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Ginny Klevorn

Ginny Klevorn (born 1959) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Klevorn represents District 42B in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the city of Plymouth and parts of Hennepin County.[1][2]

Ginny Klevorn
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 42B district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2019
Preceded bySarah Anderson
Personal details
Born1958 or 1959 (age 65–66)
Political partyDemocratic (DFL)
SpouseTom
Children3
ResidencePlymouth, Minnesota
EducationSaint Louis University (B.S.)
Occupation
WebsiteGovernment website Campaign website

Early life, education, and career

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Klevorn's family has lived in Belgium and Brazil. In Brazil, she volunteered for Catholic relief agencies in the slums of cities.[3] Klevorn attended Saint Louis University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in business administration. She is a professional mediator.[1]

Klevorn served on the Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board and the Wayzata School District Legislative Action Committee.[4][5] She was a guardian ad litem in the 4th Judicial District juvenile court.[1]

Minnesota House of Representatives

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Klevorn was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 and has been reelected every two years since. She first ran in 2016, losing to five-term Republican incumbent Sarah Anderson. She challenged Anderson again in 2018 and won, in a race that generated the most outside spending that year.[1][6][7]

Klevorn chairs the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee and sits on the Commerce Finance and Policy, Ethics, Higher Education Finance and Policy, and Ways and Means Committees. From 2019 to 2020, she served as vice chair of the State Government Finance Committee, and from 2021 to 2022 she was vice chair of the Redistricting Committee.[1][8]

Klevorn authored legislation to form a citizen advisory redistricting commission to draw legislative boundaries, rather than relying on the courts as Minnesota had in multiple redistricting cycles.[9][10] In 2022, she sponsored a bill to ban political parties from setting up exclusive political clubs for lobbyists to access politicians after the Senate Republican Campaign fund made a request for such a club at the state legislature.[11][12] She has spoken out against the payday loan industry's predatory practices.[13]

Klevorn wrote a bill to prohibit evictions from assisted-living homes during public health emergencies like COVID-19.[14][15] When Sanford Health and Fairview announced an intention to merge, Klevorn questioned the move and advocated for additional financial transparency from the companies.[16]

Electoral history

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2016 Minnesota State House - District 44A[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sarah Anderson (incumbent) 13,486 54.04
Democratic (DFL) Ginny Klevorn 11,443 45.82
Write-in 35 0.14
Total votes 24,954 100.0
Republican hold
2018 Minnesota State House - District 44A[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Ginny Klevorn 12,995 53.85
Republican Sarah Anderson (incumbent) 11,119 46.08
Write-in 18 0.07
Total votes 24,132 100.0
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican
2020 Minnesota State House - District 44A[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Ginny Klevorn (incumbent) 17,644 59.63
Republican Perry Nouis 11,929 40.32
Write-in 14 0.05
Total votes 29,587 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold
2022 Minnesota State House - District 42B[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Ginny Klevorn (incumbent) 12,422 60.59
Republican Jackie Schroeder 8,071 39.37
Write-in 9 0.04
Total votes 20,502 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold

Personal life

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Klevorn and her husband, Tom, have three children. She resides in Plymouth, Minnesota. She is Catholic.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Klevorn, Ginny - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  2. ^ "Rep. Ginny Klevorn (42B) - Minnesota House of Representatives". www.house.mn.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  3. ^ Coolican, J. Patrick (October 26, 2016). "Plymouth House race shows how suburbs are center of battle to control Capitol". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  4. ^ Meitrodt, Jeffrey (December 11, 2021). "More leave Minnesota's lawyer disciplinary office amid morale concerns". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  5. ^ Meitrodt, Jeffrey (December 16, 2021). "Minnesota chief justice apologizes for strain with board overseeing state's legal-industry watchdog". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  6. ^ Van Berkel, Jessie (November 5, 2018). "Battle for Minnesota House likely decided in Twin Cities suburbs". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  7. ^ Van Berkel, Jessie; Coolican, J. Patrick (February 1, 2019). "DFL donors poured millions into Minnesota 2018 election season". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  8. ^ Bierschbach, Briana (September 25, 2021). "Minnesota's divided government has tight timeline for redistricting". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  9. ^ Belladonna-Carrera, Annastacia; Klevorn, Ginny (July 5, 2019). "OPINION EXCHANGE | Supreme Court reminds voters who's in charge on redistricting". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  10. ^ Quimby, Charlie; Cushman, Susan (2019-03-08). "Together, let's address 70 years of electoral map dysfunction". MinnPost. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  11. ^ Callaghan, Peter (2022-04-06). "Elephants in the room? Bill language would ban private clubs for lawmakers, lobbyists proposed by GOP campaign committee". MinnPost. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  12. ^ Lopez, Ricardo (March 11, 2022). "House committee advances bill to close loophole for private lobbyist clubs during legislative session". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  13. ^ Deng, Grace (January 25, 2023). "DFL legislators advance bill to limit interest rates on payday loans". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  14. ^ Serres, Chris (July 13, 2020). "Amid deadly virus, Minnesota advocates renew push for senior care protections". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  15. ^ Orenstein, Walker (2020-07-17). "In Minnesota, the pandemic doesn't prevent seniors from being forced to leave assisted living facilities". MinnPost. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  16. ^ Wiley, Michelle (March 7, 2023). "Lawmakers question timeline, cost of U of M's nearly billion dollar plan to acquire Fairview facilities". MPR News. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  17. ^ "2016 Results for State Representative District 44A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  18. ^ "2018 Results for State Representative District 44A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  19. ^ "2020 Results for State Representative District 44A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  20. ^ "2022 Results for State Representative District 42B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
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