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Minnesota House Of Representatives Election, 2014
The 2014 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2014, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 89th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 12, 2014. The Republican Party of Minnesota won a majority of seats, defeating the majority of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). This was the first election for the DFL since it won a majority of seats in the 2012 election, after losing a majority to the Republicans in the 2010 election. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2015. Retiring members DFL * John Benson, 44B * Kathy Brynaert, 19B * Tom Huntley, 7A * Michael Paymar, 64B * Steve Simon, 46B Republican * Jim Abeler, 35A * Mike Beard, 55A * Mike Benson, 26B * David FitzSimmons, 30B * Mary Liz Holberg, 58A * Andrea Kieffer, 53B * Ernie Leidiger, 47A * Pam Myhra, 56A * Kelby Woodard, 20A * Kurt Zellers, 34B Competitive districts Accord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota House Of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Paul. Offices for members and staff, as well as most committee hearings, are located in the nearby State Office Building. History Following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, women were eligible for election to the Legislature. In 1922, Mabeth Hurd Paige, Hannah Kempfer, Sue Metzger Dickey Hough, and Myrtle Cain were elected to the House of Representatives. Elections Each Senate district is divided in half and given the suffix ''A'' or ''B'' (for example, House district 32B is geographically within Senate district 32). Members are elected for two-year terms. Districts are redrawn after the decennial United States Census in time for the primary and general elections in years ending in 2. The most recent election was hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Huntley
Thomas E. Huntley (born February 10, 1938) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 7A, which includes portions of the city of Duluth in St. Louis County in the northeastern part of the state. He is a retired associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Minnesota Duluth and former director of Institutional Relations at the University's School of Medicine. Early life, education, and career Huntley graduated from Cretin High School in Saint Paul, and attended the University of Minnesota, receiving his B.S. in chemistry in 1960. He earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1970. Prior to being elected to the legislature, Huntley was active in Twin Ports area government. He served on the Minnesota Great Lakes Commission, on the Duluth City Council The Duluth City Council is part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Myhra
Pamela J. Myhra (born 1957) is an American politician and served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives during the 87th and 88th legislative sessions. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented portions of Dakota and Scott counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area. During her first term representing Minnesota House District 40A; January 4, 2011 to January 7, 2013; Myhra served as a member of the Capital Investment, Education Finance, Education Policy and Tax committees. During her second term representing Minnesota House District 56A; January 8, 2013 to January 5, 2015; Myhra served as the minority lead member on the Early Childhood and Youth Development Policy committee and as a member of the Education Finance and Tax committees. In her second term she was appointed the minority party House legislative liaison to the Minnesota Early Learning Council and to the Minnesota Youth Council. Myhra is a certified public accountant with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Leidiger
Ernest Gilbert "Ernie" Leidiger (born August 7, 1953) is from Wisconsin. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1971 and was stationed at several facilities and ships throughout his career. He retired as a Naval Officer and established businesses in California and Minnesota. He was a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and a member of the Republican Party of Minnesota. He represented District 47A, and subsequently 34A, which includes central and western Carver County, Minnesota, Carver County in the southern part of the state. He was a former general manager and owner of Brothers Office Furniture, President of Leidiger & Associates, Inc., a media rep firm, and CEO of Operation Homefront, a national non-profit serving Military Families. Early life, education, and career Leidiger graduated from Oconomowoc High School in Southern Wisconsin. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1971 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland with a Bachelor of Science, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patch Media
Patch.com is an American local news and information platform, primarily owned by Hale Global. As of January 2022, Patch's more than 100 journalists operated some 1,259 hyperlocal news websites, which also have an information component, in 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Patch is operated by Patch Media Corporation. Patch is first, a local news website. Patch.com sites contain news and human interest stories reported locally. It does not offer international news. Patch also provides a platform for users to post questions, news tips and columns germane to their towns. Each site also contains a mixture of local and national advertising. The latter includes a self-serve ad platform allowing users to communicate directly with targeted audiences. History Patch was founded by then-president of Google Americas operations Tim Armstrong, Warren Webster and Jon Brod in 2007 after Armstrong said he found a dearth of online information on his home-neighborhood of Riverside, Connecticut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Kieffer
Andrea L. Kieffer (born January 1964) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 53B, which includes the cities of Woodbury and Landfall in Washington County in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. She is also a nonprofit volunteer. Education Kieffer graduated from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, earning her B.S. in Business Management. Minnesota House of Representatives Kieffer was first elected to the House in 2010 and was re-elected in 2012. She announced on November 6, 2013 that she would not seek re-election in 2014. She was one of only 4 Republican representatives to vote in favor of the same-sex marriage bill passed by the House on May 9, 2013. Personal life Active in her community, she is a member of Minnesota Excellence in Public Service, the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce, the Woodbury Children’s Hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Liz Holberg
Mary Liz Holberg (born November 13, 1959) is a Minnesota politician, member of the Dakota County, Minnesota Board of Commissioners, and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 58A, which encompasses most of the city of Lakeville, Minnesota, Lakeville in Dakota County, Minnesota, Dakota County. Minnesota House of Representatives She was first elected in 1998, and was re-elected every two years until her retirement in 2015. Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting, she represented the old District 37B. She was an assistant majority leader during the 2001–02 session. She chaired the House Civil Law Committee during the 2003–04 session, and the House Transportation Finance Committee during the 2005–06 session. On November 20, 2003, Holberg and then State Senator Michele Bachmann proposed a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as one man and one woman. On May 21, 2011, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Tribune
The ''Star Tribune'' is the largest newspaper in Minnesota. It originated as the ''Minneapolis Tribune'' in 1867 and the competing ''Minneapolis Daily Star'' in 1920. During the 1930s and 1940s, Minneapolis's competing newspapers were consolidated, with the ''Tribune'' published in the morning and the ''Star'' in the evening. They merged in 1982, creating the ''Star and Tribune'', and it was renamed to ''Star Tribune'' in 1987. After a tumultuous period in which the newspaper was sold and re-sold and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, it was purchased by local businessman Glen Taylor in 2014. The ''Star Tribune'' serves Minneapolis and is distributed throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the state of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. It typically contains a mixture of national, international and local news, sports, business and lifestyle content. Journalists from the ''Star Tribune'' and its predecessor newspapers have won seven Pulitzer Prizes. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David FitzSimmons
David Fitzsimmons (14 February 1875 – 1931) was a Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a half back. Born in Annbank, Ayrshire, he played for Annbank, Fairfield Athletic, Wigan County and two spells at Manchester United (then known as Newton Heath). His elder brother Tommy, a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ..., also played for Newton Heath, Fairfield and Wigan. United.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 February 2022 References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-Bulletin
The ''Post Bulletin'' is an American, English language newspaper and news website based in Rochester, MinnesotaPostbulletin.comprovides community coverage seven days a week with a print product two days a week: Tuesday and Saturday. The ''Post Bulletin'' also publishes an e-Paper seven days a week. History The ''Post and Record'' was formed by various newspaper mergers conducted by Amherst Blakely beginning in 1872 when he purchased the ''Central Record''. He later purchased ''The Federal Union'', creating ''The Record and Union''. In 1892, he purchased ''The Rochester Post'', creating ''The Post and Record''. Amherst Blakely had co-founded ''The Rochester Post'' in 1859 with his brothers, but sold his interest shortly after to move to Chicago and edit ''The Chicago Evening Post''. The ''Rochester Daily Bulletin'' was started by Archie Gove, who sold to Allen Furlow and Gregory Gentling in 1912, who sold the publication to Glenn Withers in 1916. The ''Rochester Post-Bulletin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Benson (politician)
Michael Benson (born November 9, 1955) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 26B, which includes portions of Olmsted County in the southeastern part of the state. He is also an assistant college professor for business administration and the Director of Human Resources at Crossroads College in Rochester. Early life, education, and career Benson was born in Springfield, Illinois but at an early age his family moved to Bloomington Illinois. He graduated from Bloomington High School in 1973. He started with the United States Postal Service that same year. Benson graduated from Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, earning his B.A. in organizational management and, later, his M.B.A. He began his career with the U.S. Postal Service in 1973, holding various management positions until his retirement in 2004. He served as Postmaster of Rochester from 1988 un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Beard (politician)
Michael Beard (born July 22, 1953) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, who retired in 2014. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 55A, which includes portions of Scott County in the southwestern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Communities in the district include Shakopee, Jackson Township, and Louisville Township. He is also a local businessman and newspaper publisher. He is now also co-chair of a coal energy advocacy group, Coalition for a Secure Energy Future and serves as Scott County Commissioner, District 3. Early life, education, and career Beard graduated from Bethany College of Missions in Bloomington, earning his BA in Bible Missions. He later attended entrepreneurial classes at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul. He was the owner and operator of Macalester Park Public Company from 1987 to 1995, and has been publisher of the '' Minnesota Christian Chronicle'' new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
