Joseph "Joe" Roy Schomacker (born March 25, 1986) is an American politician and member of the

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. A member of the

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, he represents District 22A, which includes all or portions of Cottonwood,

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Murray Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian whole ...

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, Pipestone, and Rock counties in the southwestern part of the state. He is also an independent

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Education

Schomacker graduated from Luverne Senior High School in Luverne, then went on to Southwest Minnesota State University in

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, earning his

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in public administration, speech communication and political science in 2008. He served as the university's student body president from 2007-2008. In 2010, he earned his M.P.S. online from

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, based in

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Minnesota House of Representatives

Schomacker was first elected to the Minnesota House in 2010, fending off a challenge by former Rep.

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, winning the seat being vacated by

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, who opted to run for the open Minnesota Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator

Jim Vickerman James Murray Vickerman (May 1, 1931 – January 19, 2021) was an American politician from Minnesota who served as Minnesota State Senator, first elected in 1986 in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's "firestorm" that swept southwestern ...

. He was re-elected in 2012 and 2014.

References

External links

Rep. Schomacker Web Page

Project Votesmart - Rep. Joe Schomacker Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schomacker, Joe 1986 births Living people People from Luverne, Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians