2016 CREDIT UNION VOTER GUIDE

MINNESOTA CREDIT UNION NETWORK

2016 CREDIT UNION VOTER GUIDE

2016 CREDIT UNION VOTER GUIDE This summer, MnCUN contacted every individual aspiring to represent the U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate and State House of Representatives, and asked them to complete a survey about credit union issues. Find your district's candidate responses below and see where they stand on credit union issues.

office sought

name

party affiliation

are you a credit union member?

should consumers have a choice in their financial institution?

do you support credit union’s not-for-profit tax status?

would you oppose new taxes on Minnesota’s credit unions?

do you support broad credit union service offerings?

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE U.S. Rep. District 2

Angie Craig

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

U.S. Rep. District 2

Jason Lewis

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Terri Bonoff

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Gregory Ryan

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Betty McCollum

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Frank Drake

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Frank Drake

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Gregg A. Iverson

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Tom Emmer

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Steve Kilburn

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Judy Adams

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Amanda Lynn Hinson

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Stewart Mills

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Rick Nolan

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

State Senator District 4

James Leiman

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Donna Bergstrom

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Erik Simonson

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Shawn Olson

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Paul Gazelka

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jason Weinerman

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

STATE SENATOR

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2016 CREDIT UNION VOTER GUIDE office sought

name

party affiliation







Tiffany Stenglein

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Carrie Ruud

GOP

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Russ Hinrichs

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Michael Willemsen

DFL

No

Yes


Amy Wilde

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Scott Newman

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Nick Frentz

DFL

No

Yes

Yes


Willa Dailey

R

No

Yes

No


Shane E. Wernsing, M.D.

Libertarian

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Kevin Dahle

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Bill Weber

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Vicki Jensen

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Rich

DFL

No

Yes

Yes


Jon Pieper

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jeremy Miller

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jay Nygard

Libertarian

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


David Smek

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Warren Limmer

GOP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jim Abeler

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Roger Johnson

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


John A. Hoffman

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jeffrey Lunde

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jerry Newton

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Roger C. Chamberlain

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Sten Hakanson

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Carolyn Laine

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

2


name

party affiliation







Chris Belflower

Independence

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Ann H. Rest

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Darryl Scarborough

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Scott Jensen

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Mike Lehmann

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Melissa H. Wiklund

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Kirsten Johnson

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Eric Pratt

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Ali C. Ali

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Tim Pitcher

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Kari Dziedzic

DFL

Yes

Yes


Marty Super

Legal Marijuana Now

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jeff Hayden

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Ron Moey

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Ian Baird

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Carolyn Jass

GOP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

STATE REPRESENTATIVE State Rep. District 1B

Erwin Rud

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

State Rep. District 3A

Rob Ecklund

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Ben Lien

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

State Rep. District 4B

Paul Marquart

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Ben Grimsley

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Matt Bliss

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Dennis Barsness

Green party

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Robert Farnsworth

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 3


name

party affiliation







Dylan C. Raddant

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Bryan Jensen

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


CJ Holl

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Gail L Kulp

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes


Erin Wagner

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Rep. Dale Lueck

GOP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Tom Jones

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes


Paul H. Anderson

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Tim O’Driscoll

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Aric Putnam

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Zachary Dorholt

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Kent Lestrud

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes


Karla Scapanski

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Tim Miller

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Andrew Falk

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Clark Johnson

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jack Considine

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


David Bly

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Tony Cornish

GOP

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Josh Haseman

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


John Petersburg

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes


Bev Cashman

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Duane Quam

GOP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Nels Pierson

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


John Wayne Austinson

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jeanne Poppe

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 4


name

party affiliation






Yes

Yes

Yes


Dennis Schminke

R

Yes


Greg Davids

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Cortney Phillips

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Marion O’Nell

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Sarah Hamlin

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Nick Zerwas

MNGOP

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Eric Lucero

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Susan Larson

dfl

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Calvin Bahr

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Brian Johnson

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Bob Barrett

GOP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Laurie Warner

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Andy Hillebregt

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Kevin Parker

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Melissa Hortman

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Susan Witt

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Linda Runbeck

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Kevin Fogarty

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes


Bob Dettmer

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Mary Kunesh-Podein

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Randy Jessup

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Barb Yarusso

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jamie Becker-Finn

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Tracy Nelson

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Bob Cardinal

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Richard Lieberman

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 5


name

party affiliation







Lyndon Carlson

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Cheryl Youakim

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Representative Jim Nash

GOP

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jane Montemayor

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes


Kris Newcomer

R

No

Yes

Yes


Andrew Carlson

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Brad Gerten

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Rick Hansen

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


JoAnn Ward

DFL

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Kelly Fenton

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Bob Loonan

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Ceci Haakenson

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Jon Koznick

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Diane Loeffler

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Paul Thissen

dfl

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Tom Gallagher

R

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Frank Pafko

R

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Rashad Turner

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Margaret Mary Stokely

GOP

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes


Alice Hausman

DFL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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MINNESOTA CREDIT UNION NETWORK

ADVOCACY - The ever-changing political landscape of financial institutions demands consistent legislative and regulatory advocacy.

FOUNDATION - The Minnesota Credit Union Foundation strives to provide resources for credit unions and communities to prosper and thrive.

AWARENESS - Strategic communications to position credit unions as the best financial partner for Minnesotans.

CAREERS - MnCUN helps credit unions connect with potential job applicants through the CU Job Center.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - MnCUN provides numerous training and development opportunities, providing staff & volunteers the tools they need to perform in their positions effectively and efficiently.

PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS - Through the Network Service Corporation (NSC), your credit union has access to a variety of products and services that help your organization meet the financial needs of members.

COMPLIANCE - MnCUN helps credit unions navigate compliance standards and regulatory requirements.

BETTER TOGETHER - together, Minnesota credit unions have the power of one unified voice.

651-288-5170

Minnesota Credit Union Network

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