chief, St. Paul Police Department
Minnesota Lavender Bar Association