Alberder Gillespie

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Alberder Gillespie

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Last election

August 11, 2020

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Alberder Gillespie (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 4th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 11, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

Minnesota's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated Gene Rechtzigel and Susan Pendergast Sindt in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Betty McCollum (D)	63.2	245,813
		Gene Rechtzigel (R)	29.0	112,730
		Susan Pendergast Sindt (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	7.6	29,537
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,034

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 389,114
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Incumbent Betty McCollum defeated Alberder Gillespie, Tiffini Flynn Forslund, David Sandbeck, and Reid Rossell in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Betty McCollum	84.0	80,048
	Submit photo	Alberder Gillespie	6.6	6,327
		Tiffini Flynn Forslund	4.5	4,312
		David Sandbeck	3.6	3,425
	Submit photo	Reid Rossell	1.2	1,154

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 95,266 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Gene Rechtzigel defeated Sia Lo in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gene Rechtzigel	50.9	9,182
	Submit photo	Sia Lo	49.1	8,866

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,048 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Travis Ekbom (R)

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4

Susan Pendergast Sindt advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 4 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Pendergast Sindt	100.0	618

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 618 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives 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 Kelly Fenton defeated Alberder Gillespie in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 53B general election.

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 53B General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kelly Fenton Incumbent	56.40%	13,740
	Democratic	Alberder Gillespie	43.60%	10,620
Total Votes				24,360
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Alberder Gillespie ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 53B Democratic primary.

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 53B Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Alberder Gillespie  (unopposed)

Incumbent Kelly Fenton ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 53B Republican primary.

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 53B Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Kelly Fenton Incumbent (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

Gillespie's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

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Ensuring All Students Have an Opportunity to Succeed We need to ensure every student has the opportunity to reach his or her full potential. We can no longer underfund our school districts. A highly skilled and educated workforce are the keys to success for our state. We need to ensure higher education is an affordable option for all of our children. Economic Opportunity for All Minnesotans "We all do better, when we all do better." - late Senator Paul Wellstone, 1999 We must work to eliminate economic, health and educational disparities. We need to continue to strengthen our middle class, focus on eliminating poverty, promoting small business creation and increasing job opportunities. Fair Tax Structure We need to create a tax structure that will be fair to every Minnesotan. We need to ensure a regressive tax system is not weighing heavily on our middle class. Protecting the Rights of All Citizens We need to dedicate ourselves to protecting the human rights, civil rights and voting rights of all Minnesotans. We need to create common sense policies to reduce domestic violence and gun violence. Acting as our brother's and sister's keeper should be a priority. Practice Environmental Stewardship We must promote policies that protect and preserve the environment for future generations.

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Footnotes

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