Addressing supporters. Hedin chose downtown Winona beergarten to announce his pro-local business. candidacy.
Hedin lists platform for House seat 26-A candidacy
WINONA, Minn. – School Board member Jack Hedin is making a bid for the State Legislature. In an announcement outdoors at Peter’s Beergarten downtown, Hedin said he will seek the Democratic nomination for Winona’s 26-A seat in the House of Representatives. Earlier fellow Democrat Dan Wilson, a Wiscoy Valley farmer, announced his candidacy. The incumbent is Aaron Repinski, a Republican and former at-large member the City Council. Hedin, age 58, was elected only last fall to the Winona School Board and presumably would step down if elected to the Legislature. For the School he was a write-in candidate. As a legislator he said he his priorities would be:
> Cost of living issues like health care, housing and. child care.
> Public education.
> Promoting local business.
> Encouraging local agriculture and family farming.
With his wife Hedin established Feather Stone Farm near Rushford in 1994 to grow organic produce. It has become a major local organic producer. When Hedin ran for the School Board, he said he was stepping back from day-to-day operations at Feather Stone after 39 years. Now probably facing Dan Wilson, Hedin said he would end his candidacy if he didn’t prevail in the August 2026 Democratic primary.
Hedin. A Yale graduate and organic farmer.