Lyle Koenen
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Lyle J. Koenen is a Minnesota
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
representing District 20B, which includes portions of Chippewa
, Renville
and Yellow Medicine
counties in the southwestern part of the state. A Democrat
, he is also a farmer.
Koenen was first elected in 2002, and has been re-elected every two years since then. He is currently chair of the House Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs subcommittee for the Veterans Affairs Division. He is a member of the Taxes Committee, and also serves on the Finance Subcommittee for the State Government Finance Division and the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Sales Tax Division. On May 21, 2011, he joined the House Republican Majority in voting for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and woman.
Koenen attended Maynard High School in Maynard
, then went on to Willmar Technical College in Willmar
, earning his A.A. in Agriculture. He has worked as a dairy farmer, and was also a milk truck and school bus driver. He has been co-chair of the Chippewa County Farmers Union since 1996.
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 20B, which includes portions of Chippewa
Chippewa County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,088 people, 5,361 households, and 3,597 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile . There were 5,855 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...
, Renville
Renville County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,154 people, 6,779 households, and 4,623 families residing in the county. The population density was 18 people per square mile . There were 7,413 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile...
and Yellow Medicine
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
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counties in the southwestern part of the state. 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...
, he is also a farmer.
Koenen was first elected in 2002, and has been re-elected every two years since then. He is currently chair of the House Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs subcommittee for the Veterans Affairs Division. He is a member of the Taxes Committee, and also serves on the Finance Subcommittee for the State Government Finance Division and the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Sales Tax Division. On May 21, 2011, he joined the House Republican Majority in voting for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and woman.
Koenen attended Maynard High School in Maynard
Maynard, Minnesota
Maynard is a city in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 366 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, then went on to Willmar Technical College in Willmar
Willmar, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,351 people, 7,302 households, and 4,461 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,549.9 people per square mile . There were 7,789 housing units at an average density of 657.8 per square mile...
, earning his A.A. in Agriculture. He has worked as a dairy farmer, and was also a milk truck and school bus driver. He has been co-chair of the Chippewa County Farmers Union since 1996.