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Irene Fernando

Irene Fernando

Nonpartisan · Minnesota · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Hennepin County Commissioner, District 2, Minnesota

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Expanding affordable housing and reducing homelessness
  • Preventing ICE enforcement actions on county property

From other published sources

  • Addressing domestic and gun violence as public health problems, per the Sun newspapers voter guide
Biography

Fernando has served as Hennepin County Commissioner for District 2 since 2018 and was elected board chair by her colleagues in 2023, per the campaign site. She grew up in an immigrant family of healthcare workers and has pursued doctoral research at the University of Minnesota on county government leadership and participatory democracy, per the campaign site.

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