{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ben Lien | image = | state_house = Minnesota | district = 4A | prior_term = | term_start = January 2013 | term_end = January 2021 | predecessor = ''redrawn district'' | successor = Heather Keeler | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Minnesota State University Moorhead (B.A.) | occupation = legislator }}
'''Ben Lien''' is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A former member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 4A in northwestern Minnesota.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Lien, Ben - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|url=https://www.leg.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=15405|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.leg.mn.gov}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Lien grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota and graduated from Moorhead High School.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-10-21|title=Ben Lien for Minnesota House 4A|url=http://benlien.com/#about|access-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021051954/http://benlien.com/#about|archive-date=2013-10-21}}</ref> He attended Minnesota State University Moorhead, graduating with a B.A. in political science.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Ben Lien (04A) - Minnesota House of Representatives|url=https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15405|access-date=2020-11-25|website=www.house.leg.state.mn.us}}</ref>
==Minnesota House of Representatives== Lien was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012. He was re-elected in 2014, 2016, and 2018. On January 30, 2020 he announced he would not seek re-election for a fifth term.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== *[http://www.lienforhouse.com/ Rep. Ben Lien] ''official campaign website'' *https://ballotpedia.org/Ben_Lien
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