Marsha Swails
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Marsha Swails is Minnesota
politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
who represented District 56B, which includes the cities of Woodbury
and Landfall
in Washington County
in the eastern Twin Cities
metropolitan area. A Democrat
, she was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. She was unseated by Republican
Andrea Kieffer in her 2010 re-election bid.
Swails was a member of the House Ways & Means and K-12 Education Policy & Oversight committees, and of the Finance subcommittees for the K-12 Education Finance Division, the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division, and the Transportation Finance and Policy Division.
Swails is an Advanced Placement English Teacher at Woodbury Senior High School. She has received a number of awards, including the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year (2004), Sam's Club
Teacher of the Year (2002, White Bear Lake store), and Minnesota Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist (2001). She also served until 2007 as State Advisor for the Minnesota Association of Honor Societies.
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 former 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 represented District 56B, which includes the cities of Woodbury
Woodbury, Minnesota
Woodbury is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States, and is a suburb of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It is situated east of Saint Paul along Interstate 94...
and Landfall
Landfall, Minnesota
Landfall is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 686 at the 2010 census and is the smallest community in Washington County in terms of area. It lies on the eastern shore of Tanner's Lake on Interstate 94....
in 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 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...
, she was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. She was unseated by 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:...
Andrea Kieffer in her 2010 re-election bid.
Swails was a member of the House Ways & Means and K-12 Education Policy & Oversight committees, and of the Finance subcommittees for the K-12 Education Finance Division, the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division, and the Transportation Finance and Policy Division.
Swails is an Advanced Placement English Teacher at Woodbury Senior High School. She has received a number of awards, including the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year (2004), Sam's Club
Sam's Club
Sam's Club is a chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs owned and operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., founded in 1983 and named after Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. , the Sam's Club chain serves more than 47 million U.S. members...
Teacher of the Year (2002, White Bear Lake store), and Minnesota Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist (2001). She also served until 2007 as State Advisor for the Minnesota Association of Honor Societies.