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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 Read more…
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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 Read more…
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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 Read more…
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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 Read more…
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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 Read more…
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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 Read more…
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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 Read more…
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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 Read more…
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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, Read more…
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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, Read more…
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Teamsters Local 120 Endorse Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board
Saint Paul, Minnesota – The Teamsters Local 120 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 Read more…
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Stonewall DFL Endorses Trista Matascastillo for Ramsey County Board
Saint Paul, Minnesota – “As a cisgender heterosexual, I am beyond honored and humbled to receive Stonewall DFL’s endorsement. We fight issues of equity in silos for things like housing, transportation, economic development, and health care. GLBTQI rights are everyone’s Read more…
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Electrical Workers Endorse Trista MatasCastillo for Ramsey County Board
Saint Paul, Minn. – The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 110 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, Read more…
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Meet Trista (video)
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