Zack Filipovich
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · MN · Finance manager and business consultant, Northspan Group
Zack Filipovich is a certified management accountant and finance manager and business consultant at Northspan Group, a regional economic-development nonprofit. He served two four-year terms as an at-large Duluth city councilor beginning in 2014, including service as council president, and earned an MBA from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Campaign Finance Information — State Auditor
Campaign Finance Information · State Auditor · August 11, 2026
Data last updated July 24, 2026
- Raised
- $26,425
- Spent
- $11,301
Source: Minnesota CFB · 2026 cycle
Track record
Government Efficiency
· 4 records
Sponsored and won adoption of a resolution requiring city staff to evaluate Duluth's temporary shared-streets program.
December 20, 2021For
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
Co-sponsored and won enactment of a tourism-tax adjustment that indexed the general-fund allocation for inflation.
November 8, 2021For
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
Co-sponsored and won adoption of a resolution directing a planning review of Duluth's vacation-dwelling-unit regulations and their neighborhood effects.
July 19, 2021For
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
Sponsored and won adoption of a resolution directing a planning review of vacation-dwelling-unit permitting rules.
May 29, 2018For
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
General
· 10 records
Received the Minnesota DFL endorsement for state auditor.
May 30, 2026
Source: dfl.org · researched July 12, 2026
Received AFSCME Council 65's endorsement for Minnesota state auditor.
May 11, 2026
Source: afscme65.org · researched July 12, 2026
Co-sponsored and won enactment of an amendment allowing construction employers to satisfy Duluth earned-sick-and-safe-time rules through a qualifying multi-employer plan.
January 27, 2020
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
Co-sponsored and won enactment of Duluth's ordinance raising the minimum age for tobacco sales to 21.
January 28, 2019
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
Offered an amendment that passed 6-2 during the council's adoption of Duluth's earned sick and safe time ordinance.
May 29, 2018
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
Co-sponsored and won enactment of Duluth's restriction limiting flavored-tobacco sales to adult-only smoke shops.
February 12, 2018
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
As Duluth council president, publicly encouraged University of Minnesota Duluth students to register and vote and joined a campus voter-registration event.
October 3, 2016
Source: theumdstatesman.com · researched July 12, 2026
As council president, administered applications and appointments for Duluth's newly approved Earned Sick and Safe Time task force.
July 28, 2016
Source: duluthmn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
The Duluth City Council unanimously elected Filipovich council president for 2016.
January 7, 2016
Source: duluthnewstribune.com · researched July 12, 2026
Sponsored and won enactment of a Duluth ordinance prohibiting excessive engine-braking and exhaust noise.
September 14, 2015
Source: duluth-mn.legistar.com · researched July 12, 2026
Elections
- State Auditor · August 11, 2026 · Minnesota
Profile last researched July 12, 2026.