Ethnic Economy by Legislative Districts in Minnesota & Strategies for Long Term Wealth Building for ALANA communities

In this article you will find estimates of the ethnic economy by legislative district in Minnesota and the case for sustained long term investments in wealth building tools and resources for the ALANA (African Latino Asian and Native American) communities of Minnesota. I am an economist, professor and economic development practitioner with over 30 years of experience. It can be done.

Please share with your legislators and ask them to create sustained long term investment funds for ALANA wealth building this session that will benefit their/your district creating jobs, income and wealth.

Share the district link on social media outlets in your region/district and encourage people to connect with the three legislators. The larger the ethnic economy the more dependent they are on the ALANA vote.

More than 80 percent of House and Senate Districts have at least 10 percent of ALANA people in the district. They can win or lose an election by that margin. 52 percent of Senate Districts and 51 percent of House districts have at least 20 percent of their population – ALANA people. In other votes if these legislators adequately represented their constituents we could pass the needed legislation to build wealth. Here is an example of long term wealth building Funds – say over 10 years:

$250 million – flexible capital (micro loans and micro grants, loans and grants, working capital, alternative finance such as profit sharing models, equity type instruments)

$300 million – real estate development fund to support emerging developers

$ 50 million – support for businesses to integrate cultural assets like art, music, murals, cultural events and offer “cultural destinations” all across Minnesota making Minnesota a Global Destination

$100 million to train ALANA workers to meet the needs of the labor market especially with so many Minnesotans approaching retiring age.

Both link below as well as downloadable option below.

Find your legislative district at this link.

Minnesota Governor Walz Speaker Hortman Senate Majority Leader Dziedzic $1.4 Trillion Ethnic Economy $5 billion taxes

District 1 SEN. MARK T. JOHNSON REP. JOHN BURKEL REP. DEBRA KIEL $256 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $31 MILLION TAXES

District 2 SEN. STEVE GREEN REP. MATT GROSSELL REP. MATT BLISS $608 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $73 MILLION TAXES

District 3 Sen Grant Hauschild, Rep. Roger Skraba, Rep. Natalie Zeleznikar $192 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $23 MILLION TAXES

District 4 SEN. ROBERT J. KUPEC REP. HEATHER KEELER REP. JIM JOY $334 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY, $40 MILLION TAXES

District 5 SEN. PAUL J. UTKE REP. KRISTA KNUDSEN REP. MIKE WIENER $193 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $23 MILLION TAXES

District 6 Sen Justin Eichorn, Rep. Ben Davis, Rep Josh Heintzema $163 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $20 MILLION TAXES

District 7 SEN ROBERT FARNSWORTH, REP. SPENCER IGO REP. DAVE LISLEGARD $177 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $21 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 8 SENATOR JENNIFER MCEWEN REP. LIZ OLSON REP. ALICIA KOZLOWSKI $349 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $42 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 9 SEN JORDAN RASMUSSON REP. JEFF BACKER REP. TOM MURPHY $187 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $22 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 10 SENATOR NATHAN WESENBERG REP. RON KRESHA REP. ISAAC SCHULTZ $160 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $19 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 11 SEN. JASON RARICK REP. JEFF DOTSETH REP. NATHAN NELSON $284 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $34 MILLION IN TAXES.

DISTRICT 12 SEN TORREY WESTROM REP. PAUL ANDERSON REP. MARY FRANSON $201 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $24 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 13 SEN. JEFF R. HOWE REP. LISA DEMUTH REP. TIM O’DRISCOLL $207 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $25 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 14 SEN. ARIC PUTNAM REP. BERNIE PERRYMAN REP. DAN WOLGAMOTT $667 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $80 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 15 SEN. GARY H. DAHMS REP. CHRIS SWEDZINSKI REP. PAUL TORKELSON $300 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $36 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 16 SEN. ANDREW R. LANG REP. DEAN URDAHL REP. DAVE BAKER $391 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $47 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 17 SEN GLENN GRUENHAGEN REP. DAWN GILLMAN REP. BOBBIE HARDER $232 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $28 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 18 SEN. NICK A FRENTZ REP. JEFF BRAND REP. LUKE FREDERICK $429 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $51 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 19 SEN. JOHN R. JASINSKI REP. BRIAN DANIELS REP. JOHN PETERSBURG $428 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $51 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 20 SEN STEVE DRAZKOWSKI REP. PAM ALTENDORF REP. STEVEN JACOB $205 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $25 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 21 SEN. BILL WEBER REP. JOE SHOMACKER REP. MARJ FOLGELMAN $508 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $61 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 22 SEN. RICH DRAHEIM REP. BJORN OLSON REP. BRIAN PFARR $228 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $27 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 23 SEN. GENE DORNINK REP. PEGGY BENNETT REP. PATRICIA MUELLER $481 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $58 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 24 SEN. CARLA J. NELSON REP. DUANE QUAM REP. TINA LIEBLING $448 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $54 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 25 SEN. LIZ BOLDON REP. KIM HICKS REP. ANDY SMITH $771 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $86 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 26 SEN. JEREMY R. MILLER REP. GENE PELOWSKI REP. GREG DAVIDS $182 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $22 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 27 SEN ANDREW MATHEWS REP. SHANE MEKELAND REP. KURT DAUDT $211 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $25 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 28 SEN. MARK W. KORAN REP. BRIAN JOHNSON REP. ANN NEU BRINDLEY $210 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $25 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 29 SEN BRUCE D ANDERSON REP. JOE MCDONALD REP. MARION O’NEILL $211 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $25 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 30 SEN. ERIC LUCERO REP. WALTER HUDSON REP. PAUL NOVOTNY $309 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $37 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 31 SEN. CALVIN K. BAHR REP. HARRY NISKA REP. PEGGY SCOTT $338 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $41 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 32 SEN MICHAEL KREUN REP. NOLAN WEST REP. MATT NORRIS $676 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $81 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 33 SEN. KARIN HOUSLEY REP. PATTI ANDERSON REP. JOSIAH HILL $302 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $36 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 34 SEN. JOHN A. HOFFMAN REP. DANNY NADEAU REP. MELISSA HORTMAN $877 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $105 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 35 SEN. JIM ABELER REP. ZACK STEPHENSON REP. JERRY NEWTON $613 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $74 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 36 SEN HEATHER GUSTAFSON REP. ELLIOTT ENGEN REP. BRION CURRAN $452 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $54 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 37 SEN. WARREN LIMMER REP. KRISTIN ROBBINS REP. KRISTIN BAHNER $538 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $65 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 38 SEN. SUSAN PHA REP. MICHAEL NELSON REP. SAMANTHA VANG $1.7 BILLION ECONOMY $205 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 39 SEN. MARY K. KUNESH REP. ERIN KOEGEL REP. SANDRA FEIST $933 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $120 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 40 SEN. JOHN MARTY REP. KELLY MOLLER REP. JAMIE BECKER-FINN $701 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $84 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 41 SEN. JUDY SEEBERGER REP. MARK WEINS REP. SHANE HUDELLA $449 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $54 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 42 SEN BONNIE WESTLIN REP. NED CAROLL REP. GINNY KLEVORN $772 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $93 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 43 SEN. ANN REST REP. CEDRICK FRAZIER REP. MIKE FREIBERG $709 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $85 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 44 SEN. TOU XIONG REP. PETER FISCHER REP. LEON LILLIE $1.2 BILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $137 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 45 SEN KELLY MORRISON REP. ANDREW MYERS REP. PATTY ACOMB $328 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $39 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 46 SEN. RON LATZ REP. LARRY KRAFT REP. CHERYL YOUAKIM $597 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $72 MILLION

DISTRICT 47 SEN NICOLLE MITCHELL REP AMANDA HEMMINGSEN-JAEGER REP. ETHAN CHA $837 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $100 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 48 SEN JUILIA COLEMAN REP. JIM NASH REP. LUCY REHM $393 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $47 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 49 SEN STEVE CWODZINSKI REP. LAURIE PRYOR REP CARLIE KOTYZA-WITTHUN $773 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $93 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 50 SEN. ALICE MANN REP. HEATHER EDELSON REP. STEVE ELKINS $622 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $75 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 51 SEN MELISSA WICKLUND REP MICHAEL HOWARD REP NATHAN COULTER $970 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $116 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 52 SEN. JIM CARLSON REP. LIZ REYER REP. RUTH RICHARDSON $752 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $90 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 53 SEN. MATT D. KLEIN REP MARY CLARDY REP RICK HANSEN $667 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $80 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 54 SEN. ERIC PRATT REP. BRAD TABKE REP. BEN BAKEBERG $710 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $85 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 55 SEN. LINDSEY PORT REP. JESSICA HANSON REP. KAELA BERG $831 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $1OO MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 56 SEN ERIN MAYE QUADE REP. ROBERT BIERMAN REP. MATT NORRIS $669 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $80 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 57 SEN ZACH DUCKWORTH REP. JOHN KOZNICK REP. JEFF WITTE $491 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $59 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 58 SEN. BILL LIESKE REP. KRISTI PURSELL REP. PAT GAROFALO $374 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $45 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 59 SEN BOBBY JOE CHAMPION REP. FUE LEE REP ESTHER AGBAJE $1.4 BILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $173 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 60 SEN. KARI DZIEDZIC REP. SYDNEY JORDAN REP. MOHAMUD NOOR $934 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $112 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 61 SEN. D. SCOTT DIBBLE REP. FRANK HORNSTEIN REP. JAMIE LONG $568 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $68 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 62 SEN. OMAR FATEH REP. AISHA GOMEZ REP. HODAN HASSAN $1.2 BILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $144 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 63 SEN ZAYNAB MOHAMED REP SAMANTHA SENCER-MURA REP. EMMA GREENMAN $621 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $74 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 64 SEN. ERIN P. MURPHY REP. KAOHLY VANG HER REP. DAVE PINTO $523 MILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $63 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 65 SEN. SANDY PAPPAS REP. SAMAKAB HUSSEIN REP MARIA ISA PEREZ-VEGA $1.5 BILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $175 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 66 SEN CLARE OUMOU VERBETEN REP. LEIGH FINKE REP ATHENA HOLLINS $1.4 BILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $165 MILLION TAXES

DISTRICT 67 SEN. FOUNG HAWJ REP. LIZ LEE REP. JAY XIONG $2 BILLION ETHNIC ECONOMY $249 MILLION TAXES

Minnesota Governor Walz Speaker Hortman Senate Majority Leader Dziedzic $1.4 Trillion Ethnic Economy $5 billion taxes


About Dr. Bruce Peter Corrie 74 Articles
Economist rooted in the experience of ALANA (African Latino Asian Native American) communities with expertise in economic and academic inclusion and community empowerment. Pioneering work in the creation of "Cultural Destinations" a strategy to leverage cultural assets for wealth building in low income diverse communities. My work has been inspired by Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Paulo Freire. Economist and a steward of the ALANA Brain Trust which works to bring capital and capacity to the ALANA communities.