Where Do Candidates Stand on Business Issues?

The 2024 General Election is about three weeks away (November 5). ​Ballots should be hitting voter mailboxes by the end of this week. Each year, the Regional Chamber publishes the Vote for Business General Election Guide, in which we ask  candidates four questions relating to business and government policies.

This year, candidates responded to these four questions:

1. What background or experience qualifies you to understand and respond to the unique needs of the local business community?
2. What are three actions you would support to strengthen small businesses and entrepreneurship?
3. If elected, how will you use your position to influence regional prosperity?
4. What do you believe is the greatest economic challenge facing our region and what would be your approach to address it?

This year, we also conducted video interviews for some races. We teamed up with Apple Valley News and Nonstop Local News to moderate the videos. We were not able to feature all the races, but we invite you to check out the videos and the print guide here.

​As mentioned, we invited all the candidates to respond. Unfortunately, not everyone submitted their responses by the deadline.
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It is important that you make an informed decision this election cycle and make sure you get your ballots back by November 5.