MN House: Ami Wazlawik in 38B

For some cycles past, Matt Dean held this seat. He left to go for a barely-a-blip-on-the-radar campaign for governor. From Wazlawik's website:

Since high school I have worked in public schools in some capacity. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting numerous teachers, staff, and volunteers over the years and have been inspired by their passion and dedication to educating and supporting our children.

I’ve also seen firsthand the struggles and difficulties facing our students, families, and school staff. Students who aren’t reading at grade level struggle to keep up with their classmates; parents struggle to balance the demands of work and family life; staff grow frustrated with the amount of time spent on testing and insufficient support services for students who need them most. Minnesota continues to have a large and stubborn achievement gap which must be addressed in order to ensure that all Minnesotans have access to the opportunities that education can provide.

As your state representative I will work to address these problems by supporting efforts to expand access to early education opportunities, increase funding for school support services and literacy programs, and encourage schools to provide wraparound services to students and families. In higher education, I will push for policies that make college more accessible and affordable for all Minnesota families.

The Republican here is Patti Anderson. She was State Auditor from 2003-7. If you didn't remember that, well, neither did I. And of course conservatives don't think the Auditor's office should even exist.

Her website doesn't have any kind of comprehensive issues section. Just very generic 1-2 sentence remarks on some matters. I have a feeling I'm going to be seeing a lot of that on Republican websites, as they try to disguise their deeply unpopular positions on issues (especially women's issues), and the closeness of their views with those of "President" Trump.