Paul Rosenthal (Minnesota politician)
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Paul D. Rosenthal is a Minnesota
politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
who represented District 41B, which includes West Bloomington
and South Edina
in Hennepin County
, which is in the Twin Cities
metropolitan area. A Democrat
, he was first elected in 2008. He was unseated by Republican
Pat Mazorol
in the 2010 general election.
Rosenthal was a member of the House Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee, and also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division, the Housing Finance and Policy and Public Health Finance Division, and the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.
Rosenthal attended New York University
in New York City
, earning his B.A.
in Metropolitan Studies and Urban Planning. He is an international currency trader by profession, and is also a partner in ADRZ, a non-profit development group that works to save endangered historic buildings.
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 41B, which includes West Bloomington
Bloomington, Minnesota
Bloomington is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota in Hennepin County. Located on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River, Bloomington lies at the heart of the southern...
and South Edina
Edina, Minnesota
Edina is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and a first-ring suburb situated immediately southwest of Minneapolis. Edina began as a small farming and milling community in the 1860s. The population was 47,941 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
in Hennepin County
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hennepin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota, named in honor of the 17th-century explorer Father Louis Hennepin. As of 2010 the population was 1,152,425. Its county seat is Minneapolis. It is by far the most populous county in Minnesota; more than one in five Minnesotans live...
, 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. 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 was first elected in 2008. He 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:...
Pat Mazorol
Pat Mazorol
Patrick A. "Pat" Mazorol is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represents District 41B, which includes West Bloomington and South Edina in Hennepin County, which is in the Twin Cities metropolitan area...
in the 2010 general election.
Rosenthal was a member of the House Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee, and also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division, the Housing Finance and Policy and Public Health Finance Division, and the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division.
Rosenthal attended New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, earning his B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Metropolitan Studies and Urban Planning. He is an international currency trader by profession, and is also a partner in ADRZ, a non-profit development group that works to save endangered historic buildings.