Right on Crime Approach

Out of touch politicians have put us on the wrong track by embracing public safety policies that don’t prioritize keeping Minnesotans safe. We need a “right on crime approach” that improves all aspects of criminal justice – more support  for law enforcement, getting tough on criminals, and holding prosecutors and judges accountable for charging decisions that let too many criminals get back on the street to reoffend. 

• Ann Johnson Stewart voted against a public safety bill that would have provided for training and pay increase for law enforcement to address the staffing crisis facing police departments across the state.  Our communities are less safe when we don’t have enough trained and experienced law enforcement officers. (SF2673, SJ7505 April 25, 2022)
  
• Democrats caved to activists in their party to support ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ programs with early release and reduced sentences, even for criminals convicted of violent offenses like assault, rape, and carjacking. (Vote: SF2909; SJ7872, April 14, 2023)
  
• Ann Johnson Stewart voted against a public safety bill that would have ensured mandatory penalties for repeat offenders, violent crimes, and carjackers. Too many of the crimes in Minnesota are committed by those with long histories of criminal activity. We need to get repeat offenders off the street and stop the trend of catch and release.  (SF2673, SJ7505 April 25, 2022)
  
• Ann Johnson Stewart voted against a bipartisan public safety bill that would have made for tougher penalties for violent assaults on law enforcement, targeted spending on violent crime enforcement and prevention, and training and support for law enforcement.(1SS-HF63, SJ1240, June 29, 2021)

Putting Needs of Public Interest Before Self-Interest

• Ann Johnson Stewart was a director and former president of PE Services, a business with millions of dollars of contracts with the state of Minnesota in transportation and infrastructure projects. She now identifies as an employee of PE Services, and the chair of her campaign uses a PE Services email address. Her husband is a vice president.
  
• While serving in the Legislature previously, Ann Johnson Stewart was the owner PE Services, a business with millions of dollars of contracts with the state of Minnesota in transportation and infrastructure projects. When she was last in office, Stewart sat on the transportation committee and rarely recused herself from votes or meetings that would have given her business an unfair advantage.
  
• Ann Johnson Stewart also pushed for higher taxes to fund transportation, including chief authoring legislation to increasing the gas tax by tying it to inflation and authorizing local governments to issue gas taxes.
  
• The company Ann Johnson Stewart used to own and she still works is a vendor to the Metropolitan Council, working on the Southwest Light Rail Line. This project has been rife with overruns and is at least one point five billion dollars over budget according to public estimates.
  
• If Ann Johnson Stewart is in the Senate, how will we know if she’s voting on what’s right for us or what’s right for her business?