- Marsha Swails
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Marsha Swails Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 56B districtIn office
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011Preceded by Karen Klinzing Succeeded by Andrea Kieffer Personal details Born April 3, 1952
Richmond, CaliforniaPolitical party Democratic Farmer Labor Party Children 2 Residence Woodbury, Minnesota Alma mater Graceland University
Hamline UniversityProfession teacher, legislator Religion Lutheran Marsha Swails (born April 3, 1952) is Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 56B, which includes the cities of Woodbury and Landfall in Washington County in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. She was unseated by Republican Andrea Kieffer in her 2010 re-election bid.[1]
Swails was a member of the House Ways & Means and K-12 Education Policy & Oversight committees, and of the Finance subcommittees for the K-12 Education Finance Division, the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division, and the Transportation Finance and Policy Division.[2]
Swails is an Advanced Placement English Teacher at Woodbury Senior High School. She has received a number of awards, including the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year (2004), Sam's Club Teacher of the Year (2002, White Bear Lake store), and Minnesota Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist (2001). She also served until 2007 as State Advisor for the Minnesota Association of Honor Societies.
References
- ^ http://www.insideminnesotacapitol.com/
- ^ "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Swails, Marsha". Venus.library.leg.state.mn.us. http://venus.library.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15280. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
External links
- Marsha Swails at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present
- Rep. Swails Web Page
- Rep. Swails Campaign Web Site
Categories:- 1931 births
- Living people
- People from Washington County, Minnesota
- People from Woodbury, Minnesota
- Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Minnesota Democrats
- Women in Minnesota politics
- Women state legislators in Minnesota
- American Lutherans
- Minnesota politician stubs
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