{{Short description|American politician (born 1952)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = David Bly | image = David Bly.jpg | state_house = Minnesota | district = 20B | prior_term = 25B (2007–2011) | term_start = January 8, 2013 | term_end = January 7, 2019 | preceded = ''redrawn district'' | succeeded = Todd Lippert | term_start2 = January 3, 2007 | term_end2 = January 3, 2011 | preceded2 = Raymond Cox | succeeded2 = Kelby Woodard | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|1|8}} | birth_place = Dubuque, Iowa | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Minneapolis Technical College<br>Oxford University<br>St. Olaf College<br>Minnesota State University, Mankato<br>St. Mary's University | occupation = educator | spouse = Dominique | children = 2 }} '''David Bly''' (born January 8, 1952, in Dubuque, Iowa) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 20B, which included portions of Le Sueur and Rice counties in the southeastern part of the state.<ref name="leg.state.mn.us">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15260 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Bly, David |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref> He is also a retired teacher.
==Early career== Bly is a retired Language Arts and Special Education teacher, having taught in Milan, MN, Faribault Public Schools and at the Northfield Alternative Learning Center and is a longtime resident of Northfield.<ref name="leg.state.mn.us"/>
He is the author of a booklet called "The Middle Class Amendment" (2008) which advocates for investment in the building blocks of a middle class economy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.middleclassamendment.com/ |title=Middle Class Amendment |publisher=Middle Class Amendment |accessdate=2010-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517070357/http://middleclassamendment.com/ |archive-date=2010-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, he published "We All Do Better: Economic Priorities for a land of opportunity" available at Itaska books. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itascabooks.com/we-all-do-better.html/ |title=We All Do Better |publisher=Levins Publishing |date= |accessdate=2016-02-20 |archive-date=2016-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819062222/http://www.itascabooks.com/we-all-do-better.html/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Minnesota House of Representatives== Bly was first elected in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008.<ref name="leg.state.mn.us"/> He was unseated by Kelby Woodard in the 2010 election, losing by 37 votes after a recount.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shaw |first=Charley |url=http://politicsinminnesota.com/blog/2010/12/republicans-officially-win-district-25b-after-recount/ |title=Republicans officially win District 25B after recount |publisher=Politics in Minnesota |date= |accessdate=2014-08-18}}</ref> He ran for the House again in a new, redrawn seat and was elected in 2012. He was re-elected again in 2014, winning by a margin of 16%.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Krein|first1=Kevin|title=Bly wins re-election in Minnesota House 20B race |url=http://www.southernminn.com/northfield_news/news/local/article_4872c1a1-801b-5252-8153-ff4caeb8f999.html|website=Southernminn.com|date=6 November 2014 |accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref>
During his first two terms, Bly was a member of the House Finance subcommittees for the Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division, the Energy Finance and Policy Division, the Higher Education and Workforce Development 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=15260 |title=David Bly (DFL) 25B - Minnesota House of Representatives |publisher=House.leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>
Bly's policy interests include creating a fair economy, environmental protection, expanding access to healthcare, and supporting individualized education and applied learning. He has received multiple endorsements from environmental advocacy groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Environmental Endorsements|url=http://davidbly.com/archive/environmental-endorsements/|accessdate=20 August 2013}}</ref>
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== External links == {{MN-legdb|15260}} *[http://www.davidbly.com/ David Bly Campaign Web Site] *[http://www.wealldobetter.com/ We All Do Better]
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