Legislators in District 26
State Rep. 26A | State Rep. 26B | State Senator | Governor & Lt. Governor
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House District 26A, Rep. Connie Ruth (R)Legislator First Elected: 2000.Committees: Biosciences and Emerging Technology; Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness Finance Division; Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division; Transportation and Transit Policy Subcommittee; Transportation Finance Division.
Contact Information: 291 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155. Phone: (651) 296-5368 or (888) 296-5368. E-mail: rep.connie.ruth@house.mn. Send an e-mail to this elected official using MCA’s quick & easy Desktop Lobbyist. 2006 MCA Candidate Survey Results: Candidate did not respond to survey. Additional Notes from MCA: None. |
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House District 26B, Rep. Patti Fritz (DFL)Legislator First Elected: 2004.Committees: Early Childhood Learning Finance Division; Health and Human Services (Vice Chair); Health Care and Human Services Finance Division; Labor and Consumer Protection Division; Licensing Subcommittee.
Contact Information: 551 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155. Phone: (651) 296-8237 or (800) 292-0012. E-mail: rep.patti.fritz@house.mn. Send an e-mail to this elected official using MCA’s quick & easy Desktop Lobbyist. 2006 MCA Candidate Survey Results: Candidate did not respond to survey. Additional Notes from MCA: |
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Senate District 26, Sen. Dick Day (R) Legislator First Elected: 1990.Committees: Business, Industry and Jobs, Finance - Transportation Budget and Policy Division, State and Local Government Operations and Oversight, Transportation.
Contact Information: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., State Office Building, Room 113, St. Paul, MN 55155-1206. Phone: 651.296.9457. Send an e-mail to this elected official using MCA’s quick & easy Desktop Lobbyist. 2006 MCA Candidate Survey Results: Candidate did not respond to survey. Additional Notes from MCA: May 2000: Sen. Day voted YES to override the Governor’s veto of $1 million in bonding money for the Lanesboro Center for the Arts, and $3 million in planning money for the Guthrie Theater. The override was successful. A ‘Yes’ vote was a good arts vote. |
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Governor Tim Pawlenty & Lt. Governor Carol Molnau (R)Governor & Lt. Governor first elected: 2002.Contact information: Office of the Governor, 130 State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155. Phone: (651) 296-3391 or (800) 657-3717. E-mail: tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us.
Send an e-mail to this elected official using MCA’s quick & easy Desktop Lobbyist. 2006 MCA Candidate Survey Results: Candidates did not respond to survey. Additional notes from MCA: April, 2006 : In a statement made regarding the Senate passage of the proposed consitutional amendment on conservation, clean water, public broadcasting and the arts, Governor Pawlenty displayed his neglect of the value of the arts: “While I appreciate the Senate’s willingness to vote on this important issue, I hope the bill will be more focused in its final version. Conservation and clean water are too important to be watered down by other issues. While the arts and public broadcasting are important, they do not rise to the level of being in need of dedicated constitutional support.” May, 2005: Governor Pawlenty vetoed a measure to create an official poet laureate in Minnesota, remarking: “Even though we have a state ‘folklorist’, I have concern that this will lead to calls for other similar positions. We could also see requests for a state mime, interpretive dancer, or potter…”. Minnesota would have joined its neighboring states North and South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin in having an official poet laureate if Pawlenty had not vetoed the bill. |