Hennepin County attorney candidates lay out priorities ahead of November election

Whoever wins in November, Hennepin County will have a new County Attorney. That means changes for the County Attorney’s Office. But, what changes can we expect?

5 Eyewitness News sat down with both men vying for the job, Anders Folk and Cedric Frazier, to ask them about their plans for the office.

“This will be the first time that voters will have a chance to elect someone that understands and knows from lived experiences what it’s like when the system isn’t working well, when the run of that is coming down on particular communities, often where there is has been not a lot of investment, extreme poverty,” said Frazier.

He touted his ability to build relationships while being transparent and his experience as a public defender elements that will improve operations in the office.

Folk leaned on his experience as a federal prosecutor and Acting U.S. Attorney.

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