# Annette Meeks > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Annette_Meeks > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Annette_Meeks.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Meeks > Source revision: 1349775660 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician (born 1960)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Annette Meeks | honorific_suffix = | image = | office = [Minnesota Metropolitan Council](/source/Metropolitan_Council_(Minnesota))
Member for the 7th District | term_start = 2003 | term_end = | governor = [Tim Pawlenty](/source/Tim_Pawlenty) | preceded = | succeeded = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|4|12}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = John E. "Jack" Meeks | children = | party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) | relations = | alma_mater = American Campaign Academy
[University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota) | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Annette Meeks''' (born April 12, 1960) is a [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) [Republican](/source/Minnesota_Republican_Party) politician and a member of the state's [Metropolitan Council](/source/Metropolitan_Council_(Minnesota)). She was the 2010 endorsed Republican candidate for [lieutenant governor](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Minnesota), running with gubernatorial candidate [Tom Emmer](/source/Tom_Emmer). ==Biography== Meeks pursued a degree at the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota) in [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis%2C_Minnesota), and also graduated from the American Campaign Academy in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.){{cite web|title=Notice of Appointment: Annette Meeks|url=http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/confirmations/2003-2004/2003-2004_required_docs/Meeks_Annette.PDF|publisher=State of Minnesota|accessdate=6 March 2015}} She served as deputy chief of staff for [House Speaker](/source/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives) [Newt Gingrich](/source/Newt_Gingrich) during his time in office. She later served as chief executive officer of the [Center of the American Experiment](/source/Center_of_the_American_Experiment), a [conservative](/source/Conservatism_in_the_United_States) [think tank](/source/think_tank), and as the vice chair of the [Republican Party of Minnesota](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota). She is the founder and CEO of the [Freedom Foundation of Minnesota](/source/Freedom_Foundation_of_Minnesota).{{cite web|url=http://www.metrocouncil.org/about/CouncilBios/MeeksBio.htm |title=Biography of Council Member Annette Meeks, District 13 |publisher=Metrocouncil.org |date=2010-06-22 |accessdate=2010-11-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125020025/http://metrocouncil.org/about/CouncilBios/MeeksBio.htm |archivedate=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead }} Meeks was appointed to Minnesota's [Metropolitan Council](/source/Metropolitan_Council_(Minnesota)) in 2003 by Governor [Tim Pawlenty](/source/Tim_Pawlenty). She was reappointed to a second four-year term in 2007. She served as vice chair of the Council's Community Development and Transportation Committees. She is no longer a member of the Met Council. On April 28, 2010, state representative and gubernatorial candidate [Tom Emmer](/source/Tom_Emmer) named Meeks as his [running mate](/source/running_mate). It was noted that she had previously argued that the position of [lieutenant governor](/source/lieutenant_governor) should be abolished.{{cite web |url=http://www.minnpost.com/dailyglean/2010/04/28/17709/gops_emmer_picks_meeks_ironies_withstanding |title=GOP's Emmer picks Meeks, ironies withstanding |publisher=Minnpost.com |accessdate=2010-11-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103023846/http://www.minnpost.com/dailyglean/2010/04/28/17709/gops_emmer_picks_meeks_ironies_withstanding |archivedate=3 November 2010 |url-status=dead }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101125020025/http://metrocouncil.org/about/CouncilBios/MeeksBio.htm Annette Meeks Metropolitan Council Biography] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605235058/http://www.citypages.com/2008-05-28/feature/annette-meeks/ "Annette Meeks, The True Believer" - City Pages 5/28/2008] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605235142/http://www.citypages.com/2008-05-28/feature/jack-meeks/ "Jack Meeks, The Lifer" - City Pages 5/28/2008] {{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[Carol Molnau](/source/Carol_Molnau)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) nominee for [Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Minnesota)|years=[2010](/source/2010_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election)}} {{s-aft|after=[Bill Kuisle](/source/Bill_Kuisle)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meeks, Annette}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:University of Minnesota alumni Category:Politicians from Minneapolis Category:Minnesota Republicans Category:Women in Minnesota politics Category:21st-century American women {{Minnesota-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Annette Meeks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Meeks) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Meeks?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.