Minnesota and North Dakota Voter's Guide

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Minnesota State House District 38B

The lower chamber of the Minnesota legislature has two representatives per senate district for a total of 134. Representatives are elected every two years.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. 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, and funding for the judicial system. CCX Media - Candidate Statement - Robert MarvinCCX Media - Candidate Statement - Samantha Vang

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    Robert Marvin
    (Rep)

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    Samantha Vang
    (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 characters)

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

Do you support the adoption of a ballot issue to add the Equal Rights Amendment into the Minnesota State Constitution why or why not? (500 characters)

What legislation, if any, would you support to protect clean air and water in Minnesota? (500 characters)

What legislation, if any, would you support to meet the need for safe communities? (500 characters)

What changes to legislation would you support to reduce the influence of big money in elections? (500 characters)

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1) Cutting the waste, fraud, and abuse. 2) reducing the burden of government and taxes 3) improving public safety and trying to improve property values and bring in business and investment and jobs. We have to quit allowing NGOs and other groups to run wild with the public money and we have to bring back trust in government. We need to quit spending like we're drunk and start being responsible. And we need to dramatically reduce regulations and taxes to spur growth. And we need to get back to the basics and get the core functions like public safety taken care of. Roads, bridges, potholes, public education, etc. We have to be a group that represents the people of Brooklyn Center / Brooklyn Park and not another "Trifecta."
Cut regulations, streamline permitting, reduce taxes and get rid of many of the unfunded mandates and other burdens on our people and business. We are fortunate to have excellent people, workers, and business here in our wonderful state. If we get the government out of the way and let our people do what they do best our economy will grow and we'll get inflation under control.
I'm not into putting people into boxes. I don't have the goal of keeping people "illegal" so I have a cheap labor force to clean toilets etc. We need to quit this racist behavior and be trying to help everyone be successful. My district has likely the highest % minority in the state with about 56% and that is great. We have people from all over the world. I've heard we have over 165 languages spoken. But we have to be Americans first and we have to be working for our residents here.
This "Equal Rights Amendment" that is currently being talked about isn't the ERA we saw years ago. The goal of the most recent group pushing this wasn't to have "Equal" rights but was pushing special rights for some and not others. Everyone should have equal rights. There should be some people who are "More Equal" than others. Having a tiered system of rights isn't "equal."
I would be completely behind having clean water and air. But we can protect our environment and still live and grow. We can't allow individuals or business or the government to exploit or abuse the common spaces, our air, or our environment. But we can do things responsibly and don't need to have the government constantly in the way and blocking everything. I would be pushing for development that is responsible and protects our clean air and water and our environment.
I am completely behind backing our police, fire departments, and other essential services that help keep our people safe on a day to day bases and address problems and crisis. I would be big on dealing with crime and criminals (especially youth crime) to change the culture and quit incubating juveniles who ultimately age out and end up in prison as adults. We need to be tough on crime to keep the vast majority of our people who aren't criminals safe.
I don't know what we can do about that. It seems like the money is coming in from all sorts of places and the people want to claim it isn't even happening. There definitely is large amounts of money coming in from people who are trying to manipulate our politicians and elections.
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