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Hennepin County, Minnesota
Mary Moriarty
County Attorney (Hennepin County)
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
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foreign-influence adjustment
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✝ God First
0/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#8,942 of 8,966 · bottom 0.3% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.
For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.
Base score 0/100 → Adjusted -30/100
- Open Society / Soros donor network-30Hennepin County (Minneapolis) Attorney. Elected 2022 with major Soros-aligned funding. Notable for declining to charge youths as adults in violent-crime cases and reducing charges on convicted murderers.The Open Society Foundations and the Democracy PAC vehicles tied to George Soros / Alex Soros are direct funding rails for the WEF / ESG / Davos capture agenda — Soros is a founding World Economic Forum attendee and OSF is one of its largest civil-society partners. RESOLUTE Citizen treats documented Soros-network contributions as a failure on economic_stewardship/q5, the question that asks whether the candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels — accepting money from the architect of that capture is a revealed preference against it. The same Soros DA network is documented to decline prosecution of attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers and refuse to enforce state abortion restrictions; that pattern is tracked separately under sanctity_of_life claims. A dollar-bracket adjustment is also applied to the total score.
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Official Profile
Education: Macalester College (BA 1986); University of Minnesota Law School (JD 1989)
Background: Career Hennepin County public defender; Chief Public Defender 2014-2020 (board declined reappointment, Sept 2020). First openly LGBTQ Hennepin County Attorney.
Next Election Year: 2026
Hennepin County Attorney since Jan 2023 (elected Nov 2022). Announced Aug 2025 she will NOT seek re-election; term ends after 2026 — the open race to succeed her is widely framed as a referendum on her reform-prosecutor tenure. [2026-06-10 RESOLUTE refinement] Documented progressive-prosecutor record: pledged to decline prosecution of abortion-related offenses and 'uphold the principles Roe stood for'; office issued an official Trans Day of Visibility statement and marched at Pride (Stonewall DFL / OutFront MN / LGBTQ Victory Fund endorsed, 2022); ended bail requests for several low-level offenses; stopped prosecuting most felonies from low-level traffic stops; juvenile no-prison plea deals in the Zaria McKeever murder triggered Gov. Walz reassigning the case to AG Ellison (second such takeover in ~30 years — she called it 'undemocratic'); a judge took the rare step of rejecting her no-prison plea in the Braveheart murder case; charged trooper Ryan Londregan with murder then dropped all charges (June 2024) — Walz said he had planned to remove her from the case; her Apr 2025 policy telling prosecutors to consider defendants' 'racial identity' in plea negotiations drew a DOJ civil-rights probe (opened May 2025; closed Feb 2026 after DOJ said the office 'corrected a policy that clearly violated the Constitution' — her office called the probe a 'stunt'). 2026: charged two on-duty ICE officers with assault during the MN immigration crackdown (first known such charges); charging policy explicitly weighs 'immigration impacts'; office eased U/T-visa certification. Self-described 'public health perspective' on the criminal legal system. 2022 race funding: ~$294K direct; outside money incl. TakeAction MN ($231K) and People Over Prosecution ($225K; largest donor Tides Advocacy) — Soros-network-aligned per critics, though no direct Soros PAC dollar figure was verified. NO EVIDENCE on election integrity, religious liberty, school/parental-rights, or explicit gun-control advocacy — null.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
FALSE (0)[4]
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
Not yet verified
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
Not yet verified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
FALSE (0)[6]
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified[9]
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
FALSE (0)[15]
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
Not yet verified[16]
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
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www.policedefense.org/sorosmap/Unclassified
www.maryforhennepin.com/visionUnclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Campaign vision: committed to 'uphold the principles Roe stood for,' protect abortion access, and join pledges declining prosecution of abortion-related offenses. Unclassified
Campaign vision: committed to 'uphold the principles Roe stood for,' protect abortion access, and join pledges declining prosecution of abortion-related offenses.
- [2]Openly queer; accepted endorsements from Stonewall DFL, OutFront Minnesota, and the LGBTQ Victory Fund — single-issue endorsements that are hard evidence against the man-woman marriage position. Unclassified
Openly queer; accepted endorsements from Stonewall DFL, OutFront Minnesota, and the LGBTQ Victory Fund — single-issue endorsements that are hard evidence against the man-woman marriage position.
- [3]Openly queer; accepted endorsements from Stonewall DFL, OutFront Minnesota, and the LGBTQ Victory Fund — single-issue endorsements that are hard evidence against the man-woman marriage position. Unclassified
Openly queer; accepted endorsements from Stonewall DFL, OutFront Minnesota, and the LGBTQ Victory Fund — single-issue endorsements that are hard evidence against the man-woman marriage position.
- [4]Issued an official office statement for Trans Day of Visibility (2024). Unclassified
Issued an official office statement for Trans Day of Visibility (2024).
- [5]Office promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy: official TDOV statement; office marched at Pride (her own post).
Office promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy: official TDOV statement; office marched at Pride (her own post).
- [6]Office policy requires prosecutors to 'meaningfully consider all collateral consequences at every stage of every case,' explicitly including 'immigration impacts' — charging calibrated to avoid deportation consequences, the opposite of mandatory-deportation support. Unclassified
Office policy requires prosecutors to 'meaningfully consider all collateral consequences at every stage of every case,' explicitly including 'immigration impacts' — charging calibrated to avoid deportation consequences, the opposite of mandatory-deportation support.
- [7]Sanctuary-aligned posture: charged two on-duty ICE officers with assault during the 2026 MN immigration crackdown (first known such charges; DOJ asserted Supremacy Clause immunity); office eased U/T-visa certification for non-citizen crime victims. Lean Left
Sanctuary-aligned posture: charged two on-duty ICE officers with assault during the 2026 MN immigration crackdown (first known such charges; DOJ asserted Supremacy Clause immunity); office eased U/T-visa certification for non-citizen crime victims.
- [8]Sanctuary-aligned posture: charged two on-duty ICE officers with assault during the 2026 MN immigration crackdown (first known such charges; DOJ asserted Supremacy Clause immunity); office eased U/T-visa certification for non-citizen crime victims. Unclassified
Sanctuary-aligned posture: charged two on-duty ICE officers with assault during the 2026 MN immigration crackdown (first known such charges; DOJ asserted Supremacy Clause immunity); office eased U/T-visa certification for non-citizen crime victims.
- [9]No explicit gun-control advocacy found; her traffic-stop policy reduces gun-possession prosecutions (she countered guns appear in <0.5% of such stops) — scored under public_justice, null here. Unclassified
No explicit gun-control advocacy found; her traffic-stop policy reduces gun-possession prosecutions (she countered guns appear in <0.5% of such stops) — scored under public_justice, null here.
- [10]Documented adversarial relationship with law enforcement: police/trooper unions said her policies put law enforcement in a 'state of crisis' and sought her removal from the Londregan murder prosecution of a state trooper; LE leaders said her traffic-stop non-prosecution policy would 'embolden criminals.' Unclassified
Documented adversarial relationship with law enforcement: police/trooper unions said her policies put law enforcement in a 'state of crisis' and sought her removal from the Londregan murder prosecution of a state trooper; LE leaders said her traffic-stop non-prosecution policy would 'embolden criminals.'
- [11]Ended bail requests for several low-level offenses ('it's wealth-based'); stopped prosecuting most felonies from low-level traffic stops; no-prison juvenile pleas in a murder case triggered a state takeover. Unclassified
Ended bail requests for several low-level offenses ('it's wealth-based'); stopped prosecuting most felonies from low-level traffic stops; no-prison juvenile pleas in a murder case triggered a state takeover.
- [12]Ended bail requests for several low-level offenses ('it's wealth-based'); stopped prosecuting most felonies from low-level traffic stops; no-prison juvenile pleas in a murder case triggered a state takeover. Unclassified
Ended bail requests for several low-level offenses ('it's wealth-based'); stopped prosecuting most felonies from low-level traffic stops; no-prison juvenile pleas in a murder case triggered a state takeover.
- [13]A judge took the rare step of rejecting her no-prison plea offer in the Braveheart murder case over the victim family's objection; victim families protested her juvenile plea deals; her Apr 2025 policy directed prosecutors to weigh defendants' 'racial identity' in plea negotiations — contrary to proportional, equal punishment. Unclassified
A judge took the rare step of rejecting her no-prison plea offer in the Braveheart murder case over the victim family's objection; victim families protested her juvenile plea deals; her Apr 2025 policy directed prosecutors to weigh defendants' 'racial identity' in plea negotiations — contrary to proportional, equal punishment.
- [14]A judge took the rare step of rejecting her no-prison plea offer in the Braveheart murder case over the victim family's objection; victim families protested her juvenile plea deals; her Apr 2025 policy directed prosecutors to weigh defendants' 'racial identity' in plea negotiations — contrary to proportional, equal punishment. Unclassified
A judge took the rare step of rejecting her no-prison plea offer in the Braveheart murder case over the victim family's objection; victim families protested her juvenile plea deals; her Apr 2025 policy directed prosecutors to weigh defendants' 'racial identity' in plea negotiations — contrary to proportional, equal punishment.
- [15]Her own framing: 'I believe in addressing the entire criminal legal system from a public health perspective.' Unclassified
Her own framing: 'I believe in addressing the entire criminal legal system from a public health perspective.'
- [16]Asserted prosecutorial independence against the Walz/Ellison case takeovers ('undemocratic... dangerous precedent') — but a lawful gubernatorial reassignment power is not an unconstitutional state mandate; null. Unclassified
Asserted prosecutorial independence against the Walz/Ellison case takeovers ('undemocratic... dangerous precedent') — but a lawful gubernatorial reassignment power is not an unconstitutional state mandate; null.
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