Update: Bryan Lawrence won the Special Election in HD 27B. Bryan Lawrence 84.52% to Brad Brown 15.39%
Bryan Lawrence is on the far right of the picture, next to his wonderful family.
March 19th, 2024 there is a Special Election in House District 27B. It is to elect a Representative to replace the seat left vacant after the resignation of Representative Kurt Daudt who served for more than a decade from this district.
HD 27B has the following Cities inside the borders: Zimmerman, Princeton, St Francis, and Bethel. The borders encompass Isanti, Mille Lacs, Anoka, and Sherburne Counties. HD 27B Map.
While you might think this is a safe district for a Republican to win in, Special Elections depend on who shows up to the ballot box either in person or by Absentee Ballot. We pray all the Republican voters plus the voters in between show up to vote for Bryan in House District 27B.
Hard Worker
Briefly reading his biography on his website lawrenceformn.com tells us that Bryan is a hard worker in 3 successful jobs. First he has helped run businesses his late father Doug Lawrence owned and operated a sod business Rocket Turf, a home heating oil delivery service called Rocket Oil, and a beef cattle business called Lawrence Herefords. He grew up in Coon Rapids where the Sod and Oil Delivery businesses are located at while the family farm is located in Princeton Minnesota. So tackling all 3 businesses required a daily commute.
When his father passed away in January 2021 he has stayed in the family businesses helping out his brother Brad and his mom Joann. Upon marriage to his wife Marytina in 1995 he went to live on the family farm in Princeton and has raised 4 children.
Political Life
While it might not sound like the typical politics, there are some involved in Farm Bureaus, and Bryan & Marytina have been active in the Sherburne County Farm Bureau. They have been active in the Young Farmers and Ranchers program. They were part of trips to Washington DC representing Minnesota and agriculture at national conferences. Bryan eventually became the President of the Sherburne County Farm Bureau.
Bryan Lawrence ran for the Minnesota State House in 1996 and again in 1998 each time he fell short but learned from mistakes. His foray into elected political life brought attention on himself and he was asked to fill a seat on the Baldwin Township Board. He’s been on this board for 20 years.
Bryan on the Issues
As listed on his website in no particular order here are his stances on being the State House District 27B Representative:
- Bryan is a Pro-Life Candidate and opposes the death culture of the DFL
- Bryan is Pro 2nd Amendment. No Gun Control law has stopped crime nor mass shootings. He opposes any law that further restricts law abiding gun owners
- Bryan is for School Choice as not all students learn the same way. Parents should be entrusted with what is best for their children and should direct state money that helps best serves their children.
- Bryan is shocked at how $17 Billion of the surplus was wasted on irresponsible spending, taxes were raised and now a deficit is forecast.
- Bryan is against redefining what men & women are. He’s against allowing men to compete in women’s sports. He is also against transitioning minor children with sex-change medication
- Bryan is against omnibus bills where unrelated provisions are packed into “must pass” legislation. He points to the MN Constitution Article IV Section 17: No law shall embrace more than one subject, which shall be expressed in its title.”
- Bryan is against spending nearly $3 Billion on one light rail line and redirect transportation money into improving roads and bridges
- Bryan is for small businesses in Minnesota. He states that he will work to rollback excessive regulations and lower small business taxes to help job creators.
- Bryan is for welfare reform. He believes welfare fraud is rampant in Minnesota.
- Bryan is for Mandatory Photo ID to vote. He wants to decrease the number of days prior to an election to vote early to 20 days. He wants to prohibit non-profit groups receiving state funds from engaging in get-out-the-vote activities.
How to Help Bryan Lawrence Win in HD 27B Special Election
Other than going door to door for his campaign or making phone calls, the best way is to give a donation.
This Special Election started the day Rep Kurt Daudt resigned on February 11th, 2024. The Special Primary was on Leap Day February 29, 2024, and now less than 3 weeks later there’s a Special Election. You might think that it’s too late to help, but a lot of money has been spent on Bryan’s campaign and even after the election is over bills still have to be paid.
His website is one of those that if you click on one of the top menu choices it will move down the page to it.
If you want to do last minute door-knocking or whatever they want you to do here is the contact info:
Contact The Campaign
Campaign Phone: 763-273-6981
Campaign Email: info@lawrenceformn.com
Donate:
Campaign Address: Lawrence for MN, 12147 293rd Ave, Princeton MN 55371
There’s a WinRed Donation set up on his website. We advise you if you want to make sure all of your donation to go to the candidate to just cut a check payable to “Lawrence For MN.”
WinRed likes to take a percentage of the donation. When you do send a donation please list your name, address, phone number, and your profession. The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Disclosures Board (MN CFB) requires donations more than $20.00 to have the information mentioned to record by law.
You can give your Political Contribution Refund which is up to $75.00 or $150 for couples and on joint accounts there needs to be an initial by your spouse on the check. The PCR can only be used once a year. Make a note on your donation if you want it applied toward the PCR program.
This article was not authorized by any candidate, or candidate’s committee, the MNGOP, CD8 GOP, or any PAC. Saintpaulrepublicans.us did get information from CD8 GOP Chair referred from the MNGOP, though the article wasn’t directed by them. We are not being compensated for this article. Our website wishes Bryan Lawrence keeps HD 27B a Republican Seat and this is why we are posting this article. ~~ Publius Jr.