Randy "RJ" Heidmann
MN · Brainerd Public Schools Board of Education Member
Randy "RJ" Heidmann is clerk of the Brainerd school board and has worked as a substitute teacher in the district. He wants safe schools where students learn without bullying and a long-range plan to keep the district on stable financial footing.
Where Randy "RJ" Heidmann stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (2 records)
Opposes
Civil Rights (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted yes to put a 10-year operating levy on the November 2026 ballot. The levy raises about $5 million a year for schools. It passed 4-1.
June 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Voted no on starting plans for an operating levy vote in fall 2025. The motion failed 3-3, so voters did not get a levy question that year.
June 9, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Voted yes to put a 10-year operating levy on the November 2026 ballot. The levy raises about $5 million a year for schools. It passed 4-1.
June 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Seconded a board resolution calling on staff to strictly enforce limits on student cellphones. It passed unanimously.
July 8, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 oppose
Asked the board to vote on a letter backing a high school league rule change. The change would tie girls' sports teams to biological sex.
September 16, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: brainerddispatch.com
Signed a letter with more than 100 Minnesota school board members. It urged state leaders and the high school league to follow the federal policy barring transgender athletes from girls' sports.
October 9, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
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Track record — General
General · 8 records
Seconded the motion to approve Chip Rankin's three-year superintendent contract, starting at $235,000 a year. All members present voted yes.
February 20, 2026
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Was elected vice chair of the Brainerd School Board for 2025.
January 13, 2025
Source: brainerddispatch.com
Voted no on hiring Kristine Wehrkamp Herman as superintendent. The offer failed 3-3.
May 8, 2024
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Voted no on the district's new rules for choosing library books (Policy 631). The rules passed 4-2.
February 12, 2024
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Voted no when the board rejected a challenge to the book "Queen of Shadows" and kept it. The vote was 4-2.
January 8, 2024
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Seconded a motion to side with a challenge against keeping the book "Empire of Storm" in school libraries. A review committee had voted to keep it. The motion failed 3-2.
December 11, 2023
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Apologized at a board meeting for a July remark that many took to mean Black children cannot read. A resident had filed a written complaint.
September 11, 2023
Source: brainerddispatch.com
Won a seat on the Brainerd School Board on 2022-11-08. He placed second of seven candidates with 7,521 votes.
November 8, 2022
Source: brainerddispatch.com
Past race Randy "RJ" Heidmann ran in:
- Brainerd Public Schools School Board Member (ISD 181) · November 3, 2026 · Brainerd Public School District, Minnesota · incumbent