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VoteVets Endorses Trista for Ramsey County Commissioner
Saint Paul, MN – Today, the VoteVets Emerging Leaders Program officially endorsed Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Commissioner. “We are seeing a record number of women veterans running for office this year, including local races like county commissioner,” said Charles Cox, campaign manager at Volunteers for Trista. “Trista will be […]
Trista CTV Transcript
My Name is Trista MatasCastillo, I’m a mother, an advocate for social Justice, and a Veteran and I’m running for Ramsey County Commissioner to represent District 3. On September 11th, I was a Marine but on that morning I was in a doctors office with my then 2 year old […]
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Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 Endorses Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board
Saint Paul, MN – This week, the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 10 officially endorsed Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Commissioner. MatasCastillo is running to represent District 3, which encompasses Saint Paul neighborhoods of Payne-Phalen, North End-South Como, Como Park, Frogtown, and Hamline-Midway as well as Falcon Heights. Local […]
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Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce PAC Announces Endorsement of Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board
Saint Paul, MN – The Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee (SPACC PAC) is pleased to announce it has endorsed Trista MatasCastillo for election to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners for District 3. “We support Trista MatasCastillo for election to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners,” […]
How to Caucus for Trista!
Step 1: Figure out your Senate District Ramsey County District 3 contains portions of two separate State Senate districts, which are the unit used to organized caucuses and conventions. If you don’t know which State Senate district you live in, you can click on your home in the map above. […]
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Trista MatasCastillo Releases “Astonishing” Grassroots Fundraising Report
Saint Paul, MN – Trista MatasCastillo today released her pre-primary campaign finance report before the election on August 14th. With over 225 individual donors and a large majority of contributions less than $100, Trista raised almost $30,000 in this disclosure period, more raised by any candidate for the Ramsey County […]
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DFL Endorsed Trista MatasCastillo Releases Platform for Health and Human Services
Saint Paul, MN – Trista MatasCastillo today released her 28-point platform calling for improvements to Ramsey County Health and Human Services, available at https://votetrista.org/issues/hhs/. “I have learned through experience that the rhetoric of our safety net doesn’t always match up to the reality,” said MatasCastillo, whose severely disabled son relies […]
Trista’s Plan for Health and Human Services
Because no one should be left behind. I’m running to be your Ramsey County Commissioner because I know first-hand how important it is to make sure that county services work for the people who rely on them. We need to make our safety net stronger, nimbler, and more accessible to […]
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Saint Paul Federation of Teachers Endorses Trista MatasCastillo
Saint Paul, MN – The Saint Paul Federation of Teachers (SPFT) have announced their official endorsement of Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board. MatasCastillo is running for District 3, which encompasses Falcon Heights and Saint Paul neighborhoods of Payne/Phalen, North End/South Como, Como Park, Frogtown, and Hamline-Midway. “Teachers are a […]
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StarTribune | Women surge into 2018 elections, from county board to Congress
From councils to Congress, they’re urged to shake off misgivings and “Just do it.”
MatasCastillo, a veteran, was often the first or the only woman in her military jobs… Competing against other women in the county commissioner race, she said, “was kind of awesome. I felt kindred sisterhood in my heart.” She won the DFL endorsement on March 10.
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Teamsters Endorse Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board
Saint Paul, MN –This week, Teamsters Joint Council 32 officially endorsed Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board. MatasCastillo is running to represent District 3, which encompasses Saint Paul neighborhoods of Payne-Phalen, North End-South Como, Como Park, Frogtown, and Hamline-Midway as well as Falcon Heights. Teamsters Joint Council 32 represents in […]
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Pioneer Press | DFL endorsing conventions back (MatasCastillo)
“MatasCastillo earned 66.27 percent of the vote on the second ballot, winning the endorsement over Rettman (18 percent) and Nguyen Moore (14.9 percent).” Longstanding County Commissioner Janice Rettman faced well-organized endorsement challenges from military veteran Trista MatasCastillo…
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Pioneer Press | Several St. Paul races to watch at this weekend’s endorsing conventions
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is endorsing Trista MatasCastillo, a legislative aide to a Ramsey County board member, for a seat on the board over incumbent County Commissioner Janice Rettman, who has held the seat representing St. Paul, Roseville and Falcon Heights for more than 20 years. Trista MatasCastillo, Janice […]
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Carpenters Endorse Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board
Saint Paul, Minnesota – The North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters have announced their official endorsement of Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board. MatasCastillo is running for District 3, which encompasses Falcon Heights and Saint Paul neighborhoods of Payne/Phalen, North End/South Como, Como Park, Frogtown, and Hamline-Midway. “I’m proud […]
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Operating Engineers Endorse Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board
Saint Paul, Minnesota – The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 70 have announced their official endorsement of Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board. Matascastillo is running for District 3, which encompasses Falcon Heights and Saint Paul neighborhoods of Payne/Phalen, North End/South Como, Como Park, Frogtown, and Hamline-Midway. “The Operating […]
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