My name is Louise Woodberry and I’m running for the House of Representatives for District 31B because I am frustrated with the last ‘do nothing’ legislature that was more interested in advancing political agendas than helping the people of Minnesota. I want to be a representative that respects and listens to all the constituents in my district to find out what their concerns and needs are and then do something about it.

When you exercise your right to vote on Tuesday, November 6th, please vote for Louise Woodberry for District 31B State Representative. Let’s focus on the important things and move our state forward.

The North Metro TV debate with incumbant Tom Hackbarth

I was recently asked via email,
"Are you a conservative or a liberal?"

I don't really identify myself as either a conservative or a liberal, I consider myself a moderate.
One of the reasons I am running for the state legislature is that the last couple of legislative sessions have been hampered by gridlock caused by extreme positions, either liberal or conservative. Both sides need to work together for the good of the people of Minnesota. If you look at the last couple of elections, they have been very close. If a legislator holds an extreme position, they are representing less than half of the population.

To give you a little more idea of where I stand, my priorities if elected would be:

  1. Balance the state budget through BOTH spending cuts and revenue generation and assure that essential services are provided. I consider essential services as protection services (police, fire), infrastructure such as maintenance and repair of roads and bridges, education and social services for those who really need help.
  2. Work with small business associations to learn what incentives are needed for small businesses to come to or expand in Minnesota. This is necessary to create new jobs and decrease unemployment.
  3. Evaluate Minnesota's current healthcare options, investigate other options looking at services provided and costs for those services and then work on implementing the best solution to help get Minnesota's healthcare costs under control.
  4. Work with teachers and parents, the people closest to the issue, to come up with a plan to reduce and close the achievement gap in Minnesota public schools. The plan would need to have bench marks to track progress and include incentives if the benchmarks are met and penalties if they are not met.
  5. Evaluate all government programs for duplication of services.

I have learned in the last five months talking with people during this campaign that there are no simple answers. The state is facing a number of very important decisions, liberals, conservatives and moderates will need to work together to move Minnesota forward.

I encourage you to get out and vote on Tuesday; no matter who you vote for, please make your voice heard.