Peggy Bennett

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Peggy Bennett
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Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 6, 2015
Preceded byShannon Savick
ConstituencyDistrict 27A (2015–2023)
District 23A (2023–present)
Personal details
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White Bear Lake, Minnesota, U.S.
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PartyRepublican
EducationCrown College (BA)
St. Cloud State University MA)
WebsiteState House website Campaign website

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Peggy Bennett (born July 3, 1958) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2015. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Bennett represents District 23A in southern Minnesota, which includes the city of Albert Lea and parts of Faribault, Freeborn, Steele and Waseca Counties.[1][2]

Early life, education, and career

Bennett grew up in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. She graduated from Mound Westonka High School in Mound, Minnesota; from Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, with a Bachelor of Arts in education; and from St. Cloud State University in 1981 with a Master of Arts in special education.[1][3]

Before entering politics, Bennett was a first-grade public school teacher in Albert Lea for 33 years.[4][5]

Minnesota House of Representatives

Bennett was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2014, and has been reelected every two years since. She defeated one-term DFL incumbent Shannon Savick,[1] criticizing Savick and Democrats for raising taxes.[4] During the 2016 Republican Presidential Primary, Bennett joined two dozen state lawmakers in endorsing Florida Senator Marco Rubio.[6]

Bennett is the minority lead on the Education Policy Committee and serves on the Education Finance and Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committees. From 2015-16, Bennett served as vice chair of the Education Innovation Policy Committee. She was an assistant minority leader from 2019 to 2022.[1]

Education

Bennett has called for more local control in education decisions.[7] She opposed efforts to provide free meals to all school children, regardless of family income, calling it a "shotgun approach".[8][9] She supported a bill that would speed up the licensing process for substitute teachers in response to workforce shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that DFL proposals didn't go far enough.[10] Bennett has spoken against bills to increase recruitment of teachers of color.[11]

Other political positions

In 2018, Bennett authored legislation that passed unanimously creating a "sibling bill of rights" to help children in the foster care system avoid being separated from their siblings.[12] She supported legislation increasing penalties on distracted driving and on protestors that block freeways.[13][14] Bennett has been in contact and worked directly with an anti-LGBTQ group in Minnesota, the "Child Protection League."[15][16][17] She has opposed proposals to raise the gas tax to pay for roads and bridges improvements.[18] Bennett stated she carries a handgun while at the State Capitol.[19]

Bennett led House Republican opposition of the Mayo Clinic for its vaccine mandate policy for employees, calling for a halt in state funding for health care facilities that fire employees "due to unrealistic vaccine mandate policies".[20][21][22]

Electoral history

2014 Minnesota State House - District 27A[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peggy Bennett 8,155 53.04
Script error: No such module "Political party". Shannon Savick (incumbent) 6,139 39.93
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Keith Price 1,066 6.93
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color; width: 2px;" | Write-in 14 0.09
Total votes 15,374 100.0
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2016 Minnesota State House - District 27A[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peggy Bennett (incumbent) 12,329 61.71
Script error: No such module "Political party". Gary Schindler 7,633 38.21
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color; width: 2px;" | Write-in 17 0.09
Total votes 19,979 100.0
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2018 Minnesota State House - District 27A[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peggy Bennett (incumbent) 9,957 56.52
Script error: No such module "Political party". Terry Gjersvik 7,651 43.43
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color; width: 2px;" | Write-in 9 0.05
Total votes 17,617 100.0
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2020 Minnesota State House - District 27A[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peggy Bennett (incumbent) 13,416 63.43
Script error: No such module "Political party". Thomas Martinez 7,719 36.49
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color; width: 2px;" | Write-in 16 0.08
Total votes 21,151 100.0
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2022 Minnesota State House - District 23A[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peggy Bennett (incumbent) 12,038 65.75
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mary Hinnenkamp 6,252 34.15
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color; width: 2px;" | Write-in 19 0.10
Total votes 18,309 100.0
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2024 Minnesota State House - District 23A[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Peggy Bennett (incumbent) 15,554 67.75
Script error: No such module "Political party". Joe Staloch 7,379 32.14
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Total votes 22,959 100.0
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Personal life

Bennett is single, and resides in Albert Lea, Minnesota.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bennett, Peggy - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present". www.lrl.mn.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rep. Peggy Bennett (23A) - Minnesota House of Representatives". www.house.mn.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Teacher declares candidacy in House District 27A". Albert Lea Tribune. 3 December 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scheck, Tom (October 23, 2014). "Dayton turns his attention to helping House candidates". MPR News. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nehil, Tom; Bierschbach, Briana; Kaul, Greta (2016-07-28). "The 25 legislative races to watch in Minnesota in 2016". MinnPost. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bakst, Brian (February 25, 2016). "Rubio nets backing from two dozen state legislators". MPR News. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pugmire, Tim (November 19, 2014). "New Republicans in the MN House vow to set the agenda". MPR News. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Campuzano, Eder (January 11, 2023). "Free school meals would be standard in Minnesota under proposed legislation". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bakst, Brian (February 9, 2023). "As hunger rises in Minnesota, House passes school meals for all bill". MPR News. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Campuzano, Eder (March 2, 2022). "Republicans say DFL-backed bill to expedite substitute teacher licensing falls short". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Campuzano, Eder (January 27, 2023). "Walz, legislators propose millions in spending to diversify teaching". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bierschbach, Briana (May 29, 2018). "Bill of rights will help siblings in foster care". MPR News. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harlow, Tim; Smith, Mary Lynn (February 2, 2019). "Fight against distracted driving in Minnesota focuses on cellphone use". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Van Berkel, Jessie (May 9, 2018). "Minnesota House passes stronger penalties for freeway protests, despite impassioned opposition". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Anti-LGBT Activities". Southern Poverty Law Center. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stultz, Sarah (December 14, 2021). "Alden-Conger teacher's teaching material causing controversy". Albert Lea Tribune. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shea, Stephanie (2022-03-22). "Gender Justice's Letter to Becker Public Schools". Gender Justice. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bierschbach, Briana (2015-05-22). "What Greater Minnesota got out of the 2015 legislative session". MinnPost. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Orenstein, Walker (2021-11-15). "Why Minnesota lawmakers — and members of the public — can carry guns almost everywhere at the state Capitol complex". MinnPost. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bierschbach, Briana (December 16, 2021). "Minnesota House Republicans criticize Mayo Clinic for employee vaccine mandate". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  21. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Star Tribune Editorial Board (December 16, 2021). "EDITORIAL | Ethical decision is protecting patients". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lopez, Ricardo (2021-12-16). "House GOP leans on Mayo Clinic to call off its vaccine mandate". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  23. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2014 Results for State Representative District 27A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2016 Results for State Representative District 27A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  25. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2018 Results for State Representative District 27A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
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  28. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Minnesota Secretary of State https://electionresults.sos.mn.gov/results/Index?ErsElectionId=170&scenario=StateRepresentative&DistrictId=399&show=Go. Retrieved April 29, 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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