{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bruce Vogel | image = Bruce Vogel.JPG | state_house = Minnesota | state = Minnesota | district = 13B | term_start = January 4, 2011 | term_end = January 7, 2013 | preceded = Al Juhnke | succeeded = ''district redrawn'' | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|12|24}} | birth_place = Slayton, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Alexandria Vocational-Technical Institute<br />Bethel College | profession = real estate agent, legislator | spouse = Jeanne | children = 4 }}
'''Bruce Vogel''' (born December 24, 1958) is a Minnesota politician and former member<ref name="vogel"/> of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 13B, which included portions of Kandiyohi County in the west central part of the state, including the cities of Willmar, New London, Spicer, Atwater, Pennock, Kandiyohi, Prinsburg, Lake Lillian, Blomkest and Raymond.<ref name="vogel">{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15370|title = Vogel, Bruce - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref>
A Republican, he was elected in the 2010 general election, unseating Democrat Al Juhnke, and assumed office on January 4, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/74299/ |title=House 13B: Republican challenger Bruce Vogel defeats incumbent al Juhnke | West Central Tribune | Willmar, Minnesota |accessdate=2010-11-08 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106022919/http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/74299 |archivedate=2010-11-06 }}</ref> He was defeated in the 2012 general election by Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party member Mary Sawatzky. While in the legislature he served on the Agriculture and Rural Development Policy and Finance, Higher Education Policy and Finance, Judiciary Policy and Finance, and Transportation Policy and Finance committees.
Vogel travelled to the US Capitol on {{date|2021-01-06}} to take part in President Trump's rally to stop the peaceful transition of power. <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/d-c-riots-a-look-at-the-minnesota-contingent/ | title=D.C. Riots: A Look at the Minnesota Contingent | date=2021-01-13 | first=Niko | last=Georgiades | website=Unicorn Riot}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{MN-legdb|15370}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15370 Rep. Vogel Web Page] * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=123111 Project Votesmart - Rep. Bruce Vogel Profile] * [http://www.brucevogel.com/ Bruce Vogel Campaign Web Site]
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