Kathy Lohmer
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Kathy M. Lohmer is a Minnesota
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
who represents District 56A, which includes portions of Washington County
in the eastern Twin Cities
metropolitan area. A Republican
, she is the founder of a homeschool cooperative, and she and her husband are also small business owners. She was previously a medical office administrator.
Lohmer was first elected to the House in 2010. She currently serves on the Health and Human Services Finance, the Health and Human Services Reform, and the State Government Finance committees, and on the State Government Finance Subcommittee for the Veterans Services Division.
Lohmer is an active volunteer in her community and church. She started support groups for the Spina Bifida
Association, and has worked with the Boy Scouts
and Courage Youth Sports, an organization that helps disabled kids play a variety of sports, from wheelchair basketball to track and field and floor hockey. She is a "Blue Star Mom," and a member of the Blue Star Mothers Club
.
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...
who represents District 56A, which includes portions of Washington County
Washington County, Minnesota
Washington County is a county established in 1849 in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 238,136. Its county seat is Stillwater.-History:...
in the eastern 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 Republican
Republican Party of Minnesota
The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. Elected by the party’s state central committee in June 2009, its chairman is Tony Sutton, and its deputy-chairman is Michael Brodkorb.-Early history:...
, she is the founder of a homeschool cooperative, and she and her husband are also small business owners. She was previously a medical office administrator.
Lohmer was first elected to the House in 2010. She currently serves on the Health and Human Services Finance, the Health and Human Services Reform, and the State Government Finance committees, and on the State Government Finance Subcommittee for the Veterans Services Division.
Lohmer is an active volunteer in her community and church. She started support groups for the Spina Bifida
Spina bifida
Spina bifida is a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube. Some vertebrae overlying the spinal cord are not fully formed and remain unfused and open. If the opening is large enough, this allows a portion of the spinal cord to protrude through...
Association, and has worked with the Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 4.5 million youth members in its age-related divisions...
and Courage Youth Sports, an organization that helps disabled kids play a variety of sports, from wheelchair basketball to track and field and floor hockey. She is a "Blue Star Mom," and a member of the Blue Star Mothers Club
Blue Star Mothers Club
During World War II, in March 1942, the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. organization was formed in the United States to provide support for mothers who had sons or daughters in active service in the war. The name came from the custom of families of servicemen hanging a banner called a Service...
.