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2024 Primary Election Report Card

We’re proud to release Women Winning’s 2024 Primary Election Report Card – a detailed summary of our candidates’ outstanding electoral results and our coalition’s hard work that made it all possible! Onto victory in November!

Women Winning 2024 Primary Victories

  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar – US Senate*
  • Rep. Angie Craig – US House, MN-2*
  • Rep. Ilhan Omar – US House, MN-5*
  • Jeanne Hendricks – US House, MN-6
  • Jen Schultz – US House, MN-8
  • Ann Johnson Stewart – Minnesota Senate, SD 45
  • Sarah Kruger – Minnesota House, HD 26A
  • Allie Wolf – Minnesota House, HD 26B
  • Brion Curran – Minnesota House, HD 36B
  • Huldah Hiltsley – Minnesota House, HD 38A
  • Betsy O’Berry – Anoka County Board, District 1
  • Kelly Miller – Ramsey County Board, District 7
  • Nikki Villavicencio – Maplewood City Council, At-Large*
  • Julie Strahan – Roseville City Council, At-Large*
  • Nadia Elnagdy – St. Anthony City Council, At-Large
  • Tami Calhoun – St. Cloud City Council, At-Large
  • Hudda Ibrahim – St. Cloud City Council, At-Large

Highlights

  • 85% of Women Winning endorsed candidates in 2024 Primaries won their races, advancing to the General Election in November.
  • 100% of Women Winning endorsed incumbents in 2024 Primaries won their races, advancing to the General Election in November.
  • Sarah Kruger won the DFL Primary in 26A, a seat previously held by an anti-choice Democrat. If elected, Sarah will flip the last anti-choice Democratic seat in the Minnesota Legislature.
  • Huldah Hiltsley won the DFL primary in House District 38A, and will become the first Kenyan American legislator in Minnesota.
  • Hudda Ibrahim won her Primary for St. Cloud City Council and if elected in November, will be the first Somali American woman to serve on the council. 
  • Nadia Elnagdy won a seat on the St. Anthony City Council, which up until last year only had 5 women serve on the council in the past 100 years. Now, the council is 50% women (alongside Women Winning candidate Lona Doolan) and is headed by Women Winning candidate Mayor Wendy Webster, the first woman Mayor in St. Anthony’s history.

* Incumbent

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