Sondra Erickson (born March 2, 1942) is a

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politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the

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, she represents District 15A, which includes portions of Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Sherburne counties in the west central part of the state. She is also a retired English teacher at Princeton High School in

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Early education and career

Erickson graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, receiving her

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in English. She later attended graduate school at the

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Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

. In addition to her career as an educator, she served on the Minnesota Board of Teaching from 1992–1997, and on the Minnesota Statehood Sesquicentennial Commission from 2006-2008.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Erickson was first elected to the House in a 1998 special election, held after Rep. LeRoy Koppendrayer resigned to accept an appointment to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission by

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Arne Carlson. She was re-elected in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. Prior to the 2002 legislative

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, she represented the old District 17A. She was unseated by Gail Kulick Jackson in the 2008 election, losing by just 89 votes after a recount. In 2010, she ran again, unseating Jackson with 55.38% to 44.39% of the vote. She served as chair of the Ethics Committee from 2003-2007 and from 2015-2018.

References

External links

Rep. Erickson Web Page

Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Sondra Erickson Profile

Project Votesmart - Rep. Sondra Erickson Profile

Sondra Erickson Campaign Web Site
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