MV Viewer 2022-23 Issue 2

Upcoming Elections by Megan Jaros

State midterm elections are coming up this November. The candidates for Governor are Tim Walz, running as a Democrat, and Scott Jensen, running as a Republican, and four others. Both candidates have many highly debated policies including abortion, funding for public schools and crime management. On abortion, Walz has stated that he supports reproductive rights and will continue to do so if re-elected. Jensen has said that despite being against abortion, he will not challenge abortion laws if elected. This is because Jensen does not think he can ban abortion. With Jensen and Walz having very different views and policies, no matter who gets elected, education, crime management and abortion policies in Minnesota will have some substantial changes.