Lucy Rehm, Minnesota House 48B: ‘Address corporate greed’

By Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review editor

CHANHASSEN— “A lot of people I talk with are voting early,” says Lucy Rehm. “We’re hoping that this time they’ll not only vote Harris-Walz but go down the ticket and vote for their state representative.”

Rehm is running for reelection for a second term for the District 48B seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. She has the Minnesota AFL-CIO endorsement and she’s also been endorsed by the DFL Party.

District 48B in Carver County includes Chanhassen and part of Chaska.

“A lot of people out here will not vote for a Republican ever again,” she says. “Trump has really tainted the party.”

In her two years in the House, Rehm has earned a 100 percent voting record on working families issues from the Minnesota AFL-CIO.

Rehm previously served as an at large member of the Chanhassen City Council.

Rehm is pro-choice, which she says has become a top issue for voters following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “We have to stand up for our rights,” she says. “I think it is an issue for women as well as men.”

Rehm is a former union member, working as a member of AFSCME for two years at the Carver County Library.

“We need to make sure our wages are increasing because prices are increasing,” she says. “We need to make sure workers are protected on the job and have the benefits they need so their families can stay healthy.”

“I want to make sure we’re addressing corporate greed and that people can afford their lives,” she says.

Rehm and her husband have lived in the same Chanhassen home for 27 years, raising their family there. “I’m grateful and I’d like other people to have that same experience,” she says.

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lucyrehm.com