Randy L. Demmer is a Minnesota

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 29A, which includes portions of Dodge

Dodge County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,731 people, 6,420 households, and 4,853 families residing in the county. The population density was 40 people per square mile . There were 6,642 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

 and Olmsted

Olmsted County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 124,277 people, 47,807 households, and 32,317 families residing in the county. The population density was 190 people per square mile . There were 49,422 housing units at an average density of 76 per square mile...

 counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Republican

Republican Party of Minnesota

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, he is also a local business owner, manager, and consultant.

Early life

Demmer graduated from Hayfield High School in Hayfield

Hayfield, Minnesota

Hayfield is a city in Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,340 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Transportation:...

, then attended the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

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, earning his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 in agricultural business administration. He is a former 11-year board member and treasurer of the Hayfield School District.

Minnesota legislature

Demmer was first elected in 2002, and was re-elected in 2004, 2006 and 2008. He was a member of the House's K-12 Education Policy and Oversight Committee, the Taxes Committee, and the Ways and Means Committee. He also served on the Finance subcommittees for the K-12 Education Finance Division and the Transportation Finance and Policy Division. He is currently an assistant minority leader

Minority leader

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2008

In 2008, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican Party's endorsement to run for the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 in Minnesota's 1st congressional district

Minnesota's 1st congressional district

Minnesota's 1st congressional district extends across southern Minnesota from the border with South Dakota to the border with Wisconsin. The First District is primarily a rural district built on a strong history of agriculture, although this is changing rapidly due to strong population growth in...

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2010

In December 2009, he announced that he would again seek the Republican Party's endorsement for the congressional seat in 2010, challenging incumbent Democrat Tim Walz

Tim Walz

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. On April 17, 2010, he received the GOP endorsement. Also running are Independence Party nominee Steven Wilson and Party Free candidate Lars Johnson.

External links

• Representative Randy Demmer official Minnesota Legislature site
• Randy Demmer official campaign site
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Voting record at Minnesota Public Radio
  Minnesota Public Radio
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  Votetracker (2005–2008)
• Profile at SourceWatch
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