The SierraVotes Team Needs Your Help
Justin Fay
It’s been a busy spring. We’ve survived another challenging legislative session, a busy political convention season and ongoing dysfunction in our nation’s capitol.
But the hard part is yet to come.
This fall, Minnesotans will head to the polls for an incredibly high-stakes election to determine the future of our state and our country. Minnesota is going to be at the center of our national politics like never before in 2018:
With the resignation of former U.S. Senator Al Franken at the end of 2017, Minnesota will have two U.S. Senate seats on the ballot this fall.
All 8 of Minnesota’s U.S. House seats are on the ballot this fall, and more than half are likely to be competitive.
With the retirement of Gov. Mark Dayton, Minnesotans will decide an open race for Governor along with three other statewide constitutional offices that could be competitive: Attorney General, Secretary of State and State Auditor.
The entire Minnesota House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2018.
These races would make for significant challenges and opportunities under any circumstances, but the stakes in 2018 are even higher. The Governor we elect in November will be in office for the next round of redistricting, meaning that Minnesota’s political balance of power for the coming decade is legitimately up for grabs this fall. At the Federal level, Minnesota’s surplus of competitive congressional races could play a major role in determining control of Congress during the second half of the Trump Administration.
Our organization is in a terrific position to have a major impact on the outcomes of many of these races, but we need your help to do it. This fall, North Star Chapter volunteers will be working hard to elect environmental champions up and down the ballot. Sign up today for the North Star Chapter’s SierraVotes Team and help bring environmental voices back to power in Saint Paul and Washington, DC.
Contact Mary Blitzer, mary.blitzer@sierraclub.org, to join the SierraVotes Team.
Justin Fay is the Senior Chapter Representative