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No endorsement
The race
This school board election is on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot in Lakeville Area Schools (ISD 194) (Dakota County). 4 seat(s) are at stake in School Board - Nov 3 2026.
Four seats are up, and eight affidavits of candidacy were filed for them, per the district's own official election page — the strongest roster grade in this tier. Voters vote for up to four; the top four finishers are elected.
The verified roster is: Tony Reichenberger; Nathaniel Bliss; Carly Anderson; Mel Joseph; Brian Thompson; Angie Skavnak; Laura Fangel; Drew Christianson.
The candidates
Tony Reichenberger — Named on the district's official election page as a filed candidate for one of the four seats. No incumbency, occupation, platform, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Nathaniel Bliss — Named on the district's official election page as a filed candidate for one of the four seats. No incumbency, occupation, platform, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Carly Anderson — Named on the district's official election page as a filed candidate for one of the four seats. No incumbency, occupation, platform, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Mel Joseph — Named on the district's official election page as a filed candidate for one of the four seats. No incumbency, occupation, platform, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Brian Thompson — Named on the district's official election page as a filed candidate for one of the four seats. No incumbency, occupation, platform, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Angie Skavnak — Named on the district's official election page as a filed candidate for one of the four seats. No incumbency, occupation, platform, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Laura Fangel — Named on the district's official election page as a filed candidate for one of the four seats. No incumbency, occupation, platform, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Drew Christianson — Named on the district's official election page as a filed candidate for one of the four seats. No incumbency, occupation, platform, or endorsement was verified in this pass.
Pros / Cons
- Pro, for the field as a whole: every name printed above is on a sourced roster for this race — a voter can verify each candidacy from the source named below. Con, for the field as a whole: beyond the roster, no sourced record — no platform, no board votes, no named-organization endorsement aligned with parental rights, curriculum transparency, fiscal restraint, or school choice — was verified for these candidates in this pass. A ballot line is a candidacy, not a record, and we grade it as exactly that.
OUR CALL
Our call: insufficient record — no endorsement. What would earn one here: a published platform or a sourced record on parental rights, curriculum transparency, fiscal restraint, or school choice — or an endorsement from a named organization aligned with those values — verified claim by claim. On a roster alone, LiberalMind does not guess at what a candidate believes.
For the complete Election 2026 breakdown — every race, claim by claim — see the full coverage on our website.
Vote early. Research your candidates. Choose the best moderates, whatever their party — no extremism from either side. And encourage your friends and family to do the same.
Sources
- Lakeville Public School District - School Board Election November 3 2026 (official district page) — the verified roster for this race (accessed October 25, 2026) — http://www.ISD194.org/district/school-board/school-board-election-november-3-2026
- Roster grade: official. Record gaps: candidate records, campaign materials, and fiscal analysis beyond the roster summary above were not verified at this pass's sourcing depth, except where a fact is stated and attributed in the text.
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.