# Ben Lien

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{{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](/source/Heather_Keeler)
| birth_date  = 
| birth_place = 
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| party       = [Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party)
| spouse      = 
| children    = 
| alma_mater  = [Minnesota State University Moorhead](/source/Minnesota_State_University_Moorhead) ([B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
| occupation  = [legislator](/source/legislator) 
}}

'''Ben Lien''' is a [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) politician and member of the [Minnesota House of Representatives](/source/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives). A former member of the [Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_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](/source/Moorhead%2C_Minnesota) and graduated from [Moorhead High School](/source/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](/source/Minnesota_State_University_Moorhead), graduating with a [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in [political science](/source/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" />

==References==
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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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Category:Living people
Category:Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Minnesota State University Moorhead alumni
Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature

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