Marsha Swails | |
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| Member of the MinnesotaHouseofRepresentatives from the 56B district | |
| In office January 3, 2007 –January 3, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Karen Klinzing |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Kieffer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 3,1952 Richmond,California |
| Political party | Democratic Farmer Labor Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Woodbury,Minnesota |
| Alma mater | Graceland University Hamline University |
| Profession | Teacher,legislator |
Marsha Swails (born April 3,1952) is Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 56B,which includes the cities of Woodbury and Landfall in Washington County in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat,she was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. She was unseated by Republican Andrea Kieffer in her 2010 re-election bid. [1]
Swails was a member of the House Ways &Means and K-12 Education Policy &Oversight committees,and of the Finance subcommittees for the K-12 Education Finance Division,the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division,and the Transportation Finance and Policy Division. [2]
Swails is an Advanced Placement English Teacher at Woodbury Senior High School. She has received a number of awards,including the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year (2004),Sam's Club Teacher of the Year (2002,White Bear Lake store),and Minnesota Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist (2001). She also served until 2007 as State Advisor for the Minnesota Association of Honor Societies.
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