Katie Jones is from a small town in rural Indiana. She studied soil and water engineering at Purdue University before taking her engineering skills into the energy conservation field with the Center for Energy and Environment here. She’s worked on transportation and climate change policy with her local lawmaker, Rep. Frank Hornstein, who’s made an effort to empower the next generation of women leaders in the district, Jones told me this week.

When Hornstein let her know he was retiring, Jones was eager to run in the south Minneapolis District 61A race, bringing her background in climate and energy policy but also focusing on local issues like empty storefronts in Uptown and helping local businesses get through road reconstruction season intact.

So imagine her shock and horror when she started getting harassed on Twitter almost immediately. It came from the far right — literal Nazis, in fact. She was doxxed and received an anonymous threat, with images of Jones with her mouth taped shut. It got so bad she decided to all but leave what would otherwise be an important platform for connecting with the district and fundraising.