Because of redistricting, five of seven Hennepin County Board positions are on the ballot this year.

Races with more than two candidates will have a primary Tuesday, Aug. 14. The top two candidates will then advance to the Nov. 6 general election.

Below is a list of this year’s candidates. Click on the candidates’ names to read find out more about them. Candidates whose names aren’t linked did not respond to request for comments. (Patch did not profile 1^st District candidates because there are no Patch sites in the district.)

Major cities are listed below each district. For a detailed look at districts, view the PDF to the right of this article.

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1^st District

Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, New Hope, Osseo and Robbinsdale

• Mike Opat
• Chris Rains
• Joy Marsh Stephens

2^nd District (special election)

Golden Valley, Medicine Lake, part of Plymouth and St. Anthony

• Leslie Davis
• Steve Dehler
• Rolf Erickson
• Linda Higgins
• Tonia Johnson  
• Kathleen Murdock
• Paula Pentel
• Roger Smithrud
• Blong Yang

3^rd District

St. Louis Park and part of Minneapolis

• No election

4^th District

Fort Snelling and Part of Minneapolis

• No election

5^th District

Bloomington, Eden Prairie and Richfield

• Randy Johnson
• Jim Koepke

6^th District

Deephaven, Edina, Excelsior, Greenwood, Hopkins, Long Lake, Minnetonka, Minnetonka Beach, Orono, Shorewood, Spring Park, Tonka Bay, Wayzata and Woodland

• Jan Callison
• Dave Wahlstedt

7^th District

Maple Grove, part of Plymouth

• Jeff Johnson