Mindy Greiling
Encyclopedia
Mindy Greiling is a Minnesota
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
who represents District 54A, which includes all or portions of Roseville
, St. Anthony, and Lauderdale
in Ramsey County
, which is in the Twin Cities
metropolitan area. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
(DFL).
Currently in her ninth term, Greiling was first elected in 1992 in the old District 54B after serving on the Roseville School Board for five years. Following redistricting
in 2002, her district became 54A. The district was previously represented by Mary Jo McGuire
, who retired from the legislature to avoid running against a fellow Democrat in her new district, 66B.
Greiling is an advocate of education, environmental issues, and mental health issues. She is the current K-12 Education Finance Committee Chair. She founded and chaired the Mental Health Caucus, a bipartisan committee formed from the Minnesota House and the Minnesota Senate
. She also served as an assistant minority leader
during the 2003-2004 Legislative Session.
Greiling graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College
in 1970 and obtained a Masters in Education from the University of Minnesota
in 1975. She is married to Roger Greiling and has two children.
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 54A, which includes all or portions of Roseville
Roseville, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,690 people, 14,598 households, and 8,598 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,543.9 people per square mile . There were 14,917 housing units at an average density of 1,126.4 per square mile...
, St. Anthony, and Lauderdale
Lauderdale, Minnesota
Lauderdale is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,379 at the 2010 census. Lauderdale is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and is surrounded by Minneapolis, St...
in Ramsey County
Ramsey County, Minnesota
Ramsey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota, founded in 1849. As of 2010, the population was 508,640. Its county seat is St. Paul, which is also Minnesota's state capital. The county is named for Alexander Ramsey , the first governor of the Minnesota Territory...
, which is in 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. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
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...
(DFL).
Currently in her ninth term, Greiling was first elected in 1992 in the old District 54B after serving on the Roseville School Board for five years. Following redistricting
Redistricting
Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...
in 2002, her district became 54A. The district was previously represented by Mary Jo McGuire
Mary Jo McGuire
Mary Jo McGuire is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represents District 66, which includes portions of Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003, representing District 54A...
, who retired from the legislature to avoid running against a fellow Democrat in her new district, 66B.
Greiling is an advocate of education, environmental issues, and mental health issues. She is the current K-12 Education Finance Committee Chair. She founded and chaired the Mental Health Caucus, a bipartisan committee formed from the Minnesota House and the Minnesota Senate
Minnesota Senate
The Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In terms of membership, it is the largest upper house of any state legislature. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House...
. She also served as an assistant minority leader
Minority leader
In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their counterpart being of the opposite party. The position...
during the 2003-2004 Legislative Session.
Greiling graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. A coeducational, four-year, residential institution, it was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans. To this day the school is firmly...
in 1970 and obtained a Masters in Education from 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...
in 1975. She is married to Roger Greiling and has two children.
Electoral history
- 2010 Race for Minnesota State House - District 54A
- Mindy Greiling (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 9,997 (59.33%)
- Mark Fotsch (Republican) 6,835 (40.57%)
- 2008 Race for Minnesota State House - District 54A
- Mindy Greiling (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 12,693 (57%)
- Mark Laliberte (Republican) 9,402 (43%)
- 2006 Race for Minnesota State House - District 54A
- Mindy Greiling (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 11,662 (64.62%)
- Bryan Graham (Republican) 6,368 votes (35.29%)
- 2004 Race for Minnesota State House - District 54A
- Mindy Greiling (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 13,059 (59.46%)
- Teri Graham (Republican) 8,876 votes (40.42%)
- 2002 Race for Minnesota State House - District 54A
- Mindy Greiling (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 10,338 (52.90%)
- Julie Ward (Republican) 8,718 (44.61%)
- Andrew Abruzzese (Green) 476 (2.44%)
- 2000 Race for Minnesota State House - District 54B
- Mindy Greiling (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 11,743 (64.94%)
- Roger Loveland (Republican) 8,718 (35.06%)
- 1998 Race for Minnesota State House - District 54B
- Mindy Greiling (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 9,950 (60.90%)
- Roger Loveland (Republican) 6,360 (38.90%)