Biography
Emily Thabes is the Democratic candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives, District 2B, in the November 3, 2026 general election.[1][2] A nonprofit executive director, she said in a Ballotpedia survey that stable state funding for child care would be her first priority in the House.[1][3]
Thabes said in a Ballotpedia survey that she grew up in rural West Virginia, the daughter of a nurse practitioner, a teacher and a career veteran.[3] She holds a master's degree in library and information science and a master's degree in interdisciplinary leadership.[3] She said she has led teams at Hennepin County Library and Rasmussen University and supported the fraud team at Capital One Bank.[3] Thabes is executive director of the Beltrami County Historical Society in Bemidji and lives outside Bagley with her husband.[3]
Thabes said that universal child care and keeping rural clinics and hospitals open are among her main goals, along with funding mental health and addiction treatment, paying direct-care workers and expanding broadband for telehealth.[3]
- 1.Emily Thabes - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2026 - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.Emily Thabes - Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey responses · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Minnesota House District 2B
Emily Thabes is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Minnesota House District 2B as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
