Stillwater High Teacher Josiah Hill Running For MN House Seat

STILLWATER, MN — Josiah Hill, an English teacher at Stillwater Area High School, has once again thrown his hat into state politics.

Hill launched his campaign in mid-February as he seeks the DFL’s nomination to run for Minnesota’s 33B House District, which was recently redrawn by a special redistricting panel.

The new district includes Stillwater, Bayport, Oak Park Heights, May and Stillwater townships, Scandia, and parts of Forest Lake and Marine on St. Croix.

Hill said his campaign team “will be working tirelessly to be a champion for the environment, our young people, our schools and for economic justice for all Minnesotans.”

Hill easily won the DFL’s nomination in 2020 for Minnesota’s 39th Senate District, earning almost 87 percent of the vote to Brian Hile's 13.1 percent, according to Ballotpedia.

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He lost to incumbent Republican State Sen. Karin Housley in the 2020 general election after earning 46.9 percent of the vote, while Housley earned 53 percent.

Hill will face off against Joe Widmer, a 40-year-old small business owner, in the Aug. 9 primary for the DFL’s nomination to run in November’s general election.

Hill, who has been an educator for almost two decades, promised to run a “positive, issues-based campaign” focused on affordable health care for all, women’s health, environmental protection, building a “thriving” economy, and equitable and high-quality public education.

“As the father of three young daughters and a public school teacher, I know the vital role that our public education system plays in shaping the lives of all our children,” Hill wrote on his campaign website.

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Hill said he also supports adding an equal rights amendment to Minnesota’s Constitution to “ensure that all are provided with equal protection under the law regardless of gender.”

“At the core of my campaign is working to ensure all families have a pathway to achieving a high quality of life as members of strong communities,” Hill wrote on his website. “When families have wages and working conditions that allow them to care for their families, access to affordable health care, and quality public schools that serve all students, our communities flourish.”

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Hill said he will work to “gain the trust and support” of Minnesotans as he campaigns for the 33B House District and will reach out to residents “to listen and learn in an effort to do what I was brought up to do — serve those around me.”

Hill moved to Stillwater as a young child and graduated from Stillwater Area High School, where he now teaches. He also teaches at The College of St. Scholastica - St. Paul, according to his campaign website.

Hill has served as union president for the St. Croix Education Association since 2010, a role he says has given him “broad experiences in bringing different groups together and navigating through difficult situations for the common good.”

Click here to visit Hill’s campaign website and learn more about his priorities.

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