Minnesota and North Dakota Voter's Guide

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Minnesota US Senate

The Senate approves appointments made by the president, signs treaties, and tries impeachment cases. Senators represent an entire state and their interests, attend committee meetings to discuss policy issues, and make public appearances to convey their message.If your candidate didn’t fill in the guide below, visit the Secretary of State’s Candidate Filing site to find contact info. If you reach out, ask candidates to complete their Vote411 Voters Guide from the LWVMN!

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    Amy Klobuchar
    (DFL)

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    Joyce Lynne Lacey
    (IA)

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    Royce White
    (Rep)

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    Rebecca Whiting
    (Lib)

Biographical Information

If elected, what will your top three priorities be and why? (750 characters)

What will you do to support a vibrant economy across the United States, and to address inflation? (500 characters)

What, if any, actions would you take to address threats facing the United States due to climate change? (500 characters)

What, if anything, should our country do to ensure quality healthcare at an affordable cost for all, and access to reproductive health services? (500 characters)

What measures do you support to improve and secure elections, and to ensure voting access in our country? (500 characters)

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Campaign Website http://amyklobuchar.com
Contact Phone 612-440-5149
Facebook (Full URL) http://www.facebook.com/amyklobuchar/
Campaign Twitter Handle @@amyklobuchar
Campaign Email info@amyklobuchar.com
Bringing down the costs of health care, child care, and housing and making them accessible. I led the bill that passed to lower Medicare prescription drugs prices and also lead bipartisan bills to increase the supply of housing & child care and make it more affordable.

One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to our rural and metro economies. We need to keep improving infrastructure and adding and expanding businesses in rural Minnesota. I’m pushing for apprenticeships, training, & 1- and 2-year degrees.

Keeping people safe which means resources for police and fire, laws that work and facilities for offenders including drug treatment. I lead the COPS funding bill and am endorsed by Minnesota firefighters (MPFF) & police officers (MPPPOA).
In addition to passing my bipartisan bills to lower costs for prescription drugs, childcare, and housing, I’m focused on improving infrastructure across our state and increasing small business access to capital. I’m also working to invest in innovation and workforce training and support our farmers and rural communities. The National Federation of Independent Businesses has supported my work on competition and making the small business deduction permanent.
I’ve worked to secure critical investments in programs and tax credits for clean energy, climate resilience, and conservation. We must build on that progress and our farmers can lead the way with the production of farm-based biofuels, which are better for the environment than existing fuels and create jobs and bring down costs at the pump.
First, strengthen the Affordable Care Act and do more to lower the cost of health insurance. Second, lower costs for prescription drugs by building on the bill I led to force the big pharma companies to negotiate better prices under Medicare. Third, strengthen our rural health systems, including EMS and ambulance services. Fourth, prioritize mental health and combat substance use disorders. Finally, I support codifying Roe v Wade into law - so we don’t have a patchwork of state laws.
In election after election, Minnesota leads the nation in voter turnout. I lead the Freedom to Vote Act to put in place similar basic voting standards like Minnesota has at the federal level. We must also protect local election officials from harm, get dark money out of politics, and end partisan gerrymandering. I’m also working across the aisle to keep deceptive artificial intelligence-generated content out of our elections.
Campaign Website http://joycelacey.com
Contact Phone 6512634793
Facebook (Full URL) http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560371652024
Campaign Twitter Handle @@laceycampaign
Campaign Email joycelaceyforussenate@gmail.com
My campaign is designed to Protect America’s future; we do this by 1) Securing the Past, 2) Stabilizing the Present and 3) Protecting the Future. My signature issue is guardianship reform whereby nearly half of 2 million people are forced into abusive, for-profit, fraudulent guardianships through Probate Court and regarded as mere property. To Stabilize the Present we need to address homelessness; end human trafficking & ensure our inalienable rights of life, liberty & pursuit of happiness. This also means a return to the dignity of life from birth to natural death. To Protect the Future we need to save Social Security now (not later), get a handle on our $35 Trillion National Debt and enact campaign/election reform including Term Limits.
I believe we need to grow the workforce to help grow the economy without causing inflation. Investing in skills and development, such as child care, pre-k and higher education, can help workers be more productive. The government can use contractionary fiscal policy to reduce inflation by raising taxes on the wealthy & decreasing spending. Increasing productivity can help tackle inflation by producing more goods and services in less time & adopt policies to make it easier to own a home.

We need to reduce emissions, improve health systems by ensuring access to hydration and emergency healthcare, improve energy efficiency, transition to clean energy and work with the National Security Council to coordinate U.S. government efforts to mitigate and respond to migration resulting from climate change. We need to protect our oceans by limiting climate impacts and addressing other critical threats, like ocean plastic pollution. Microgrids and distribributed generation are necessary.

We can ensure quality healthcare at an affordable price by patient-centeredness which involves compassion, empathy, and responsiveness to the needs and preferences of the individual patient; by providing a skilled, motivated and adequately supported health workforce to help improve the quality of care, by following the lead of Arkansas and West Virginia, which now require insurers and PBMs to share savings with patients at the pharmacy counter and by transforming care delivery to reach all.

We must require voter-verified paper ballots or records for every vote cast, replace old voting machines, conduct postelection audits to confirm election outcomes, update and secure outdated voter registration systems and e-poll books, require minimum cybersecurity standards for voter registration systems and other pieces of voting infrastructure, perform mandatory pre-election testing on all voting machines, as well as continuous vulnerability analysis and expand threat information sharing.
Campaign Website http://roycewhite.us/
Contact Phone 6124291645
Facebook (Full URL) http://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=royce%20white
Campaign Email info@roycewhite.us
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The League of Women Voters of Minnesota and North Dakota crafted the questions sent to the candidates in the Spring of 2024. They reached out to candidates based on contact information in their public candidate filings. Candidates with email addresses were invited and reminded with emails. Candidates with only mailing addresses were sent a letter. Candidates with phone numbers received a phone call as well.

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