Marsha Swails (born April 3, 1952) is Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 56B, which includes the cities of

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and Landfall in Washington County in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A

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, she was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. She was unseated by Republican Andrea Kieffer in her 2010 re-election bid. Swails was a member of the House Ways & Means and K-12 Education Policy & Oversight committees, and of the Finance subcommittees for the K-12 Education Finance Division, the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division, and the Transportation Finance and Policy Division. Swails is an Advanced Placement English Teacher at Woodbury Senior High School. She has received a number of awards, including the ''Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year'' (2004), Sam's Club ''Teacher of the Year'' (2002, White Bear Lake store), and ''Minnesota Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist'' (2001). She also served until 2007 as State Advisor for the Minnesota Association of Honor Societies.

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Rep. Swails Web PageRep. Swails Campaign Web Site
1952 births Living people Politicians from Richmond, California People from Woodbury, Minnesota Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Women state legislators in Minnesota American Lutherans 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians {{Minnesota-politician-stub