Ann Lenczewski
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Ann T. Lenczewski is a Minnesota
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
representing District 40B, which includes portions of the city of Bloomington
in Hennepin County
, which is part of the Twin Cities
metropolitan area.
A Democrat
, Lenczewski was first elected in 1998, and has been re-elected every two years since then. She is currently chair of the House Taxes Committee, and is a member of the Finance Committee and the Ways and Means Committee. She also serves on the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Sales Tax Division.
Lenczewski graduated from Bloomington Jefferson High School
in Bloomington, then went on to the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph
, graduating with a B.A.
in Psychology. She later attended graduate school at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
. She served on the Bloomington Planning and Parks Commission, and was elected to the Bloomington City Council in 1993, serving from 1994-1998.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Minnesota House of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B...
representing District 40B, which includes portions of the city of Bloomington
Bloomington, Minnesota
Bloomington is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota in Hennepin County. Located on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River, Bloomington lies at the heart of the southern...
in Hennepin County
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hennepin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota, named in honor of the 17th-century explorer Father Louis Hennepin. As of 2010 the population was 1,152,425. Its county seat is Minneapolis. It is by far the most populous county in Minnesota; more than one in five Minnesotans live...
, which is part of the Twin Cities
Twin cities
Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time...
metropolitan area.
A Democrat
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is a major political party in the state of Minnesota and the state affiliate of the Democratic Party. It was created on April 15, 1944, with the merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer–Labor Party...
, Lenczewski was first elected in 1998, and has been re-elected every two years since then. She is currently chair of the House Taxes Committee, and is a member of the Finance Committee and the Ways and Means Committee. She also serves on the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Sales Tax Division.
Lenczewski graduated from Bloomington Jefferson High School
Bloomington Jefferson High School
For schools with a similar name, see Jefferson High School.Thomas Jefferson Senior High School is one of the two high schools in Bloomington, MN, USA Independent School District No. 271. It is located on at 102nd Street and France Avenue on the suburb's southwest side. About 1,600 students attend...
in Bloomington, then went on to the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph
St. Joseph, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,681 people, 1,120 households, and 712 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,517.4 people per square mile . There were 1,147 housing units at an average density of 616.8 per square mile...
, graduating with a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Psychology. She later attended graduate school at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. She served on the Bloomington Planning and Parks Commission, and was elected to the Bloomington City Council in 1993, serving from 1994-1998.