{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bud Nornes | image = | office = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives | term_start = January 7, 1997 | term_end = January 6, 2021 | constituency = 10A (1997–2013)<br>8A (2013–2021 | preceded = Bob Anderson | succeeded = Jordan Rasmusson | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|3|21}} | birth_place = Beltrami, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Brown College (BA) | spouse = Joyce | children = 3 }}
'''Larry B.''' "'''Bud'''" '''Nornes''' (born March 21, 1943) is an American politician, businessman, and broadcaster who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 8A, which includes most of Otter Tail County in west central Minnesota.
== Education == Nornes graduated from Fertile High School in Fertile, then attended Brown Institute of Broadcasting in 1962 for training in communications and broadcasting.
== Career == Nornes has been a broadcaster and radio station owner since 1962. He was a member of the Fergus Falls School Board from 1983 to 1996. He is a member of the Minnesota Broadcaster Association and the National Association of Broadcasters. He is also active in his community as a member of the Fergus Falls Chamber of Commerce, Ducks Unlimited, the Elks, the Kiwanis, Pheasants Forever, and the United Way.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=http://votesmart.org/|website=Vote Smart}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Nornes, Bud B. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?id=10467|website=www.leg.state.mn.us}}</ref>
Nornes is the former owner of radio stations KJJK AM and KJJK FM, based in Fergus Falls.<ref name="auto" /> He was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1996, and was reelected every two years until retiring in 2021. He is a former assistant majority whip.<ref name="auto1" />
== Personal life == Nornes's great-grandfather, Ole Opdahl, also served as a Republican member of the Minnesota House, from 1903 to 1907. A farmer in Mansfield Township, Opdahl represented the old District 9, which included Freeborn County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?id=11390|title=Opdahl, Ole I. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.leg.state.mn.us}}</ref>
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== External links == {{MN-legdb|10467}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=10467 Rep. Nornes Web Page] * [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=97 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Bud Nornes] * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=13437 Project Votesmart - Rep. Bud Nornes Profile]
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