Ramsey County Commission District 3 takes in most of HD 66B (minus Ward 5 Precinct 7) plus a lot of HD 66A, and the northern precincts of HD 65A
What: Special Election for Ramsey County Commission District 3, a Non-Partisan Election
When: Tuesday February 11, 2025 from 7 am to 8 pm
Candidates:
Garrison McMurtrey (DFL Endorsed)
Joshua David Bau (Non-partisan)
Ramsey County Commission District 3 Ballot
Sample Ballot
This is a non-partisan election to fill the vacancy that has been open since last summer on August 1, 2024. You’d have thought this Special Election would have been on the General Election in November 2024. Yet this vacancy has been open for 6 months. That’s unacceptable. Trista Martinson (Matacastillo) was a DFL endorsed candidate in a non-partisan position. The entire Commission is DFL endorsed. It would be nice to have someone who isn’t. There is no Republican endorsement in this Special Election. Garrison McMurtrey is married to the MN State Senator Clare Verbeten SD 66, both are DFLers, and Garrison is a former staffer for the DFL US Rep from CD2 Angie Craig. McMurtrey & Senator Verbeten live south of Lake Como.
It’s your decision who to vote for. I think it’s really clear who not to vote for. If you want to send a message to the DFL that you are tired of their games, vote for Joshua David Bau.
Polling Locations in Ramsey County District 3
You can go to the MN Secretary of State’s Website to find your polling location at the following website:
pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us
Or you can go to our Polling Locations Page. These are polling locations for the Entire City of St Paul.
www.saintpaulrepublicans.us/polling-locations
Here’s a link that I, Publius Jr, have confirmed with Ramsey County Elections Manager David Triplett the polling locations haven’t changed since last year despite the name on the PDF list of Ramsey County Polling locations.
In this link there are polling locations for Falcon Heights Precincts 1 & 2.
Ramsey County Polling Locations PDF List
“Should I Vote in this Election?”
Someone sent a note to me mentioning a post I did for the HD 66B Republicans about this Special Election asking if they should vote in this election or not. I looked at their address and they live in District 3, so I replied saying that while there isn’t a Republican endorsement here they should still go and vote. There was 1 DFL endorsed candidate in this election. Generally the State Republican Party does not encourage endorsements in non-partisan elections. In my opinion that’s one of the many reasons why Republicans don’t win in Legislative races in the even years. I listened to Senator Mark Koran mention this at an event in January. He said when you increase the Republican presence even in local city & county elections you increase the presence and interest level of voters in an area. This needs to change. He gave statistics on races in his Senate District and it was quite a dramatic change when they endorsed candidates in city & county elections.
So I’ve indicated who the DFL endorsed candidate is, what his former employer was, and what State Senator he is married to currently. Without saying who to vote for I think I’ve given you enough clues who to vote for.
This post was not authorized by any candidate, candidate’s committee, the MNGOP, the CD4 GOP. Saintpaulrepublicans.us is not the SPRCC, even though they copied part of our name to confuse you and possibly steal our thunder. This is not an endorsement of either candidate but rather a notification of a voting opportunity for the District 3 Residents of Ramsey County who have been without representation on the DFL Run Ramsey County Commission for 6 months. The opinions expressed in this post are mine alone.~~ Publius Jr.