{"id":3324,"date":"2026-09-30T22:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T03:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2026-09-30T23:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:08:06","slug":"ely-school-board-candidate-forum-09-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/ely-school-board-candidate-forum-09-30-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ely School Board Candidate Forum 09\/30\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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(left to right): Steve Hornstein, Jennifer Westlund (incumbent), Bailey McLinn-Belehar, Derekah Kingery, and John Kannas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Ely Branch of AAUW and the Ely Rotary Club hosted a School Board Candidate Forum on September 30, 2026, at MinnesotaNorth College’s Vermilion Campus in Ely, MN. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ely School District #696 school board election is nonpartisan. Voters can vote up to 3 candidates (for 3 seats). For more info about MN elections on November 3, 2026, go to the MN Secretary of State website www.sos.mn.gov\/elections-voting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seating of candidates (left to right): Steve Hornstein, Jennifer Westlund (incumbent), Bailey McLinn-Belehar, Derekah Kingery, and John Kannas. Joe Weise did not attend the forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All 6 school board candidates submitted statements to AAUW\/Rotary. They were printed out and then given to the audience before the forum began. Statements were edited for space reasons (to fit on one 2-sided page). Note: YouTube only allows for maximum 5000 characters in the description box, so statements could not be posted with YouTube clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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