Holly Link
Holly Link was a member of the Eden Prairie Board of Education At-large in Minnesota.
Link (Republican Party) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 48B. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Link completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Holly Link was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She earned her B.A. in graphic communications from Saint Catherine University, St. Paul and her M.A. in clinical art therapy and marriage and family therapy from Loyola Marymount University. She studied art and psychology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and professional education at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Link has also studied for a Ph.D. in organizational leadership, policy, and development at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Her career experience includes working in education as an instructor and curriculum designer and in health care as a marriage and family counselor, strategic corporate trainer, and project manager for a major healthcare insurance company. Her career experience also includes owning two small businesses: Holly Link Design and Holly Link, Marriage and Family Therapy.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 48B
Incumbent Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn defeated Holly Link in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 48B on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (D) | 55.0 | 13,410 | |
| Holly Link (R) | 45.0 | 10,962 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 24,384 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 48B.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Holly Link advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 48B.
Campaign finance
2013
- See also: Eden Prairie Schools elections (2013)
Holly Link, Ranee Jacobus and Elaine Larabee defeated Tim Laurie and Murshid Barud to win three at-large seats in the general election on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Eden Prairie Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Elaine Larabee |
24.8% | 4,237 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ranee Jacobus Incumbent |
23% | 3,920 | |
| Nonpartisan | Holly Link |
21.9% | 3,733 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tim Laurie | 19.6% | 3,350 | |
| Nonpartisan | Murshid Barud | 10% | 1,712 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.7% | 127 | |
| Total Votes | 17,079 | |||
| Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 272 - Eden Prairie," accessed December 18, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Link reported $4,375.00 in contributions and $4,275.00 in expenditures to the district office, which left her campaign with $100.00 in cash on hand.[3]
Endorsements
Holly Link received an endorsement for her campaign from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 284.[4]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Holly Link completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Link's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Holly understands small business ownership having founded and profitably run both a private practice in Marriage and Family Therapy, and Holly Link Design, a commercial and residential interior design firm. Holly is an active community volunteer and serves on the Board of the Eden Prairie AM Rotary Club.
Holly holds a BA from Saint Catherine University, an MA from Loyola Marymount University and is a PhD Candidate in Educational Administration at the University of Minnesota.
Holly and her husband Brian are 22 year residents of Eden Prairie. Their two adult children are graduates of Eden Prairie High School and the Carlson School of Management with successful careers in finance and marketing. Their children's spouses joined their family in 2017, with successful careers in medicine and IT security.
- I will legislate for high quality, well funded and locally controlled education for EACH child so they are prepared to contribute purposefully to their community, America and the world.
- I will legislate for reasonable regulations and fair taxes so that businesses and their workers can thrive and drive the rebuilding of our economy and way of life.
- I will legislate for high quality, affordable and personalized healthcare coverage that empowers patients and providers as the primary healthcare decision makers.
Business regulations and taxes.
Healthcare quality, affordability and decision making.
Constitutional powers, separation and use.
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Link's campaign website listed the following campaign themes for 2013:[4]
2013
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Why: EACH child deserves the education they need to:
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Note: The above quote is from the candidate's website, which may include some typographical or spelling errors.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Holly + Link + Eden + Prairie + Schools"
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 25, 2020
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Holly Link," accessed October 21, 2013
- ↑ Information received in an email to Ballotpedia from district election clerk Laurie Hemstock on February 13, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vote Holly Link, For Eden Prairie School Board, "Why I'm Running," accessed October 21, 2013
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