Teresa Lynch is a

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 50B, which primarily includes most of the city of

Andover Andover may refer to: Places Australia * Andover, Tasmania Canada * Andover Parish, New Brunswick * Perth-Andover, New Brunswick United Kingdom * Andover, Hampshire, England ** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station United States * Ando ...

, Ramsey, Ham Lake and a portion of Blaine in

Anoka County Anoka County ( ) is the fourth-most-populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 363,887. The county seat and namesake of the county is the city of Anoka, which is derived from the Dakota word ''an ...

in the northern

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metropolitan area. Prior to the 1992 legislative

redistricting Redistribution (re-districting in the United States and in the Philippines) is the process by which electoral districts are added, removed, or otherwise changed. Redistribution is a form of boundary delimitation that changes electoral dist ...

, the area was known as District 50A, Lynch is a Republican. Lynch was first elected in 1988, succeeding two-term Rep.

Ernest A. Larsen Ernest A. Larsen (born December 26, 1932) was an American politician and educator. Larsen was born in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. He graduated from University of Minnesota with his bachelor's degree in vocational education and was the assistant d ...

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