Minnesota State Senate District 5 candidate surveys, 2022

Elections in Minnesota, 2022

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This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Minnesota State Senate District 5 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 5

Incumbent Paul Utke defeated A. John Peters in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Utke (R)	72.8	28,731
		A. John Peters (D)	27.1	10,687
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	32

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,450
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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

A. John Peters (D)

Work to improve the rural economy by providing needed infrastructure, fair regulation and appropriate taxes.

Insure public safety by making sure we have well trained police with the proper support organizations.

Full fund our public schools. THis funding must incuse well trained teachers as well as professional job counseling and psycological support.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

A. John Peters (D)

Public Health: In the late 90 early 2000s, I spent 200 days in the hospital I went from being fair well off financially to $200,00 in debt. In 2020 I had a bad case of Covid. I was out of work for a month and still have long term symptoms. My wife has diabetes. I believe that medicare and the state should be able to negotiated drug prices.

See also

More about these elections:

• Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022

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