Gene Pelowski
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Gene P. Pelowski, Jr. is Minnesota
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
representing District 31A, which includes portions of Houston
and Winona
counties. A Democrat
, he is also a teacher at Winona Senior High School
in Winona
.
Pelowski was first elected in 1986, and has been re-elected every two years since. He represented the old District 34B prior to 1992 legislative redistricting
, and the old District 32A prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting. He was most recently re-elected in 2010.
Pelowski is chair of the House State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Committee, and also serves on the Finance and Rules & Legislative Administration committees. He is also a member of the House Finance Subcommittee on Capital Investment Finance Division. He was an assistant majority leader
during the 2003-2004 session.
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 31A, which includes portions of Houston
Houston County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,718 people, 7,633 households, and 5,411 families residing in the county. The population density was 35 people per square mile . There were 8,168 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...
and Winona
Winona County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 49,985 people, 18,744 households, and 11,696 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile . There were 19,551 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile...
counties. 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 teacher at Winona Senior High School
Winona Senior High School
Winona Senior High School is a publicly funded high school in Winona, in Winona County, which is located in southeastern Minnesota. The high school has over 1200 students in grades 9-12 and its principal as of 2010 Kelly Jansen. The school's mascot is "Herky," the Winhawk. The school is part of...
in Winona
Winona, Minnesota
Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the U.S. State of Minnesota. Located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf....
.
Pelowski was first elected in 1986, and has been re-elected every two years since. He represented the old District 34B prior to 1992 legislative 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...
, and the old District 32A prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting. He was most recently re-elected in 2010.
Pelowski is chair of the House State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Committee, and also serves on the Finance and Rules & Legislative Administration committees. He is also a member of the House Finance Subcommittee on Capital Investment Finance Division. He was an assistant majority leader
Majority leader
In U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...
during the 2003-2004 session.