Julida Alter
Name: Julida Alter
Email: [email protected]
Campaign Phone: 612-202-2194
Campaign Website: https://www.julidaformn.com/
Twitter handle: NA
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/julidaformn/
Candidate Bio
I am a teacher, mother, musician, and longtime resident of the south metro who is running because I believe Minnesota families deserve practical leadership that puts people ahead of politics.
As an ESL teacher, I work directly with students and families from many backgrounds and see firsthand the challenges facing our schools, communities, and workforce. Through music and community involvement, I have connected with people across Minnesota and learned the importance of listening, collaboration, and bringing people together.
I am running to bring common-sense leadership to St. Paul focused on strong schools, safe communities, responsible spending, and economic opportunity. I believe government should be accountable to taxpayers, support families, and create an environment where businesses, workers, and communities can thrive.
What are your top three priorities if elected, and how might they be affected by growing uncertainty around state and federal funding?
Strong Schools and Student Success: As a teacher, I want students to master reading, writing, math, and critical thinking while ensuring schools remain focused on education and supporting families.
Public Safety: Families deserve safe neighborhoods. I support providing law enforcement, firefighters, and first responders with the resources they need while improving accountability and efficiency throughout the justice system.
Affordability and Responsible Government: Minnesota families face high costs for housing, groceries, childcare, and taxes. I will support responsible budgeting, reduce waste and fraud, and focus taxpayer dollars on core priorities.
With uncertainty around federal and state funding, government must focus on essential services, eliminate waste, and ensure every dollar produces measurable results.
How would you characterize the business climate in the East Metro? Please elaborate on your answer.
The East Metro remains a great place to live and do business because of our strong workforce, excellent schools, transportation infrastructure, and high quality of life. However, many small businesses are struggling with rising costs, workforce shortages, regulations, and uncertainty about future taxes and mandates.
I believe Minnesota should be a state where businesses want to invest and grow. That means predictable regulations, responsible taxation, workforce development, and strong partnerships between employers and educational institutions. When businesses succeed, families have more opportunities and communities become stronger.
Please characterize your perspective on the ideal collaboration between government and the business community when it comes to tackling challenges such as education, housing, workforce development, or other priority areas.
Government and business should be partners, not adversaries. Businesses know workforce needs better than government agencies and should have a seat at the table when discussing education, workforce training, and economic development.
I support partnerships between schools, technical colleges, employers, and local governments to prepare students for careers in healthcare, skilled trades, technology, public safety, and other high-demand fields. Government should create opportunities for success while allowing innovation and local solutions to flourish.
What policies, if any, would you support to help employers address our state’s critical labor shortage?
To address labor shortages, Minnesota should:
The goal should be helping more Minnesotans find meaningful work while ensuring employers can fill critical positions.
The Legislature enacted several new workplace mandates in recent years, including Paid Family and Medical Leave, Earned Safe and Sick Time, and Worker Misclassification standards. If elected, how would you evaluate the impact of these policies on the East Metro economy and workforce, and what principles would guide any changes you'd seek to make?
Workers deserve reasonable protections, but policies must also be practical for employers, especially small businesses.
I would evaluate these policies based on their real-world impact on workers, hiring, wages, and business growth. If regulations create unintended burdens, adjustments should be considered. My guiding principle is balance: protecting employees while ensuring businesses can continue to grow, hire, and compete.
What are your strategies to address public safety challenges in your district and the state?
Public safety starts with supporting law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency responders while ensuring accountability.
I support:
Families should feel safe in their homes, schools, parks, and businesses.
How would you work to improve transportation options in the district/state, including improved safety for transit riders, pedestrian/bike, and drivers alike?
Transportation investments should focus on safety, maintenance, and efficiency.
I support:
What ideas do you have to address housing shortages and affordability?
Minnesota needs more housing options at all price points.
I support:
Increasing supply while protecting neighborhood character can help improve affordability.
Minnesota's current two-year budget shows a surplus, but state forecasters project a significant structural imbalance beginning in the 2028-2029 biennium. What steps would you take to address this long-term challenge? Please include specific ideas for reducing spending, increasing revenue, or reforming state programs.
Minnesota cannot spend as though temporary surpluses will last forever.
I would:
Before asking taxpayers for more money, government should demonstrate it is using existing resources responsibly and effectively.
Minnesota has faced several high-profile fraud cases involving public programs in recent years. The Legislature recently passed a new Office of the Inspector General on a bipartisan basis. Beyond this new office, what additional steps would you support to strengthen fraud prevention and rebuild public trust in how the state manages taxpayer-funded programs?
Minnesotans deserve confidence that taxpayer dollars are being spent properly.
In addition to supporting the new Inspector General, I would support:
Every dollar lost to fraud is a dollar unavailable for schools, public safety, roads, and services that families depend on.
Email: [email protected]
Campaign Phone: 612-202-2194
Campaign Website: https://www.julidaformn.com/
Twitter handle: NA
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/julidaformn/
Candidate Bio
I am a teacher, mother, musician, and longtime resident of the south metro who is running because I believe Minnesota families deserve practical leadership that puts people ahead of politics.
As an ESL teacher, I work directly with students and families from many backgrounds and see firsthand the challenges facing our schools, communities, and workforce. Through music and community involvement, I have connected with people across Minnesota and learned the importance of listening, collaboration, and bringing people together.
I am running to bring common-sense leadership to St. Paul focused on strong schools, safe communities, responsible spending, and economic opportunity. I believe government should be accountable to taxpayers, support families, and create an environment where businesses, workers, and communities can thrive.
What are your top three priorities if elected, and how might they be affected by growing uncertainty around state and federal funding?
Strong Schools and Student Success: As a teacher, I want students to master reading, writing, math, and critical thinking while ensuring schools remain focused on education and supporting families.
Public Safety: Families deserve safe neighborhoods. I support providing law enforcement, firefighters, and first responders with the resources they need while improving accountability and efficiency throughout the justice system.
Affordability and Responsible Government: Minnesota families face high costs for housing, groceries, childcare, and taxes. I will support responsible budgeting, reduce waste and fraud, and focus taxpayer dollars on core priorities.
With uncertainty around federal and state funding, government must focus on essential services, eliminate waste, and ensure every dollar produces measurable results.
How would you characterize the business climate in the East Metro? Please elaborate on your answer.
The East Metro remains a great place to live and do business because of our strong workforce, excellent schools, transportation infrastructure, and high quality of life. However, many small businesses are struggling with rising costs, workforce shortages, regulations, and uncertainty about future taxes and mandates.
I believe Minnesota should be a state where businesses want to invest and grow. That means predictable regulations, responsible taxation, workforce development, and strong partnerships between employers and educational institutions. When businesses succeed, families have more opportunities and communities become stronger.
Please characterize your perspective on the ideal collaboration between government and the business community when it comes to tackling challenges such as education, housing, workforce development, or other priority areas.
Government and business should be partners, not adversaries. Businesses know workforce needs better than government agencies and should have a seat at the table when discussing education, workforce training, and economic development.
I support partnerships between schools, technical colleges, employers, and local governments to prepare students for careers in healthcare, skilled trades, technology, public safety, and other high-demand fields. Government should create opportunities for success while allowing innovation and local solutions to flourish.
What policies, if any, would you support to help employers address our state’s critical labor shortage?
To address labor shortages, Minnesota should:
- Expand career and technical education.
- Better alignment between education and workforce needs.
- Strengthen apprenticeship programs.
- Support workforce training partnerships.
- Reduce barriers that prevent people from entering the workforce.
- Improve affordable childcare options.
- Encourage legal immigration pathways that help meet workforce needs while maintaining secure borders and respect for the rule of law.
The goal should be helping more Minnesotans find meaningful work while ensuring employers can fill critical positions.
The Legislature enacted several new workplace mandates in recent years, including Paid Family and Medical Leave, Earned Safe and Sick Time, and Worker Misclassification standards. If elected, how would you evaluate the impact of these policies on the East Metro economy and workforce, and what principles would guide any changes you'd seek to make?
Workers deserve reasonable protections, but policies must also be practical for employers, especially small businesses.
I would evaluate these policies based on their real-world impact on workers, hiring, wages, and business growth. If regulations create unintended burdens, adjustments should be considered. My guiding principle is balance: protecting employees while ensuring businesses can continue to grow, hire, and compete.
What are your strategies to address public safety challenges in your district and the state?
Public safety starts with supporting law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency responders while ensuring accountability.
I support:
- Faster prosecution of serious crimes.
- Justice for victims.
- Stronger efforts against fraud and organized crime.
- Cooperation between agencies to remove violent offenders from our communities.
- Clear and consistent public safety policies that allow officers to perform their duties effectively while maintaining public trust.
- Protecting and strengthening retirement and pension systems for law enforcement, firefighters, and other public safety professionals.
- Proper mental and medical support for individuals who risk their lives for our community.
Families should feel safe in their homes, schools, parks, and businesses.
How would you work to improve transportation options in the district/state, including improved safety for transit riders, pedestrian/bike, and drivers alike?
Transportation investments should focus on safety, maintenance, and efficiency.
I support:
- Maintaining roads and bridges.
- Improving dangerous intersections.
- Enhancing pedestrian and bicycle safety.
- Transportation investments guided by data, usage patterns, safety needs, and measurable outcomes so taxpayer dollars are directed where they provide the greatest benefit.
What ideas do you have to address housing shortages and affordability?
Minnesota needs more housing options at all price points.
I support:
- Reducing unnecessary regulatory barriers.
- Streamlining permitting processes.
- Encouraging responsible development.
- Supporting first-time homebuyers.
- Expanding housing choices for seniors, young families, and workers.
Increasing supply while protecting neighborhood character can help improve affordability.
Minnesota's current two-year budget shows a surplus, but state forecasters project a significant structural imbalance beginning in the 2028-2029 biennium. What steps would you take to address this long-term challenge? Please include specific ideas for reducing spending, increasing revenue, or reforming state programs.
Minnesota cannot spend as though temporary surpluses will last forever.
I would:
- Prioritize core services.
- Conduct regular program reviews.
- Reduce administrative duplication.
- Strengthen fraud prevention.
- Require measurable outcomes for major spending programs.
- Review experiences and outcomes from other states before implementing major new initiatives.
Before asking taxpayers for more money, government should demonstrate it is using existing resources responsibly and effectively.
Minnesota has faced several high-profile fraud cases involving public programs in recent years. The Legislature recently passed a new Office of the Inspector General on a bipartisan basis. Beyond this new office, what additional steps would you support to strengthen fraud prevention and rebuild public trust in how the state manages taxpayer-funded programs?
Minnesotans deserve confidence that taxpayer dollars are being spent properly.
In addition to supporting the new Inspector General, I would support:
- Stronger oversight and auditing.
- Earlier fraud detection systems.
- Better coordination between agencies.
- Increased transparency for public spending.
- Faster recovery of misspent funds.
- Clear accountability when warnings are ignored.
Every dollar lost to fraud is a dollar unavailable for schools, public safety, roads, and services that families depend on.