2 candidates are tracked for Three Rivers Park District Commissioner, District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Rachel Braaten and Erin Kolb. Candidate information follows official Hennepin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Rachel Braaten and Erin Kolb are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat; with only two candidates filing for the one seat, Minnesota's nonpartisan county and park-district races skip the August primary, per the Secretary of State's certified general-election candidate table.
Three Rivers Park District is an independent special park district, established in 1957 and governed by its own seven-member board, separate from the Hennepin County Board and from city councils. It runs the regional park system in suburban Hennepin County, can levy property taxes and issue debt within limits set by law, and enacts and enforces park ordinances, per its ordinance document and annual financial report.
The board has seven commissioners: five elected from districts in suburban Hennepin County and two appointed by the Hennepin County Board, per the district's board page. Only voters who live in District 3 vote on this seat. District 3 covers Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park (Precincts W-1, W-2 and W-3), Crystal, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, St. Anthony and St. Louis Park, per the same page. Elected commissioners run without party labels and serve four-year terms (two years in a census year), per Minnesota Statutes section 383B.68.
Erin Kolb holds District 3 now, per the board page, and is running for re-election.
Official source: Three Rivers Park District: Board of Commissioners, Minnesota Statutes section 383B.68
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Braaten has a master's degree in Community Counseling and was trained by the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area as a volunteer habitat restoration crew leader, per her campaign site. She says she developed and led a volunteer habitat restoration program in Crystal and has led volunteer restoration events for more than 15 years, per the same site.
Nonpartisan
Erin Kolb is the incumbent Three Rivers Park District Commissioner for District 3, first elected in November 2022, per the Park District's official board page. A Crystal resident since 2011, she has served on Crystal's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and as president of the Crystal Tree Board. In her day job she is a director at a large consulting firm.
Who is running for Three Rivers Park District Commissioner, District 3 in 2026?
2 candidates are tracked for Three Rivers Park District Commissioner, District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Rachel Braaten and Erin Kolb. Candidate information follows official Hennepin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Three Rivers Park District Commissioner, District 3 election in Minnesota?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Minnesota are on the Minnesota election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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