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Minnesota State House District 55B

State Representatives serve in the Minnesota House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the state legislature. They write and vote on legislation to create, repeal, or change state laws affecting many issues, like health care, the environment, and the economy. They also vote on state taxes and the state spending.

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    Kaela Berg
    (DFL)

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    Van Holston
    (Rep)

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 Minnesota and to address inflation? (500 character)

What legislation, if any, would you support to address racial or ethnic disparities in Minnesota? (500 characters)

What legislation, if any, would you support to address climate change and its effects in Minnesota? (500 characters)

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Campaign Website http://bergforminnesota.com
Contact Phone 6122959617
Facebook (Full URL) http://www.facebook.com/bergformn?mibextid=LQQJ4d
Campaign Twitter Handle @@kaelaberg
Campaign Email kjodd43@gmail.com
To mitigate the unfair power structure employers have over their workers by passing Nation leading legislation providing Unemployment Insurance for striking workers. Workers are the backbone of a strong economy and all workers deserve the chance to have economic security and workplace protections.

Investing in our local law enforcement and first responders to have the best tools and training at their disposal will ensure that they and all of us, stay safe and build lasting connections in our communities.

We made historic investments in education last biennium. We can do more to reduce class sizes, shore up teacher’s pensions, and ensure that our school districts have the necessary tools to offer a world class education to all students.
We need strong worker protections to compete in growing our workforce, investment in broadband so workers across the state can participate in the virtual economy, pass bonding bills to continue to have safe and reliable infrastructure across the state. Remove barriers to access grants and other investments for our local small businesses. Address the housing shortage, food insecurity and high childcare costs that are often prohibitive- especially for low wage workers.
Every Minnesotan deserves the opportunity to thrive. Low income and BIPOC communities often face disparities in homeownership rates, lack of access to affordable healthcare, affordable childcare, and food security. We need to make policy changes and intentional investments to continue to make progress towards safe, inclusive and equitable communities.
We can address the climate crisis through strategic investments to strengthen our infrastructure using sustainable materials, innovation in energy storage, transmission and generation . Investing in local manufacturing to reduce our global carbon footprint and creating good union jobs in the clean energy economy. We must continue to address climate inequity in frontline communities who suffer the effects of pollution and climate disasters the most.
Campaign Website http://vanholstonforhouse.com
Campaign Email vah1948@comcast.net
My priorities would be to reduce business and personal taxes, keep a hold on spending and reduce mandates to schools.
I would work to reduce business and personal taxes and regulations.
I would work to make sure that all Minnesota schools are focusing on academics.
Minnesota and the U. S. have already done much to reduce greenhouse gases. Little additional progress will be made in this area without the cooperation of China India and other developing nations.
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