Rhonda Sivarajah 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...

 Republican politician, an Anoka

Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is bordered by the counties of Isanti on the north, Chisago and Washington on the east, Hennepin and Ramsey on the south, Sherburne on the west, and the Mississippi River on the southwest.As of 2010, Anoka...

 County Commissioner, and a former candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

Sivarajah received a degree in international relations from St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University is a four-year public university founded in 1869 on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. The university is the largest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system which is the largest single provider of higher...

. She moved to Lino Lakes

Lino Lakes, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 16,791 people, 4,857 households, and 4,162 families residing in the city. The population density was 595.1 people per square mile . There were 4,921 housing units at an average density of 174.4 per square mile...

 along with her husband, Ran, and worked as a small business owner. She later worked in the human services division for Anoka County

In 2002, Sivarajah was elected to the Anoka County Commission, representing the 6th district. She currently chairs the county's human services committee.

On February 18, 2010, Republican gubernatorial candidate Marty Seifert

Marty Seifert

Marty Seifert is a former Republican Minority Leader and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 21A, a predominantly rural district in southwestern Minnesota that includes portions of Lyon, Redwood and Yellow Medicine counties, and the cities of Marshall...

announced that Sivarajah would serve as his running mate. After losing the Republican Party endorsement, Seifert and Sivarajah withdrew from the race.

Sivarajah has two children, Sonjay and Asha.