2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Minnesota House District 8B

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Liish Kozlowski

Democratic–Farmer–LaborIncumbent

In office now
State Representative, District 8B (since 2022)
Work
State Representative, Minnesota House District 8B; former community relations officer, City of Duluth

Liish Kozlowski has served as State Representative for District 8B in the Minnesota Legislature since 2022.

Liish Kozlowski was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2022. They were the City of Duluth's community relations officer from 2019 to 2022 and earlier worked at the College of St. Scholastica, and hold an MBA from St. Scholastica.

Kozlowski's committees

  • Housing Finance and Policy (Co-Vice Chair)
  • Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
  • Taxes

Sources for Kozlowski

Shawn Savela

Republican

Work
Owner and software consultant, Claymore Computer Consulting

Shawn Savela has owned Claymore Computer Consulting since 1998, working as a software consultant and architect for clients including Dorsey & Whitney and RBC Dain Rauscher. He earlier worked as a software developer and manager at Accenture (1992-1997) and Lawson Software.

Sources for Savela

  • Shawn Savela (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

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