{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Andrew Falk | image=Andrew Falk 2012.jpg | image_size=175px | state_house=Minnesota | district=17A | prior_term=20A (2009–2013) | term_start=January 6, 2009 | term_end=January 5, 2015 | preceded=Aaron Peterson | succeeded=Tim Miller | party=Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | birth_date={{birth year and age|1983|4}} | birth_place=Murdock, Minnesota | death_date= | death_place= | alma_mater=University of Minnesota | occupation=farmer, renewable energy developer | spouse=Marnie Moore | children= |}} '''Andrew J. Falk''' (born April 1983) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 17A, which included all or portions of Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift counties in southwestern Minnesota. He is also a fifth generation farmer and renewable energy developer.<ref name="state1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15303 |title=Falk, Andrew|work=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record|accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.leg.mn/archive/legdb/Articles/15303SessionWeeklyProfile.pdf|title=A young, rural voice|author=Sonja Hegman|date=January 30, 2009|accessdate=July 14, 2016|work=Session Weekly}}</ref>
==Early life, education, and career== Falk graduated from the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Public School System, then went on to the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, earning his bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurial Management and Finance. He is a soybean and seed processing farmer, and is the co-founder of Knight Energy LLC, a wind-power company.<ref name="state1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=109186 |title=Representative Andrew Falk – Biography|work=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>
==Minnesota House of Representatives== Falk was first elected in 2008, opting to run after Rep. Aaron Peterson decided not to seek re-election.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.leg.mn/archive/LegDB/Articles/10765SessWeeklyStepDown.pdf|title=Three more say goodbye|author=Craig Green|date=June 3, 2008|accessdate=July 14, 2016|work=Session Weekly}}</ref> He was re-elected in 2010 and 2012.<ref>{{citation|url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=20A|title=Unofficial Results General November 2, 2010 – Results for State Representative District 20A|date=January 19, 2011|publisher=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State|accessdate=July 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823032130/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=20A|archive-date=August 23, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=20A|title=Unofficial Results Tuesday, November 6, 2012 – Results for State Representative District 17A|date=November 7, 2012|publisher=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State|accessdate=July 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823032130/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=20A|archive-date=August 23, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He lost re-election in 2014 and sought election to his old seat again in 2016, losing both times to Republican Tim Miller.
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== External links == {{MN-legdb|15303}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falk, Andrew}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:People from Swift County, Minnesota Category:Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Category:Carlson School of Management alumni Category:Farmers from Minnesota Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature