Larry Howes
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Larry Howes is a Minnesota
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
representing District 4B, which includes portions of Cass
, Crow Wing
and Hubbard
counties in the northern part of the state. A Republican
, he is also a summer camp
manager and caretaker.
Howes was first elected in 1998, and was re-elected in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. He is currently a member of the House Finance Committee and Rules and Legislative Administration Committee. He also serves on the Finance subcommittees for the Capital Investment Finance Division, on which he is the ranking minority party member, the Cultural and Outdoor Resources Finance Division, and the Housing Finance and Policy and Public Health Finance Division. He chaired the Commerce and Financial Institutions Subcommittee for the Tourism Division during the 2005-2006 biennium.
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 4B, which includes portions of Cass
Cass County, Minnesota
Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 28,567. Its county seat is Walker. A portion of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation is in the county.-Geography:...
, Crow Wing
Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Crow Wing County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 62,500. Its county seat is Brainerd.-Geography:...
and Hubbard
Hubbard County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,376 people, 7,435 households, and 5,345 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 12,229 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...
counties in the northern part of the state. 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:...
, he is also a summer camp
Summer camp
Summer camp is a supervised program for children or teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer camp are known as campers....
manager and caretaker.
Howes was first elected in 1998, and was re-elected in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. He is currently a member of the House Finance Committee and Rules and Legislative Administration Committee. He also serves on the Finance subcommittees for the Capital Investment Finance Division, on which he is the ranking minority party member, the Cultural and Outdoor Resources Finance Division, and the Housing Finance and Policy and Public Health Finance Division. He chaired the Commerce and Financial Institutions Subcommittee for the Tourism Division during the 2005-2006 biennium.