District 11B includes most of Pine County and the eastern half of Kanabec County in east-central Minnesota. Rarick began representing the district after winning election in 2014, defeating Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) incumbent Tim Faust. In the last election in 2018, Rarick won with 60 percent of the vote.
Candidates
The candidate filing period was from February 15 to February 19, 2019.[1]
Republican Party of Minnesota
District 11B Republican delegates held a convention to endorse a candidate in Mora on February 19, 2019, where Clover Township board supervisor Nathan Nelson won the endorsement.[2][3] Afterwards, with the exception of Ayrlahn Johnson, all other candidates withdrew from seeking the Republican nomination.[3]
District 11B DFL delegates held a convention to endorse a candidate in Hinckley on February 18, 2019. Hinckley city council member Tim Burkhardt won the endorsement over Oliver Dykstra, who agreed to abide by the endorsement and withdrew his candidacy.[2]
Declared
Tim Burkhardt, member of the Hinckley city council; District 11B DFL nominee in 2018[10][11]