2021 Endorsements

the text "Electing Climate & Water Champions in Minnesota" over a photo of canoeists on a lake at sunset

Together we are fighting and voting to create a Minnesota where all -- Black, brown, white, urban and rural, immigrant and Indigenous -- can get home safe, breathe clean air, drink clean water and live in healthy communities on a life-sustaining planet.

Sierra Club Endorsed Candidates in Minnesota

Endorsement decisions are made by our volunteer political committee which conducts candidate questionnaires and screenings and by the chapter Executive Committee. Throughout our process, volunteers and staff evaluate the environmental and public health records of candidates and their experience of being a true champion for creating a just, sustainable future. This list will be updated as more endorsements are made.

Candidate Office District

Minneapolis

Kate Knuth  

Mayor

 

Elliott Payne

City Council

Ward 1

Cam Gordon

City Council

Ward 2

Steve Fletcher

City Council

Ward 3

Phillipe Cunningham

City Council

Ward 4

Jeremiah Ellison

City Council

Ward 5

Nick Kor

City Council

Ward 7

Jason Chavez

City Council

Ward 9

Katie Jones and Aisha Chugtai

City Council

Ward 10

Jeremy Schroeder

City Council

Ward 11

Andrew Johnson

City Council

Ward 12

Tom Olsen

Park and Recreation Board

At-Large

Billy Menz

Park and Recreation Board

District 1

Eric Moran

Park and Recreation Board

District 2

Becky Alper

Park and Recreation Board

District 3

Jono Cowgill

Park and Recreation Board

District 4

Risa Hustad

Park and Recreation Board

District 6

No on Question 1

Mayoral Control Amendment to the City Charter

Yes on Question 2

Public Safety Amendment to the City Charter

Yes on Question 3

Rent Stabilization Amendment to the City Charter

Metro

Nathan Coulter

Bloomington City Council

At-Large

Lona Dallessandro

Bloomington City Council

District III

Patrick Martin

Bloomington City Council

District IV

Hollies Winston

Brooklyn Park Mayor

 

Gillian Rosenquist

Golden Valley City Council

 

Denise LaMere-Anderson

Golden Valley City Council

 

Patrick Hanlon

Hopkins Mayor

 

Gerard Balan

Hopkins City Council

 

Heidi Garrido

Hopkins City Council

 

John Kuhl

Minnetonka Mayor

 

Deb Calvert

Minnetonka City Council

At-Large Seat A

Kimberly Wilburn

Minnetonka City Council

At-Large Seat B

Margaret Rog

Saint Louis Park City Council

Ward 1

 

The Minnesota Sierra Club has a long history of engaging in electoral races from municipal to presidential, motivating our volunteers to help elect pro-environment, just candidates. Through our political programs, we are shaping the debate on climate change and building a broad, diverse, and powerful movement to protect and defend our environment, community health, and Democracy itself.

For more information, contact the political committee at political@northstar.sierraclub.org