2023 ENDORSEMENTS
Nelsie was the first Hmong woman and youngest person to be elected to the City Council in 2019. In her first term, she showed political courage by prioritizing investments in public education, disrupting the status quo of nearly automatic approvals for charter school funding. She also led a campaign for access to the COVID-19 vaccine on the East Side and worked to advance rent stabilization and community-centered public safety. Nelsie is ready to continue leading for racial, gender, and economic justice for the East Side and beyond.
"OutFront Minnesota Action is excited to endorse you in your reelection campaign. We appreciate your support of the LGBTQ community and look forward to working with you on issues related to LGBTQ liberation." - OutFront Minnesota Action
“We are proud to support leaders who share our values and priorities. The candidates we recommend understand that budgets are moral documents — investing in workers, neighborhoods and public infrastructure is the best way to build inclusive, livable communities for all.” - Joel Smith, President and Business Manager of LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota.
"CM Nelsie Yang has provided our members with leadership to find consensus in moving the City of St. Paul into the future. Her thoughtful approach, caring mind and natural instinct to get results shine through daily. On behalf of our 5000+ members, we are proud to support Nelsie in her Ward 6 re-election campaign.” Matt Fairbanks. SMART Local 10
2019 ENDORSEMENTS
St. Paul School Board Member
Marny Xiong
“Ward 6 is home to the most diverse neighborhood in our city, yet our diversity and lived experiences is not represented at city hall. We need someone who is bold, progressive, authentic, innovative with fresh ideas, someone cares about ensuring that all of our diverse voices and experiences are represented at City Hall. I am done with business as usual, and a system that prioritizes the loudest voices, the most influential, and a system of winner and losers. We need change in Ward 6 and we need it now! Nelsie Yang is the progressive champion that we need who will unite our diverse communities to strengthen Ward 6. She is about collective people power so that we can ensure our city reflects our collective shared values, dreams for our neighborhoods, and the our diversity that is our strength. Join me in supporting Nelsie to be our next Ward 6 council member."
ST. PAUL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
John Brodrick
"Nelsie's family members have lived alongside me for over a decade in Frogtown and they have been wonderful neighbors. I’ve seen Nelsie grow to be the leader she is today. It’s my joy to endorse her to be our next City Councilmember for Ward 6! Nelsie was very involved with our school board race. She understands the issues our families face on the Eastside. She will be a fighter on economic and education issues for our community."
STATE REPRESENTATIVE 53A
Tou Xiong
"I've seen Nelsie Yang do her work since day 1, seeing her organizing, advocating for issues from Frogtown to the East Side. She has all the experience and battle scars that will make a great city council member for Ward 6 and the city of Saint Paul. We need young leaders like Nelsie to step up and bring us into the new horizon. As a former council member myself, I can say that Nelsie has the experience, skills, and temperament to get stuff moving in Saint Paul. We need people like Nelsie to help represent our communities here on the East Side."
RAMSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Trista Matascastillo
“I’m excited to endorse Nelsie Yang, she is a young woman who has no fear or reservation to run and represent our community. This is a community of young people and the city has changed tremendously over the last 15 years and the change is good; we need someone who understands inclusion of everyone. “
St. Paul City CouncilMember - Ward 4
Mitra Jalali Nelson
“I’m so excited to endorse Nelsie Yang to be our next Ward 6 City Councilmember. I believe the way you campaign reflects the way you’ll govern. Nelsie has shown courage and leadership since the very start of her campaign: from becoming the first person to step up and put forward a new vision for our community’s future, to organizing in every corner of Ward 6, including people who for too long have been left out of these important elections. I know she’ll work hard for our shared values on the City Council. Now more than ever, our city needs energetic and engaged new leadership for the future of St. Paul. I’m proud to support Nelsie as we work for inclusive progress across our city.”
St. Paul City Councilmember - Ward 1
Dai Thao
“The people on the Eastside are hardworking, smart, and courageous. They need an experienced leader and community champion to fight for them on the City Council. I believe Nelsie Yang is that leader. Nelsie is a humble servant who cares and listens to all the people. Like you, Nelsie will work hard and long hours fighting for your family because she understands the struggle of everyday people and small businesses.”
State Representative 67a
Tim Mahoney
“I am excited to work with our next Councilmember of Ward 6, we need someone who can bring a new energy of vibrancy to the Eastside of St. Paul. I am proud to endorse Nelsie Yang to be our next City Councilmember of Ward 6. We need someone who’s bright, compassionate, and can get things done at City Hall and Nelsie Yang is that person. Join me in voting for Nelsie Yang as your first choice on November 5th!”
