KAXE contacted every candidate twice using contact information submitted to the Secretary of State's Office to invite them to participate in our Election Guide.
Candidate responses have not been edited and are published as submitted.
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Hjalmer Aho
Incumbent: Yes
KAXE did not receive a response from this candidate.
Louie Kirkelas
Incumbent: No
Age on Election Day: 71
Where are you currently employed, and what is your role?
Self employed
Please share any prior experience that you believe qualifies you for office.
Owned my own business, communicates well with the public.
Please describe the roles and responsibilities of the office you are running for.
Township Clerk sits in on
board meetings, takes notes for meeting minutes, keeps record of such, prepare materials for township meetings, works with staff to run efficiently and smooth. Many duties are included in the Clerk position, will be going by job description.
Why are you running for office?
To see that township residents taxes are used more efficiently and hope for more attendance at monthly meetings to get input from the residents.
What are your priorities, if elected? Please describe specific policy goals.
Questions, search for an answer, keep the public informed.
How do you plan to improve transparency and trust in government?
Get the public more involved in the township to make wise improvements.
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.
