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Election results: Huldah Hiltsley will be Minnesota’s first legislator of Kenyan heritage

by Elza Goffaux November 4, 2024November 5, 2024

DFLer Hiltsley beat Republican Brad Olson in the race to represent Brooklyn Park and Osseo in the Minnesota House.

In 164 years of statehood, no Black woman has ever served in the Minnesota Senate. In November, six could be elected.

by Hibah Ansari March 25, 2022August 9, 2022

As a child, she was saved from deportation by Paul Wellstone’s intervention. If elected to the state Senate, Huldah Hiltsley says she will pay it forward by serving other members of her community.

by Hibah Ansari March 25, 2022September 5, 2022