Eric Lucero (born 1977/1978) is a

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politician and member of the

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. A member of the

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, he represents District 30. He previously served in 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 ...

, representing District 30B in east-central Minnesota. Lucero was a successful litigant in an October 2020 lawsuit which prohibited Minnesota's seven-day extension for counting absentee ballots received after Election Day, which was put in during the COVID-19 emergency powers earlier in the year.

Early life

Lucero attended

Metropolitan State University Metropolitan State University (Metro State) is a public university in the Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area. It is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

, graduating with a B.A.S. and again with a B.S. He later attended the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

, graduating with a M.B.A.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Lucero was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2014. Lucero spoke at a “Storm the Capitol” rally in St. Paul on January 6, 2021 whose attendees cheered the actual storming of the United States Capitol as it was unfolding at the same time.

Minnesota Senate

Lucero was elected to the

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Promotion of conspiracy theory

In 2024, Lucero was the chief author of proposed Minnesota legislation inspired by the

chemtrails conspiracy theory The chemtrail conspiracy theory is the erroneous belief that long-lasting condensation trails are "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents left in the sky by high-flying aircraft, sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to ...

, on the basis of conspiratorial pseudoscience, with references to made-up phenomena like “

xenobiotic A xenobiotic is a chemical substance found within an organism that is not naturally produced or expected to be present within the organism. It can also cover substances that are present in much higher concentrations than are usual. Natural compo ...

electromagnetism In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge. It is the second-strongest of the four fundamental interactions, after the strong force, and it is the dominant force in the interactions of ...

and fields.”https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/05/minnesota-republicans-introduce-legislation-inspired-by-the-chemtrails-conspiracy-theory/

Personal life

Lucero is married to Erum Lucero. They reside in

Dayton, Minnesota Dayton is a city in Hennepin and Wright counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 7,262 at the 2020 census. Dayton is mainly located within Hennepin County, but a part of the city extends into Wright County as well. It is t ...

References

External links

Rep. Eric Lucero
''official Minnesota House of Representatives website''
Eric Lucero
''official campaign website''

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