Hermantown City Councilor Grant Hauschild to run for State Senate

Hermantown City Councilor Grant Hauschild (DFL)

Hermantown City Councilor Grant Hauschild (DFL) has announced his candidacy for Minnesota State Senate District 3.

“During my time on City Council, I’ve focused my efforts on the legislative process to help bring state investments to our community. Senator Bakk has played a key role in that effort, and I want to thank him for his service in delivering for our region. As a Senator, I will also work in a no-nonsense way to bring money north for the important investments we need in our communities.”

In addition to serving as a City Councilor, Hauschild works as the Executive Director for the Essentia Health Foundation. In that capacity, he oversees charitable funding for patients who can’t afford the care they need, helps purchase medical equipment to improve care in rural northern Minnesota, and most recently opened the Ronald McDonald House Northland that supports families with sick kids across the Arrowhead region and beyond.

“Given the type of work I do, my goal is to make my job less necessary. No family should have to depend on fundraising to get the care they deserve in order to avoid financial hardship. We need more funding for our rural critical access hospitals to stay open, bonuses and better pay for frontline healthcare staff to address our workforce shortage, and to bring down the costs of healthcare.”

Beyond healthcare and securing state funding for the Northland, Grant plans to prioritize other breadand butter issues to improve the lives of citizens in northeastern Minnesota, including:

Investing in job growth opportunities that diversify the Northland economy and address the severe workforce shortages we face

Keeping the regional economy connected by securing federal and state funding for our roads, bridges, rail, and shipping infrastructure so we can continue competing across the global stage

Protecting Minnesota’s outdoor heritage of hunting, recreation, and the forestry, tourism & mining industries that keep our economy strong

Advocating for our kids by protecting K-12 education, paying our teachers the wages they deserve and investing in important technologies like broadband internet in every corner of northeastern Minnesota

Keeping our communities safe by utilizing the state’s surplus to better support public safety and our police

Grant grew up in Fargo, North Dakota and met his wife Grace at the University of North Dakota where he received his bachelor’s in political science. Before settling back in Minnesota, they lived in Washington, D.C. where Grant worked in Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He later went to work for U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp as a Legislative Aide on labor policy and eventually as her Political Director. He earned his master’s degree in public policy from George Washington University. Grant and Grace reside in Hermantown with their son, Henry, and daughter, Isla.

Senate District 3 is the largest senate district in Minnesota. It includes all of Cook, Lake, and Koochiching Counties, northern Itasca County, and portions of St. Louis County, including its northernmost and easternmost reaches, along with rural communities north and west of Duluth.