Bob Carney Jr.

Bob Carney Jr. (Republican Party) (also known as Again) is running for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 61B. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. The Republican primary for this office on August 13, 2024, was canceled.

Carney also ran for election for President of the United States. He lost as a write-in in the Republican convention on July 15, 2024.

Biography

Bob Carney Jr. was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carney earned a bachelor's degree from Macalester College in 1984. His career experience includes working as a consultant.^[1]

Elections

2024

U.S. President

See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2024

The Republican Party selected former President Donald Trump (R) as its 2024 presidential nominee at the 2024 Republican National Convention, which was held from July 15-18, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Republican presidential primaries 2024

	Candidate	Pledged delegates
	Donald Trump	2,268
	Nikki Haley	97
	Ron DeSantis	9
	Vivek Ramaswamy	3

Total pledged delegates: 2,377

State House

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B

Incumbent Jamie Long and Bob Carney Jr. are running in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Jamie Long (D)
		Bob Carney Jr. (R)

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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jamie Long advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Bob Carney Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B.

Campaign finance

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2023

General election

General election for Minneapolis City Council Ward 13

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Linea Palmisano in round 1 .

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,014
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2022

Minnesota Governor

General election

General election for Governor of Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Minnesota on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Walz (D)	52.3	1,312,349
	Scott Jensen (R)	44.6	1,119,941
	James McCaskel (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	1.2	29,346
	Steve Patterson (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	0.9	22,599
	Hugh McTavish (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota)	0.7	18,156
	Gabrielle Prosser (Socialist Workers Party)	0.3	7,241
	Joyce Lacey (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	11
	Mohamed Mourssi-Alfash (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	5
	Loner Blue (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4
	Joshua Olgbolahan Jubril (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1,009

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,510,661
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Cory Hepola (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota

Incumbent Tim Walz defeated Ole Savior in the Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Walz	96.5	416,973
	Ole Savior	3.5	14,950

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 431,923
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brandon Millholland-Corcoran (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota

Scott Jensen defeated Joyce Lacey and Bob Carney Jr. in the Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Scott Jensen	89.3	288,499
	Joyce Lacey	6.6	21,308
	Bob Carney Jr.	4.1	13,213

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 323,020
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Governor of Minnesota

Steve Patterson defeated Darrell Paulsen in the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steve Patterson	59.1	1,003
	Darrell Paulsen	40.9	693

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,696
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Governor of Minnesota

James McCaskel defeated Chris Wright in the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Governor of Minnesota on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	James McCaskel	51.9	1,461
	Chris Wright	48.1	1,356

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,817
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U.S. House

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Brad Finstad defeated Jeff Ettinger, Richard Reisdorf, and Haroun McClellan in the special general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brad Finstad (R)	50.7	59,788
	Jeff Ettinger (D)	46.8	55,155
	Richard Reisdorf (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	1.3	1,536
	Haroun McClellan (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	0.7	865
	Other/Write-in votes	0.5	548

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,892
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeff Ettinger	64.4	12,130
	Sarah Brakebill-Hacke	13.2	2,492
	Richard Painter	9.1	1,718
	Candice Deal-Bartell	6.2	1,158
	James Rainwater	2.4	446
	Rick DeVoe	2.0	379
	Warren Anderson	1.9	363
	George Kalberer	0.7	137

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,823
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brandon Millholland-Corcoran (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brad Finstad	38.1	13,695
	Jeremy Munson	36.9	13,268
	Jennifer Carnahan	8.0	2,887
	Matt Benda	7.3	2,629
	Nels Pierson	5.2	1,878
	Kevin Kocina	2.7	960
	Bob Carney Jr.	0.5	193
	Roger Ungemach	0.4	151
	J.R. Ewing	0.4	142
	Ken Navitsky (Unofficially withdrew)	0.4	127

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,930
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Special Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Haroun McClellan advanced from the special Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Haroun McClellan	100.0	194

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 194
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Special Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Richard Reisdorf advanced from the special Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Reisdorf	100.0	363

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 363
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2021

Elections in Minneapolis are officially nonpartisan, but the Minneapolis City Charter allows mayoral and city council candidates to choose a party label to appear below their name on the official ballot. Ballotpedia includes candidates' party or principle to best reflect what voters will see on their ballot.^[2]

General election

General election for Mayor of Minneapolis

Select round:

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Jacob Frey in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
Jacob Frey	42.8	61,620	0	Won (2)
Katherine Knuth	18.4	26,468	0	2
Sheila Nezhad	21.1	30,368	0	1
AJ Awed	4.8	6,860	0	1
Laverne Turner	3.2	4,620	0	1
Clint Conner	3.0	4,309	0	1
Bob Carney Jr.	1.9	2,788	0	1
Marcus Harcus	0.8	1,189	0	1
Nate Atkins	0.8	1,179	0	1
Mark Globus	0.8	1,158	0	1
Doug Nelson	0.5	739	0	1
Jerrell Perry	0.5	687	0	1
Mike Winter	0.4	642	0	1
Christopher W. David	0.3	493	0	1
Kevin Ward	0.2	282	0	1
Paul E. Johnson	0.2	243	0	1
Troy Benjegerdes	0.1	184	0	1
Christopher Robin Zimmerman (Write-in)	0.0	2	0	1
Adam Drissi (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.1	143	0

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 143,974
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2020

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tina Smith (D)	48.8	1,566,522
	Jason Lewis (R)	43.6	1,398,145
	Kevin O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	5.8	185,064
	Oliver Steinberg (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	1.8	57,174
	Rob Barrett Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	22
	George Dennis Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	5
	Steve Carlson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	3
	John Berman (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2
	Jason Shaver (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Josh Ondich (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,261

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,209,198
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Tina Smith defeated Paula Overby, Ahmad Hassan, Steve Carlson, and Christopher Seymore in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tina Smith	87.1	497,501
	Paula Overby	5.3	30,497
	Ahmad Hassan	3.5	20,037
	Steve Carlson	2.9	16,429
	Christopher Seymore	1.1	6,480

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570,944 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Alexandra Marie Holker (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Jason Lewis defeated Cynthia Gail, John Berman, Bob Carney Jr., and James Reibestein in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jason Lewis	78.1	191,288
	Cynthia Gail	7.2	17,675
	John Berman	6.6	16,212
	Bob Carney Jr.	4.3	10,503
	James Reibestein	3.8	9,210

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 244,888 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Oliver Steinberg advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Oliver Steinberg	100.0	3,275

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,275 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Kevin O'Connor advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin O'Connor	100.0	6,996

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,996 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2018

See also: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Ilhan Omar defeated Jennifer Zielinski in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ilhan Omar (D)	78.0	267,703
	Jennifer Zielinski (R)	21.7	74,440
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,215

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 343,358 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 14, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ilhan Omar	48.2	65,237
	Margaret Kelliher	30.4	41,156
	Patricia Torres Ray	13.0	17,629
	Jamal Abdulahi	3.7	4,984
	Bobby Joe Champion	2.8	3,831
	Frank Nelson Drake	1.8	2,480

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 135,317
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Julie Sabo (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Jennifer Zielinski defeated Christopher Chamberlin and Bob Carney Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 14, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jennifer Zielinski	56.5	8,680
	Christopher Chamberlin	32.5	4,999
	Bob Carney Jr.	11.0	1,688

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,367
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See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

Carney was seeking the Republican nomination for governor of Minnesota in 2018.^[3]

2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Scott Dibble defeated Bob Carney, Jr. in the Minnesota State Senate District 61 general election.^[4]^[5]

Minnesota State Senate, District 61 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Scott Dibble Incumbent	81.26%	43,045
	Republican	Bob Carney, Jr.	18.74%	9,924
Total Votes				52,969
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Incumbent Scott Dibble ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 61 Democratic primary.^[6]^[7]

Minnesota State Senate, District 61 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Scott Dibble Incumbent (unopposed)

Bob Carney, Jr. ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 61 Republican primary.^[6]^[7]

Minnesota State Senate, District 61 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Bob Carney, Jr. (unopposed)

2012

See also: United States Senate elections in Minnesota, 2012

Carney ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Minnesota. He was defeated by Kurt Bills in the Republican primary.

2010

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2010

In 2010, Carney ran in the election for the governor of Minnesota. He was defeated in the Republican primary on August 10, 2010.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Republican Primary, 2010
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tom Emmer and Annette T. Meeks	82.5%	107,558
Bob Carney Jr. and William McGaughey	7.6%	9,856
Leslie Davis and Gregory K. Soderberg	6.6%	8,598
Ole' Savior and Todd "Elvis" Anderson	3.4%	4,396
Total Votes		130,408
Election results via Minnesota Secretary of State.

Campaign themes

State House

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2023

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2022

Minnesota Governor

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U.S. House

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2021

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a writer and inventor, trying to help the Republican party move beyond Trump -- and to become a respected and competitive organization in Minneapolis and other big-city political communities. I believe America's big cities need annual elections to break up a kind of monopoly of Democratic machines, activists, and special interests. When there is only one election every four years -- 100% of all eligible voters are suppressed the other three years. With annual elections, during Presidential years, and State-election mid-term elections, local and municipal issues can be made a legitimate part of the campaign. As a semi-retired person, I've also been driving a school bus part-time -- I have some innovative ideas about how to solve the school bus driver crisis -- a nationwide problem.

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?

We need to have annual elections.
We need public safety
We need to solve the school bus crisis

Community Question Featured local question

How would you balance the needs and desires of existing business and housing communities with new development? Would you take gentrification and displacement into consideration when planning neighborhood development?

Unfortunately with COVID still on-going, and the downtown workforce only a small fraction of what it was, we simply must concentrate first on restoring economic vitality to downtown -- I simply can't say anything or make any promises until we know more about our budget situation, and how downtown is rebounding. We need new housing development. I consider gentrification to be an issue when planning for neighborhood development -- we must give consideration to the character of neighborhoods.

Community Question Featured local question

Please list the criteria you would use to evaluate which projects are worth maintaining or starting in Minneapolis when it comes to public infrastructure.

Will it last? Is the cost reasonable? Will it not obstruct traffic?

Community Question Featured local question

What do you think about the city's environmental health? Would you make any changes to current policy?

In general I think it's good -- our outstanding park system is a big plus here. As noted, I'm favoring a plan to move to a carbon-neutral transportation system by 2030 -- that's my main priority in this category.

Community Question Featured local question

What role do you feel police should play in Minneapolis? What are your thoughts on the city council’s proposed changes to the Minneapolis Police Department?

I'm opposed to Charter Amendment 2. We need a fully staffed police department. Police departments are law enforcement agencies -- law enforcement includes public safety, but also goes beyond public safety, to such things as securing property rights. If charter amendment 2 is adopted, it is not all clear how law enforcement will be provided for in Minneapolis, or even if it will be provided for.

Community Question Featured local question

What would you like Minneapolis' public safety system to look like by the end of your term? What would you do to accomplish your vision of public safety?

We need to establish 311 as the first choice for all non-emergency calls. When there is a mental health issue, the first responders should be ambulance crews and fire department units -- with police performing their traditional role of providing safety for these responders. We need a top-to-bottom review of arrest procedures -- to ensure than no unnecessary force is used.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Public safety is a crucial issue in Minneapolis today -- our police force is demoralized and down about 300 officers on a de facto basis. We need to restore it. Transportation and transit are also big issues -- I've been working on these for years, and have a book-length plan available on my website as a free download. Studying our misunderstood impeachment process is another important issue to me -- I've also written a book on that. Impeachments can be prospective -- it's better to impeach and disqualify a dangerous person BEFORE they become President. I also have a book-length plan for getting Minneapolis to a carbon-neutral transportation system by the year 2030.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I'm a Christian.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Character -- open mindedness.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Out of time here.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Public safety is #1.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Not sure.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Managing a Republican Congressional campaign at age 18 -- $200 a month for the last two months.

A mayor is a leader in his or her city. What does that mean to you?

There's a debate about "strong mayor/weak mayor" associated with a Charter Amendment. Hubert Humphrey was one of the best mayors we ever had -- and he worked under the "weak mayor" model. If you know how to lead, and how to work with people -- it starts with listening -- that's the key to success -- not formal legal structures.

Mayors have many responsibilities, which vary from city to city. Which of those do you personally consider the most important in your city?

Right now public safety is our first priority -- we must both restore it, and also reform the police department.

If the mayor in your city is a member of the city council and there's a city manager appointed to handle the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe should be the mayor's top priority in office?

N/A

If the mayor in your city is not a member of the city council and oversees the day-to-day administration of the city government, what do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor and city council?

It should be collaborative -- unfortunately it's broken down badly recently. Frankly, a lot of members of the current City Council need to be voted out.

What do you love most about your city?

The parks system.

What do you perceive to be your city's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Recovering from COVID.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the state government?

Unfortunately, if Minneapolis moves further to the left, we need to consider action at the State level that can be taken to both safeguard the rule of law, and property rights. I'm worried about the current direction. City governments are given freedoms based on the ideas that they can and will be responsible -- if this isn't met, then a variety of city issues must move to the state level by default.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between your city and the federal government?

I see the relationship with the federal government as being one where various programs are made available to cities, and the cities can choose to participate in them. Minneapolis has historically been good at participating in worthwhile federal programs -- I want that to continue.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the mayor's office and law enforcement?

I favor the current City Charter structure.

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2020

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Bob Carney Jr. campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Minnesota House of Representatives District 61B	On the Ballot general	$0	$0
2022	Governor of Minnesota	Lost primary	$3,670	$3,258
2022	U.S. House Minnesota District 1	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$3,670	$3,258
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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Footnotes

↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2021
↑ Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "FAQ: Can I list a political party affiliation or principle?", accessed August 16, 2021
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named filing
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016

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Current members of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Melissa Hortman

Majority Leader:Jamie Long

Minority Leader:Lisa Demuth

Representatives

District 1A

John Burkel (R)

District 1B

Debra Kiel (R)

District 2A

Matthew Grossell (R)

District 2B

Matt Bliss (R)

District 3A

Roger Skraba (R)

District 3B

Natalie Zeleznikar (R)

District 4A

Heather Keeler (D)

District 4B

Jim Joy (R)

District 5A

Krista Knudsen (R)

District 5B

Mike Wiener (R)

District 6A

Ben Davis (R)

District 6B

Josh Heintzeman (R)

District 7A

Spencer Igo (R)

District 7B

Dave Lislegard (D)

District 8A

Vacant

District 8B

Alicia Kozlowski (D)

District 9A

Jeff Backer (R)

District 9B

Tom Murphy (R)

District 10A

Ron Kresha (R)

District 10B

Isaac Schultz (R)

District 11A

Jeff Dotseth (R)

District 11B

Nathan Nelson (R)

District 12A

Paul Anderson (R)

District 12B

Mary Franson (R)

District 13A

Lisa Demuth (R)

District 13B

Tim O'Driscoll (R)

District 14A

Bernie Perryman (R)

District 14B

Dan Wolgamott (D)

District 15A

Chris Swedzinski (R)

District 15B

Paul Torkelson (R)

District 16A

Dean Urdahl (R)

District 16B

Dave Baker (R)

District 17A

Dawn Gillman (R)

District 17B

Bobbie Harder (R)

District 18A

Jeff Brand (D)

District 18B

Luke Frederick (D)

District 19A

Brian Daniels (R)

District 19B

John Petersburg (R)

District 20A

Pam Altendorf (R)

District 20B

Steven Jacob (R)

District 21A

Joe Schomacker (R)

District 21B

Marj Fogelman (R)

District 22A

Bjorn Olson (R)

District 22B

Brian Pfarr (R)

District 23A

Peggy Bennett (R)

District 23B

Patricia Mueller (R)

District 24A

Duane Quam (R)

District 24B

Tina Liebling (D)

District 25A

Kim Hicks (D)

District 25B

Andrew Smith (D)

District 26A

Gene Pelowski (D)

District 26B

Greg Davids (R)

District 27A

Shane Mekeland (R)

District 27B

Bryan Lawrence (R)

District 28A

Brian Johnson (R)

District 28B

Anne Neu Brindley (R)

District 29A

Joe McDonald (R)

District 29B

Marion Rarick (R)

District 30A

Walter Hudson (R)

District 30B

Paul Novotny (R)

District 31A

Harry Niska (R)

District 31B

Peggy Scott (R)

District 32A

Nolan West (R)

District 32B

Matt Norris (D)

District 33A

Patti Anderson (R)

District 33B

Josiah Hill (D)

District 34A

Danny Nadeau (R)

District 34B

Melissa Hortman (D)

District 35A

Zack Stephenson (D)

District 35B

Jerry Newton (D)

District 36A

Elliott Engen (R)

District 36B

Brion Curran (D)

District 37A

Kristin Robbins (R)

District 37B

Kristin Bahner (D)

District 38A

Michael Nelson (D)

District 38B

Samantha Vang (D)

District 39A

Erin Koegel (D)

District 39B

Sandra Feist (D)

District 40A

Kelly Moller (D)

District 40B

Jamie Becker-Finn (D)

District 41A

Mark Wiens (R)

District 41B

Shane Hudella (R)

District 42A

Ned Carroll (D)

District 42B

Ginny Klevorn (D)

District 43A

Cedrick Frazier (D)

District 43B

Mike Freiberg (D)

District 44A

Peter Fischer (D)

District 44B

Leon Lillie (D)

District 45A

Andrew Myers (R)

District 45B

Patty Acomb (D)

District 46A

Larry Kraft (D)

District 46B

Cheryl Youakim (D)

District 47A

Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger (D)

District 47B

Ethan Cha (D)

District 48A

Jim Nash (R)

District 48B

Lucille Rehm (D)

District 49A

Laurie Pryor (D)

District 49B

Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (D)

District 50A

Vacant

District 50B

Steve Elkins (D)

District 51A

Michael Howard (D)

District 51B

Nathan Coulter (D)

District 52A

Liz Reyer (D)

District 52B

Bianca Virnig (D)

District 53A

Mary Clardy (D)

District 53B

Rick Hansen (D)

District 54A

Brad Tabke (D)

District 54B

Ben Bakeberg (R)

District 55A

Jessica Hanson (D)

District 55B

Kaela Berg (D)

District 56A

Robert Bierman (D)

District 56B

John Huot (D)

District 57A

Jon Koznick (R)

District 57B

Jeff Witte (R)

District 58A

Kristi Pursell (D)

District 58B

Pat Garofalo (R)

District 59A

Fue Lee (D)

District 59B

Esther Agbaje (D)

District 60A

Sydney Jordan (D)

District 60B

Mohamud Noor (D)

District 61A

Frank Hornstein (D)

District 61B

Jamie Long (D)

District 62A

Aisha Gomez (D)

District 62B

Hodan Hassan (D)

District 63A

Samantha Sencer-Mura (D)

District 63B

Emma Greenman (D)

District 64A

Kaohly Her (D)

District 64B

Dave Pinto (D)

District 65A

Samakab Hussein (D)

District 65B

Maria Isa Pérez-Vega (D)

District 66A

Leigh Finke (D)

District 66B

Athena Hollins (D)

District 67A

Liz Lee (D)

District 67B

Jay Xiong (D)

Democratic Party (68)

Republican Party (64)

Vacancies (2)

[bio-1] Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2021

[2] Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "FAQ: Can I list a political party affiliation or principle?", accessed August 16, 2021

[filing-3] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named filing

[glist16-4] Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016

[gresults16-5] Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016

[plist16-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016

[presults16-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016

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Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
Linea Palmisano	65.5	6,563	0	Won (1)
Kate Mortenson	23.8	2,387	0	1
Zach Metzger	7.7	771	0	1
Bob Carney Jr.	2.2	224	0	1
Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.7	69	0

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