{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Carrie Ruud | image = Minnesota State Senator Carrie Ruud.jpg | state_senate = Minnesota | district = 10th | prior_term = | term_start = January 8, 2013 | term_end = January 11, 2022 | predecessor = Gretchen Hoffman | successor = Nathan Wesenberg | state_senate2 = Minnesota | district2 = 4th | prior_term2 = | term_start2 = January 7, 2003 | term_end2 = January 2, 2007 | predecessor2 = ''redrawn district'' | successor2 = Mary Olson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|2|22}} | birth_place = St. Cloud, Minnesota | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = {{marriage|Dick Rostad|2005}} | children = 5 | alma_mater = | occupation = real estate broker, legislator }} '''Carrie L. Ruud''' ({{IPAc-en|r|uː|d}} {{respell|ROOD}}; born February 22, 1952) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate from 2003-2007, and again from 2013-2022. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represented District 10 in north-central Minnesota.
==Early life== Ruud was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.<ref name="meet">{{cite web |url=http://www.carrieruud.com/index.cfm/pageid/18 |title=Meet Carrie Ruud |website=Carrie Ruud for Senate MN District 10 |accessdate=2013-04-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922051655/http://www.carrieruud.com/index.cfm/pageid/18 |archivedate=2013-09-22 }}</ref>
==Minnesota Senate== Ruud was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2003. She was defeated by Mary Olson in the 2006 election. She ran and was elected again in 2012.<ref name="Ruud">{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=10804 | title=Ruud, Carrie L | publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library | website=Legislators Past & Present | accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref> She did not run for re-election in 2022. While in office, Ruud served as committee chair of Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance (2017–22).<ref name="Ruud" />
==Personal life== Ruud is married to Dick Rostad. They have five children and reside in Breezy Point, Minnesota, where Ruud served as mayor from 2001 to 2002.<ref name="meet" /><ref name="Ruud" />
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==External links== {{MN-legdb|10804}} *[http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?mem_id=1196 Senator Carrie Ruud] ''official Minnesota Senate website'' *[http://www.carrieruud.com/ Senator Carrie Ruud] ''official campaign website''
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