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Minnesota State House District 49A

The “lower chamber” of the Minnesota legislature has two representatives per senate district for a total of 134. Representatives are elected every two years.What your state legislature does affects many facets of your life—the taxes you pay, the highways on which you drive, public schools, the state-supported colleges and universities you or your children might attend, the state parks that provide recreation for you and your family, social programs, funding for the judicial system.A candidate forum for this race has been scheduled for September 12, 2024, at 6:30 pm at Eden Prairie City Hall.

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    Stacy L. Bettison
    (Rep)

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    Alex Falconer
    (DFL)

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://stacybettison.com
Contact Phone 6128076337
Facebook (Full URL) http://www.facebook.com/people/Stacy-Bettison-for-Minnesota-House-49A/61558394525245/
Campaign Twitter Handle @StacyBettison
Campaign Email stacybettison@icloud.com
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Campaign Website http://www.alexforhouse.org
Contact Phone 6124193423
Facebook (Full URL) http://www.facebook.com/alexforhouse
Campaign Twitter Handle @https://x.com/alexfalconrt
Campaign Email alexforhouse@gmail.com
Education: This district represents some of the best performing school districts in the state and we will uphold this tradition while working to ensure equal opportunities for every child in Minnesota starting with universal pre-k and increased funding for rural districts. Healthcare: Too many Minnesotans still do not have health insurance and often times those that do spend too much on premiums with high deductibles, co-insurance and prescription prices leaving families unable to pay their medical bills. I support opening MinnesotaCare to all as a public option as we work toward a path of Universal Healthcare. Environment: We need to meet and exceed our climate goals, protect our air and water and address environmental justice.
To be perfectly frank, there's little the state legislature can do to address inflation itself, that is mostly guided by federal policy. However, at the state we can do a lot to alleviate expenses on families and the elderly in particular to put more money in their pockets. We need to stop taxing social security as a state, put a cap on child care expense, and provide healthcare for everyone. And we should incentivize small business startups and entrepreneurs to promote home grown businesses.
We need police reform to end disproportionate BIPOC profiling, arrests and abuse. I support ending cash bail for non-violent offenders. We need to layer environmental justice into all new major infrastructure and energy project permits. Our schools' staffing should reflect their communities. Affordable housing needs to be incentivized everywhere in the state so anyone can afford to live where they want or within proximity to their work and children's schools.
Minnesota passed ambitious climate goals to be achieved by 2040 and I want to take those head on by meeting or exceeding them. The easiest to do right away would be mandating every public or government building be updated for energy efficiency and solar arrays. We need incentives to retrofit the current housing stock, regulations for new developments for energy efficiency and expanding out our public transportation network and electrification of our car fleet.
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