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Chris Gerlach Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 37th districtIncumbent Assumed office
July 21, 2004Preceded by David Knutson Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 36A, 37A districtIn office
January 5, 1999 – July 21, 2004Preceded by Eileen Tompkins Succeeded by Lloyd Cybart Personal details Born November 17, 1964 Political party Republican Party of Minnesota Spouse(s) Shelli Children 2 Residence Apple Valley, Minnesota Alma mater University of St. Thomas
University of South DakotaOccupation real estate agent, businessman, legislator, veteran Religion Covenant[disambiguation needed 
]Chris Gerlach (born November 17, 1964) is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 37, which includes portions of the cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville and Rosemount in Dakota County, which is located in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.[1]
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Service in Minnesota House and Senate
A Republican, Gerlach was first elected to the Senate in a July 2004 special election after Senator David Knutson was appointed a Dakota County District Court judge by Governor Tim Pawlenty. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2010. He served as an assistant minority leader from 2005 to 2006.[2]
Prior to being elected to the Senate, Gerlach was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, being first elected in 1998 in the old House District 36A, and re-elected in 2000 and 2002. After the 2002 redistricting, the area was known as House District 37A.[3]
Gerlach is currently an assistant majority leader in the Senate. He chairs the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee, and is also a member of the Senate's Capital Investment, Environment and Natural Resources, and Rules and Administration committees.[4] His special legislative concerns include tax relief, less government spending, education reform, and public safety.[5]
On May 21, 2011, Gerlach joined the Senate Republican Majority in voting for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and woman.[6]
Education, military service and career
Gerlach is a former real estate agent and a small business owner. He attended Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, then went on to the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, where he received a B.A. in political science. He joined the United States Air Force, and was a lieutenant and intercontinental ballistic missile crew commander at Ellsworth Air Force Base, and a member of the auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. He later earned his M.B.A. at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. He and his wife, Shelli, live in Apple Valley, and have two children.[7][8]
References
- ^ http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10208
- ^ http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10208
- ^ http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10208
- ^ http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=10208
- ^ http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10208
- ^ "Roll call vote: Same-sex marriage ban amendment". Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2011/05/roll_call_vote_same-sex_ban_am.shtml. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10208
- ^ http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=20283
External links
- Chris Gerlach at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present
- Senator Gerlach Web Page
- Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Senator Chris Gerlach
- Project Vote Smart - Senator Chris Gerlach Profile
- Chris Gerlach Campaign Web Site
Members of the Minnesota State Senate 87th Legislature (2011-2012)
President of the Senate: Michelle Fischbach (R) • Majority Leader: Amy Koch (R) • Minority Leader: Tom Bakk (D)- LeRoy A. Stumpf (DFL)
- Rod Skoe (DFL)
- Tom Saxhaug (DFL)
- John Carlson (R)
- David Tomassoni (DFL)
- Thomas M. Bakk (DFL)
- Roger Reinert (DFL)
- Tony Lourey (DFL)
- Keith Langseth (DFL)
- Gretchen Hoffman (R)
- Bill Ingebrigtsen (R)
- Paul Gazelka (R)
- Joe Gimse (R)
- Michelle Fischbach (R)
- John Pederson (R)
- Dave Brown (R)
- Sean Nienow (R)
- Scott Newman (R)
- Amy Koch (R)
- Gary Kubly (DFL)
- Gary Dahms (R)
- Doug Magnus (R)
- Kathy Sheran (DFL)
- Julie Rosen (R)
- Al DeKruif (R)
- Mike Parry (R)
- Dan Sparks (DFL)
- John Sterling Howe (R)
- David Senjem (R)
- Carla Nelson (R)
- Jeremy Miller (R)
- Warren Limmer (R)
- Gen Olson (R)
- Julianne Ortman (R)
- Claire Robling (R)
- Dave Thompson (R)
- Chris Gerlach (R)
- Ted Daley (R)
- James Metzen (DFL)
- Dan Hall (R)
- Geoff Michel (R)
- David Hann (R)
- Terri Bonoff (DFL)
- Ron Latz (DFL)
- Ann Rest (DFL)
- Chris Eaton (DFL)
- Benjamin Kruse (R)
- Mike Jungbauer (R)
- Michelle Benson (R)
- Barb Goodwin (DFL)
- Pam Wolf (R)
- Ray Vandeveer (R)
- Roger Chamberlain (R)
- John Marty (DFL)
- Charles Wiger (DFL)
- Ted Lillie (R)
- Katie Sieben (DFL)
- Linda Higgins (DFL)
- Lawrence Pogemiller (DFL)
- D. Scott Dibble (DFL)
- Jeff Hayden (DFL)
- Patricia Torres Ray (DFL)
- Ken Kelash (DFL)
- Dick Cohen (DFL)
- Sandy Pappas (DFL)
- Mary Jo McGuire (DFL)
- John Harrington (DFL)
Republican (37) • Democratic-Farmer-Labor (29) • Vacant (1) • Minnesota Legislature • Minnesota House of Representatives • Minnesota State Senate Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- Minnesota State Senators
- Minnesota Republicans
- People from Dakota County, Minnesota
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