Pam Myhra for Senate District 55

Pam Myhra, a longtime resident of Burnsville, MN, is a Certified Public Accountant with an active license, a mother of three adult children, and married to her husband, Chuck, for forty years. 

She graduated from Burnsville Senior High School as a National Honor Society member and Magna Cum Laude from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration. Pam started her career at KPMG, an international public accounting firm, and specialized in banking, insurance, and government clients. After serving as an Audit Manager, she set her public accounting career aside to have a family and home-educate her children.

From 2011 through 2014, Pam served two terms in the MN House of Representatives as a member of Taxes, Capital Investment, Education Finance, and Education Policy in her first term and Taxes, Education Finance, and the minority-lead member of the Early Childhood and Youth Development Committee in her second term. During her four years in public office, Pam chief-authored four bills unanimously passed in the House and signed into law.

In 2018, Pam ran as the Republican endorsed candidate for MN State Auditor and was the only statewide Republican candidate to receive the endorsement of the Star Tribune Editorial Board.

Pam has also served as the President of the MN Federation of Republican Women. During her leadership the organization doubled its number of clubs.

Pam, a devoted Christian, attends worship services in the south metro with her family and enjoys gardening, hiking, writing, adventuring to new coffee shops, and helping care for her daughter’s mini golden doodle.

To donate and find out more go to her website at https://pamforsenate.com/

Gabriela Kroetch
for House District 55A

Gabriela Kroetch is a mother of two, wife of 19 years to her husband, Josh, and believes in America. As a first-generation immigrant, she strongly feels that it is a privilege to be an American and that it should be cherished each day.

Born and raised in Slovakia, at the end of a four-decade-long communist rule, she, and her family, experienced firsthand, the immense injustices and hardships of this regime. Through it all, her family remained optimistic and hopeful for a better future. Gabriela was raised to be an independent freethinker.

To donate and find out more go to her website at http://www.gabrielaformnhouse....

Van Holston for House District 55B

Van has been married to Judy for 52 years, has 2 children and 2 grandchildren. Born and raised in Robbinsdale Minnesota, graduated from Robbinsdale High School and got his bachelor’s degree from Mankato State. He then attended William Mitchell College of law and was a Civil Litigation Attorney for 36 years. He was also Committee Administrator, Minnesota House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and served on the Apple Valley City Council Advisory Committee. He served as Volunteer Guardian ad Litum, Hennepin County Juvenile Court.

Van is a candidate for State Representative, because he is deeply concerned about the direction of our country and our state. Van has something to offer in his experience and wants to do his part to effect change. As your representative, he will work to reverse the seemingly, unending growth in the state budget. He will vote to reduce personal and business income taxes. He will work to raise the academic standards in our schools and to increase graduation rates. He will do everything he can to reduce the rising crime in our streets and to make our neighborhoods safe again. He will listen to the people of Burnsville and promise the people of Burnsville to be a hardworking, honest and thoughtful representative.

To donate and find out more go to his website at http://vanholstonforhouse.com