* Prefers interim mail at this address.
Home:
Willmar; * 3951 Horizon Hills Circle, 56201; 320-235-4442
Family:
Married spouse Claire, 2 children
Occupation: Real Estate Appraiser
Business:
P.O. Box 992, Willmar, MN 56201; 320-894-7088 (Cell)
Education:
BS: Soil Science, BS: Agromony; University of Minnesota - St. Paul
Elected:
1996
Term:
5th
Committees: Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance (Lead Democrat);


Rules and Legislative Administration; Agriculture and Rural Development.
Commissions and Task Forces: 


MN Chicano Latino Affairs Council (Board Member); National Conference


of State Legislatures (NCSL) Agriculture and Rural Development
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LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Named Politics In Minnesota's (PIM) "First Termer of the Year in the House" in 1997.
Passed legislation to:
* help preserve Minnesota's tradition of potlucks and "hotdish"
* reduce the amount of phosphorous in lawn feritilizers
* keep the Willmar Regional Treament Center open
* fund new buildings at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center
* help expand the Willmar Library with a 1/2 cent local sales tax
* refurbish the New London Little Theatre
* allow the Willmar Municipal Utilities and Kandiyohi Cooperative Electric Power
Association to enter into a joint venture
* save the Rice Care Center money
* fund the Willmar Child Guide Program
* open juvenile crime records and juvenile proceedings to the victims of crime
* increase funding to the state's road and bridge projects
MEMBER:
* Right to Be Rural Caucus
* Firefighter/EMS Caucus
* Minnesota Blue Dog Caucus
* Chicano/Latino Affairs Council
* Willmar Area Chamber of Commerce
* Sons of the American Legion
* Vinje Lutheran Church.
* Pheasants Forever
* Minnesota Waterfowl Assn.
* Minnesota Farmers Union