Juline Birgersson
TLDR: Juline Birgersson is the Republican candidate for Senate District 51 and lives on the east side of Bloomington, where she has lived for more than 30 years. She is a lifelong Minnesotan who lived and worked in Sweden for six years; her husband immigrated from Sweden and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. She is retired and has been a neighborhood block captain for more than 30 years. She has not held elected office. Her campaign has centered on state spending, taxes and fraud in state programs.
Juline BirgerssonRepublican- Running for
- Minnesota Senate, District 51
- Work
- Retired
- Lives in
- Bloomington
- Background
- Lifelong Minnesotan; lived in Sweden for six years, where she worked and learned the language youtube.com
- Bloomington resident for more than 30 years (first as a renter, now a homeowner on the east side) youtube.com
- Neighborhood block captain for more than 30 years youtube.com
- Describes herself as retired youtube.com
- Testified as a Bloomington resident before the Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee on S.F. 3393 (Bloomington local sales tax authorization), April 26, 2022 lrl.mn.gov
- First-time candidate; campaign committee registered with the Campaign Finance Board June 16, 2026 cfb.mn.gov
- Website
- juline4senate.com
- Raised
- $7,600, $7,101 on hand cfb.mn.gov
- Interviews
- MNCPA Election Guide (did not res…
- Also running
- Simon Trautmann Cordova (DFL)
Q: Where does Birgersson stand on taxes, spending and fraud?
A: Says her main reason for running is to "bring back fiscal responsibility"; says state spending has grown far faster than population and must be reduced.
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on taxes, spending and fraud?
A: Pledges to vote to eliminate the state tax on Social Security, wants to look at eliminating property taxes for people over 65, and wants to lower Minnesota's corporate income tax.
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on taxes, spending and fraud?
A: Calls fraud the most important issue; wants everyone involved prosecuted, follow-up checks on every state grant, and supports a proposal that would trigger an automatic legislative audit when a program runs 5% over budget and stop its funding at 10% over.
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on health care?
A: Says she is "not convinced" universal health care is the answer, citing wait times she saw while living in Sweden.
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on schools?
A: Supports public schools but wants money moved from administration to basics like reading, math and science, opposes ethnic studies, and would not support unfunded state mandates on schools.
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on guns and public safety?
A: Says responsible gun owners and hunters are not the problem; would focus on criminals and fund violent-offender and drug task forces.
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on abortion?
A: Says the 2023 state law changes on abortion "went too far" and that no further expansion of access is needed.
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on immigration enforcement?
A: Asked at the Sept. 16 forum about immigration enforcement, she described her own residency process in Sweden and her husband's U.S. green-card process and said "there are ways to come into this country legally"; said many of the people without legal status who were taken during the federal operation were "harmful criminals."
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on paid family and medical leave?
A: Says the new state program is a burden on small businesses and was not the right legislation.
youtube.comQ: Where does Birgersson stand on yes/no questions at Sept. 16 forum?
A: Answered no to increasing state investment in renewable energy and no to the Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment; said she was not prepared to answer on banning flavored tobacco.
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