Career
Walz congressional campaign
Carlbom found a career in campaigns and communications following his time as mayor. He worked with Walz's 2008 and 2010 campaigns,serving as his campaign manager in 2010. [4] Following that campaign work,was the Communications Director for Saint Paul mayor Chris Coleman. [5]
Same-sex marriage activism
In 2011,both houses of the Minnesota Legislature passed a bill introducing a ballot measure for a constitutional amendment that would have outlawed same-sex marriage in Minnesota. [6] Shortly thereafter,Minnesota LGBTQ+ rights organizations OutFront Minnesota and Project 515 formed Minnesotans United for All Families,a campaign against the amendment. Carlbom,who was engaged to his now-husband two weeks before the amendment made it through the legislature,was selected to chair the campaign. [7] The "Vote No" campaign was successful:voters rejected the amendment with a 51% majority. [8]
After the marriage ban passed,Carlbom began work with Minnesotans United on legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in the Minnesota Legislature. [9] The organization spent $2 million lobbying for the bill,which was sponsored by Scott Dibble (DFL) in the Senate [9] and Karen Clark in the House. The bill passed in both houses and was signed into law by Governor Mark Dayton on March 14,2013. [10]
Following his work in Minnesota,Carlbom became the director of state campaigns for the nonprofit Freedom to Marry. [1]
Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Tim Walz
In 2023,Carlbom was hired as the deputy chief of staff for Minnesota governor Tim Walz. [11]
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