Emily Thabes
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · MN
Spent her career building agreements across organisational, tribal, county, regional and state lines in northern Minnesota. She campaigns on affordable childcare, keeping family farms intact, and protecting the region's waterways and forests.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Received the endorsement of the Friends of the Boundary Waters Action Network, an environmental group, for the 2026 Minnesota House District 2B race.
September 21, 2026
Source: friendsaction-bwca.org
Received the endorsement of the Save the Boundary Waters Action Fund, a group opposing copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters, for the 2026 Minnesota House District 2B race.
September 21, 2026
Source: boundarywatersaction.org
Received the endorsement of Education Minnesota, the state's largest teachers union, on 2026-07-16 for the Minnesota House District 2B seat.
July 16, 2026
Source: educationminnesota.org
Publicly urged the Beltrami County Board in October 2025 to reverse a proposed $7,500 cut to the county historical society she runs. She said the cut equaled the pay of its only part-time staff member and 7.5% of its operating budget.
October 1, 2025
Source: bemidjipioneer.com
Earned the Small Museum Pro professional certificate from the American Association for State and Local History, reported on 2025-08-24, after completing five courses in museum finance, collections care and public outreach.
August 24, 2025
Source: bemidjipioneer.com
As director of the Beltrami County Historical Society, asked the Bemidji City Council to back a $290,000 state grant request to replace the failing heating and cooling system in the city-owned depot that houses the society's collections. The council approved a matching share of up to $145,000 on 2024-01-02.
January 2, 2024
Source: bemidjipioneer.com
Became executive director of the Beltrami County Historical Society in Bemidji in April 2021, after earlier work as a campus librarian and dean of library and learning services at Rasmussen College.
April 24, 2021
Source: bemidjipioneer.com
Past race Emily Thabes ran in:
- State Representative District 2B · November 3, 2026 · State House District 2B; Minnesota