St. Paul City Council President Rebecca Noecker to run for Ramsey County Board

St Paul City Council President Rebecca Noecker has informed key supporters she s set her sights on another elected office a seat on the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners The District board seat which represents downtown St Paul and surrounding areas from Highland Park to the West Side is now held by Ramsey County Board Chair Rafael Ortega who was first elected to the board in Ortega has not publicly released whether he will seek another four-year term next November I want to move us forward with greater urgency on economic advance housing child care transit fighting fentanyl and more wrote Noecker in an email circulated Wednesday to key constituents I m also eager to increase the transparency and visibility of the county board As Mayor-elect Her rightfully refocuses the city on its own priorities and asks the county and other partners to step up I want to make sure they do she added She noted she would make her decision to seek the county board seat constituents in December The county seat represents downtown Highland Park Macalester Groveland West Seventh the West Side and Dayton s Bluff Noecker was first elected to the Ward seat on the city council in and she was made council president by her council peers effective last February Related Articles Man admits to fatally stabbing St Paul woman believing she was his mother White Bear Lake man sentenced for killing infant son while blackout drunk Letters These are family men hard-working stable Hardly the worst of the worst Tattoo artists trained in Stillwater prison find work neighborhood at White Bear Lake studio St Paul PD s first AI framework How is it being used and what s next