Brita Sailer

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Brita Sailer | image = | state_house = Minnesota | state = Minnesota | district = 2B | term_start = January 4, 2005 | term_end = January 3, 2011 | preceded = Doug Lindgren | succeeded = Dave Hancock | party = Democratic (DFL) | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}} | birth_place = Alexandria, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Moorhead State University (BA) | profession = teacher, artist, legislator | spouse = Phillip | children = 2 }}

'''Brita J. Sailer''' (born 1953) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 2B, which includes all or portions of Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Pennington and Polk counties in the northwestern part of the state. A Democrat, she is an art teacher, freelance artist and consultant.<ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12278 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Sailer, Brita |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |accessdate=20 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="votesmart1">{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38937 |title=Project Vote Smart – Representative Brita Sailer – Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |accessdate=20 July 2010}}</ref>

Sailer was first elected in 2004, and was re-elected in 2006 and 2008. She was unseated by Republican Dave Hancock in the 2010 general election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/2010/campaign/results/mn/sthouse_dist.php?district=02B|title = Results | Campaign 2010}}</ref> She was a member of the House Environment Policy and Oversight Committee, and was vice chair of the Environment Policy and Oversight Subcommittee for the Game, Fish and Forestry Division. She also served on the Commerce and Labor Subcommittee for the Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Division, and on the Finance subcommittees for the Energy Finance and Policy Division and the Housing Finance and Policy and Public Health Finance Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=12278 |title=Brita Sailer (DFL) 02B – Minnesota House of Representatives |publisher=House.leg.state.mn.us |accessdate=20 July 2010}}</ref>

Sailer attended Alexandria High School in Alexandria, then went on to Moorhead State University in Moorhead, earning her BA in Art. She was a Hubbard County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, and also served as Area 1 Director on the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.<ref name="state1"/><ref name="votesmart1"/>

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== External links == {{MN-legdb|12278}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=12278 Rep. Sailer Web Page] * [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=82 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Brita Sailer] * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38937 Project Votesmart – Rep. Brita Sailer Profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100724062940/http://www.sailerforhouse.com/ Brita Sailer Campaign Web Site]

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