Laurie Halverson (born February 8, 1969) is an American politician who serves as County Commissioner for Dakota County in Minnesota. Previously, she has served as a 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 ...

from 2013 to 2021. A member of the

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(DFL), she represented District 51B in the southern

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metropolitan area.

Education

Halverson attended the College of St. Catherine, graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in

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. She later attended the

Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs The Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs is a public policy and planning school at the University of Minnesota, a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is named after Hubert ...

at the

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Career

Halverson was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012. She won reelection against Republican Pat Hammond in 2016. She supported the bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota.

Personal life

Halverson and her husband, Jason, have one child and reside in

Eagan, Minnesota Eagan ( ) is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, Dakota County, Minnesota. It is south of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul and lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. Eagan and the ...

. Her grandfather, Howard I. Nelson, and her uncle, Peter C. Nelson, also served in the Minnesota Legislature.

References

External links

Rep. Laurie Halverson
''official Minnesota House of Representatives website''
Rep. Laurie Halverson
''official campaign website''

"Ballotpedia link" {{DEFAULTSORT:Halverson, Laurie 1969 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Humphrey School of Public Affairs alumni Living people Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives People from Eagan, Minnesota St. Catherine University alumni Women state legislators in Minnesota