Julie Sandstede (née Tarnowski) is an American politician and former member of the

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 Pa ...

. A member of the

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(DFL), she formerly represented District 6A in northeastern

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Early life, education, and career

Sandstede was born and raised in

Hibbing, Minnesota Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At th ...

, where she graduated from

Hibbing High School Hibbing High School is a public grade 7–12 high school in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. It was built from 1920 to 1922 as the entire city relocated south to make way for the expanding Hull–Rust–Mahoning Mine. The lavish Tudor Reviva ...

. She attended the College of St. Scholastica, graduating with a

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, and the

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, graduating with a master's degree in curriculum and instruction. Sandstede is a

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, first teaching at Cromwell–Wright School in Cromwell, Minnesota and then at Virginia Public Schools. She is also a volunteer

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in Colvin Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota, co-president of the Virginia Education Association, president of the

Iron Range The term Iron Range refers collectively or individually to a number of elongated iron-ore mining districts around Lake Superior in the United States and Canada. Much of the ore-bearing region lies alongside the range of granite hills formed by ...

Service Unit, chair of the

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professional advocacy committee, director of the Hibbing City Band, member of the Mesabi Symphony Orchestra and the Hibbing Alumni Band, and a

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volunteer.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Sandstede was

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to the

in 2016. She opposes

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Personal life

Sandstede and her husband, Evan, have three children and reside in

Hibbing Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At th ...

. She is a member and choir director at Chisholm Baptist Church.

References

External links

Official House of Representatives website

Official campaign website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandstede, Julie Living people Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Women state legislators in Minnesota Year of birth missing (living people) Hibbing High School alumni