CD8 DFL Info
Our Mission
The purpose of the DFL Party shall be to elect candidates to public office who represent our shared values. Those shared values are embodied by our Platform and Action Agenda, and by The Charter and The Bylaws of the Democratic Party. (Minnesota DFL Constitution, Article 1, Section 4. Purpose.)
Our Leaders
Officers
Chair - Don Hickman, Crow Wing County
Vice Chair - Ramona Kastenbauer, Kanabec County
Outreach Officer - Ashlie Castaldo, SD8
Secretary - Emily Nygren, SD8
Treasurer- Jeff Phillipich, SD8
State Executive Committee Representatives
Joel Heller, SD8
Kim Slipy, Crow Wing County
Please contact mn8dfl@gmail.com for media inquiries
Our Directors
Andrea Hanek - SD8, Outreach and Inclusion Committee
Barb Crow - St Louis 03
Bill Pick - Aitkin County
Cheryl Zgonc - St Louis 07
David Waldoch - SD28
Deanna Hughes - Chisago 11/Pine 11B
Denise Slipy - Crow Wing County
Gerald White - Itasca County
Ginka Tarnowski - Veterans Caucus, Nominations Committee
Johnnie Forest - Itasca County, Party Affairs Committee
Lauri Vitali - St Louis 07
Louisa Eckstine - HD11A, Outreach and Inclusion Committee
Mike Seely - SD8
Nancy Barnes - St Louis 07
Rich Truscott - Lake County
Richard Gehrke - HD11A
Scott Yeazel - Native People’s Caucus