Patti Fritz
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Patti Fritz is a Minnesota
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
representing District 26B, which includes all or portions of Rice
and Steele
counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Democrat
, she is also a licensed practical nurse.
Fritz was first elected in 2004, and was re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2010. She is currently a member of the House's Commerce and Labor Committee and Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Committee. She is vice chair of the Commerce and Labor Subcommittee for the Labor and Consumer Protection Division and also serves on the Finance Subcommittee for the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division.
Fritz attended Bethlehem Academy in Faribault
, then went on to the Faribault School of Practical Nursing, earning her L.P.N.
designation. She has been a nurse at Saint Lucas Care Center in Faribault for over 30 years. She is a board member of Ruth's House of Hope in Faribault, and of Service Employees International Union Local 113.
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 26B, which includes all or portions of Rice
Rice County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 56,665 people, 18,888 households, and 13,353 families residing in the county. The population density was 114 people per square mile . There were 20,061 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile...
and Steele
Steele County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,680 people, 12,846 households, and 9,082 families residing in the county. The population density was 78 people per square mile . There were 13,306 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile...
counties in the southeastern 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...
, she is also a licensed practical nurse.
Fritz was first elected in 2004, and was re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2010. She is currently a member of the House's Commerce and Labor Committee and Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Committee. She is vice chair of the Commerce and Labor Subcommittee for the Labor and Consumer Protection Division and also serves on the Finance Subcommittee for the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division.
Fritz attended Bethlehem Academy in Faribault
Faribault, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,818 people, 7,472 households, and 4,946 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,644.8 people per square mile . There were 7,668 housing units at an average density of 605.8 per square mile...
, then went on to the Faribault School of Practical Nursing, earning her L.P.N.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Licensed practical nurse is the term used in much of the United States and most Canadian provinces to refer to a nurse who cares for "people who are sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled under the direction of registered nurses and physicians. The term licensed vocational nurses is used in...
designation. She has been a nurse at Saint Lucas Care Center in Faribault for over 30 years. She is a board member of Ruth's House of Hope in Faribault, and of Service Employees International Union Local 113.