Legislators in District 35
State Rep. 35A | State Rep. 35B | State Senator | Governor & Lt. Governor
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House District 35A, Assistant Minority Whip Rep. Michael Beard (R)Legislator First Elected: 2002.Committees: Biosciences and Emerging Technology; Energy Finance and Policy Division; Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs; Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Division; Transportation Finance Division.
Contact Information: 207 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155. Phone: (651) 296-8872. E-mail: rep.mike.beard@house.mn. 2006 MCA Candidate Survey Results: Candidate did not respond to survey. Additional Notes from MCA: None. |
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House District 35B, Rep. Mark Buesgens (R)Legislator First Elected: 1998.Committees: Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs; Public Safety Finance Division; Rules and Legislative Administration.
Contact Information: 307 State Office Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155. Phone: (651) 296-5185. E-mail: rep.mark.buesgens@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: May 2000: Rep. Buesgens voted not 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 Theatre. The override was successful. This was a bad arts vote. |
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Senate District 35, Sen. Claire A. Robling (R)Legislator First Elected: 1996.Committees: Finance - Higher Education Budget and Policy Division, Ranking Minority Member, Finance - State Government Budget Division, Ranking Minority Member, Higher Education, Ranking Minority Member, Capital Investment, Finance - E-12 Education Budget Division, State and Local Government Operations and Oversight.
Contact Information: 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., State Office Building, Room 143, St. Paul, MN 55155-1206. Phone: 651.296.4123. 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. Robling voted not to override the Governor’s veto of $1 million in bonding money for the Lanesboro Center for the Arts, but ‘Yes’ to override the veto for $3 million in planning money for the Guthrie Theatre. The override was successful. This was a bad 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. |