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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003865">MCD Is Hiring a Legislative Affairs Director
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for a leadership role that shapes disability policy at the state level? MCD\u2019s next Legislative Affairs Director will set agency policy and budget priorities, lead fiscal note work, and administer human and civil rights public policy initiatives.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You\u2019ll prepare briefings and budget recommendations, coordinate agency statements, and partner with Government Relations to work with
legislators and the governor\u2019s office. Applications close June 23, 2026. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Learn more and apply: <a href="https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.disability.state.mn.us%2F2026%2F06%2F12%2Fmcd-is-hiring-a-legislative-affairs-director-2%2F/1/0101019edca07828-895e404c-ba83-485f-acfb-a01b494c9472-000000/walWDRYkOEhI7CfF6OYiomzYADwO4j8tQUzXESc6qE8=452" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003865">Legislative
Affairs Director job posting</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003865">Get Ready for the 2026 Midterm Elections</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003865"> </span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003865">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In the 2026 midterm elections, you may vote for federal, state, and local officials who make decisions affecting your community. These elections are called \u201cmidterms\u201d because they take
place halfway through a president\u2019s four-year term. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Depending on where you live, your ballot may include races at several levels of government. These offices have different responsibilities, but each can influence the laws, programs, and
public services Minnesotans rely on.\u202fLocal officials help shape community services, while state and federal officials make decisions about laws, funding, and public programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For people with disabilities, those decisions may affect transportation, health care, housing, civil rights, and access to community services. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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