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State House: District 3B

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House of Representatives District 3B candidates running in the general election:

  • Rep. Natalie Zeleznikar, Republican

  • Mark Munger, Democrat

Analysis from MPR News politics reporter Dana Ferguson:

Democrats are hoping that a name well-known in northern Minnesotan will help them win back a legislative seat for a swath of towns that hug the Duluth metro and run far into St. Louis County. Republican Rep. Natalie Zeleznikar ended the term of long-serving state Rep. Mary Murphy, a Democrat, in 2022, flipping the seat to GOP control. Just 33 votes separated the two. Zeleznikar is trying to fend off a challenge from Democrat Mark Munger, a former judge and the nephew of longtime lawmaker Willard Munger. The race generated more than $335,000 in campaign spending from political parties and independent groups ahead of the latest filing deadline in mid-September.

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