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District 1
Caleb Dunlap
Incumbent: No
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
Sarah Plante Buhs
Incumbent: No
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
District 5
Alex French
Incumbent: No
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
Dan Reed
Incumbent: No
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
Soil and Water Conservation District 1
Michelle Boyechko
Incumbent: No
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
Barbara M. Dahl
Incumbent: No
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
Soil and Water Conservation District 5
Bruce Heikes
Incumbent: No
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
Roger Hurd
Incumbent: No
Age on Election Day: 64
City/Township of residence: Blackhoof
Where are you currently employed, and what is your role?
Self employed contractor/Inspector
Please share any prior experience that you believe qualifies you for office.
Many years of work in the construction and forestry industries
Please describe the roles and responsibilities of the office you are running for.
Oversee SWCD projects in the county.
Why are you running for office?
To share my years of work experience with my fellow residents of the county.
Please describe what conservation and natural resource management mean to you.
We do need to keep an even keel with how we manage for the future generations.
Across the region, renters and owners are struggling to afford housing. If elected, what would you do to address the issues of availability and affordability for your constituents?
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What are your priorities, if elected? Please describe specific goals.
Just inprovements. There isn't an agency or board out there that isn't in need of inprovements.
What effective policies will you support that will prepare your district now, next year and in the future to improve resiliency against climate change?
The climate changes daily. I'm not a climate alarmist. I believe the more humanity builds with concrete and black top, taking away the natural landscape, the earth will warm.
Still have questions for the candidates? Contact information for all those who've filed to run for office can be found at candidates.sos.state.mn.us.
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