Mark Born is the endorsed Republican for MN House District 66A. His opponent is the author of the gender affirming care law and the Tampons in the Boys Bathrooms in Public Schools bill, Rep Leigh Finke. Mark Born’s website is MarkBornforMN.com
Mary O’Neal is the endorsed Republican for MN House District 66B. Her opponent is Rep Athena Hollins who is supported by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Mary O’Neal’s website is: onealforhouse66b.com
Map of HD 66A
HD 66A takes in St Paul from West of Snelling to the border of Minneapolis, and from Hwy 36 south to Interstate 94
Map of HD 66B
This is an event post. We will post the LWV Forum Video after the event. In the 2024 LWV Forum for HD 66A & 66B, the video and the audio did not match and it was like watching Kung Fu Theater with dubbed audio. If you attend please record the audio with an audio recorder so we know what really took place in case SPNN nor LWV of St Paul don’t produce a good quality video. — admin.
Some Recent DFL recipients since Redistricting in 2022:
Senate District 66 DFL in 2026 as of 5/31/26 received $4400. The 3 SD 66 DFL candidates this year were Rep Athena Hollins, Chris “Leigh” Finke, and Clare Oumou Verbeten. The latter 2 were running for the first time for office in 2022.
Mostly DFL Party Units for SD 36, 39, 40, 44, 65 and 66
So it is up to you to be wary of this location. With every purchase there you are helping DFLers defeat Republicans in Minnesota.
Retired Career Politician, Phyllis Kahn, DFL stands in front of the “Grandstand” Mini-Donuts.
Now these folks make a lot of money at the state fair from mini-donuts that would make the health conscious zealots cringe. The booth is not marked as the DFLMiniDonutStand, there is no disclaimer on the booth as to where the money of this group goes to.
There ought to be a law that requires them to reveal who they are and where the money goes.
Rep Randy Jessup & Sen Roger Chamberlain tried to Make a Law
Almost every session of the MN State Legislature, there is a bill that Republicans put together that requires groups that raise money at the State Fair or other public events to show on a visible sign where the money goes to. It isn’t making their operation illegal, but they want the customers to have all the information about the vendor before they make a purchase.
During the 2017 Session former Rep Randy Jessup of 42A & former Sen Roger Chamberlain SD 38 had made similar bills that were added to the Omnibus bill. They were not signed into law by then DFL Governor Mark Dayton.
Rep Jessup did say there is a limit on the number of bags of donuts one can purchase–4 bags. Any more than 4 you purchase they will have to make a record of it being a contribution.
They do tell their volunteers who work there to not wear any sort of political statements on their clothes, hats, or even buttons.
This article is just to identify where the DFL Mini-Donut Stand is. This post is by permission from the saintpaulrepublicans.us website. If you don’t want to give money to the DFL to defeat Republican candidates then you can find another Donut Stand, or to Sweet Martha’s Cookies which is nearby. If you are a DFLer and you want to fundraise then that is up to you to. It is just unethical of a party sympathizer to not be open about where their excess money goes. — admin
What: League of Women Voters Forum for HD 66A & 66B Candidates
When: Friday October 11th, 7pm (Live); rebroadcast on the MySPNN YouTube Channel. We will repost the video here.
Where: St Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) Studios, 550 Vandalia St #170, St Paul MN, 55114Map
Submit Questions; To submit questions for consideration to be asked of all the candidates, they can’t be one candidate specific, uncivil in any manner (LWVSP Candidate Event Rules 2024). Send tolwvstpaul@lwvmn.org
This Forum was Originally scheduled for September 27th, but the League of Women Voters postponed it for no real reason. They did reschedule it for Friday October 11th live at SPNN Studios at 7 pm. We will post the video here after it is posted on the MySPNN YouTube Channel.
The Tampons in Boys Bathrooms in Public Schools bill. Governor Tim Walz unfairly gets blamed and teased for this bill, but he signed it into law.
Making Minnesota into a Sanctuary State for Gender Affirming Care (aka Child Sterilization) without the consent of a parent, nor any informed consent. This is not “Reproductive Freedom” for these poor victims who will never have children of their own.
Ban on counseling for LGBTQ people who want to become “Straight” (It violates Religious Freedom as often Pastors are on the front lines of this issue). It is a confusing title as it’s a ban on Conversion Therapy. The conversion is not related to becoming transgender.
Ban on Assault Weapons
Changing Pedophilia into a sexual orientation
Was the USA Today’s 2022 Woman of the Year. Leigh Finke is really a man named Chris Zumski Finke.
He has written a few books aimed at children, “Queerfully & Wonderfully Made,” and “Welcoming & Affirming.”
If you want more information there’s a video by the Truth Hurts Rumble Channel click here
Author of the Conversion Therapy Ban. This is a First Amendment violation of the Religious Establishment Law as noted above in Rep Finke’s list, pastors tend to be targeted by laws like this.
Tells people she is a Pansexual, as if she thinks people care more about her sexuality than representing the people of the District.
Was for Rep Dave Pinto’s Universal Background Check on private sales and admits it won’t stop gun violence, and she owns a gun
Was for the Red Flag Gun Law. She’s a lawyer and knows that this law would circumvent due process.
Author of the Universal Basic Income legislation that failed to pass. It would give those that qualify for it from $500 to $1200 per month. The money would not be counted as income, yet the title of it indicates it is an income. Everywhere it has been tried it usually increases taxes on income earners and produces a lot of resentment, and in some European Countries it is canceled quickly.
Advocates Ranked Choice Voting, Automatic voter registration, Felons Voting (without getting their other rights back)
If you watch any of these League of Liberal Women Voters Forums you’ll see what not to do if you run a debate.
They mash together 2 Districts in one Debate which makes 4 candidates with 2 views. Often times the weaker candidate in the other district will get talking points from their colleague in the other district
They don’t have great sound quality to their forums. It’s laughable being they are in a building with the equipment to have good sound quality: The SPNN Studios. Sometimes the LLWV will have no microphones for the candidates to use like the Special Election in 2011 for Ward 1, and in Ward 3 in 2023.
They don’t use questions from Conservatives in any of their forums. They use questions that don’t allow their Liberal pals to be either accountable for their actions in office, or be uncomfortable in answering them. They ask questions that prop up Liberal talking points like the legitimacy of Climate Change, Achievement Gap, Equity & Inclusion. None of these ideas can be tested with science and can be proved to true, nor be anything other than issues that no one cares about.
They will also cancel forums without warning to Republican Candidates, but will run them when they can’t attend.
There needs to be standards at the State Level that must be met in order for a host of a Debate to run them. The LWV is not nonpartisan as they claim. They get away with a lot of their schtick because there’s no competition. Look at our Public Schools, there is no competition to teach kids and therefore they can be slack in their efforts, same goes for having forums/debates.
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