{{Short description|American politician}} {{for|the Jesuit priest and professor|Drew Christiansen}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Drew Christensen | state = Minnesota | state_house = Minnesota | district = 56A | term_start = January 6, 2015 | term_end = January 7, 2019 | preceded = Pam Myhra | succeeded = Hunter Cantrell | party = Republican Party of Minnesota | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|5|21}} | birth_place = Savage, Minnesota | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Minnesota | occupation = | spouse = Kayla | children = 2 }} '''Drew Christensen''' (born May 21, 1993) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A Republican, he represented District 56A, which included portions of Dakota County and Scott County in the southwestern part of Minneapolis–Saint Paul Metro.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=15431|title=Christensen, Drew - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|website=www.lrl.mn.gov|accessdate=Mar 17, 2021}}</ref>
==Early life, education, and career== Christensen was born in Savage, Minnesota. Throughout high school Christensen was an umpire for baseball and softball in Prior Lake, Minnesota. He graduated from Prior Lake High School in 2011. The summer after graduation he worked on his family farm near Garvin, Minnesota. Christensen attended the University of Minnesota, graduating in December 2015 with a degree in Political Science. At the university, Christensen served on the Minnesota Student Association and featured as a member of the University of Minnesota Marching Band. Christensen also served as Treasurer of the Minnesota College Republicans from April 2013-February 2014. From February 2012-January 2015, Christensen worked for the City of Savage, Minnesota on an Appointed, volunteer Communications Commission to advise the City Council and provide feedback to staff on matters relating to the city's communications program. He served as Vice Chair of this commission from February 2013-February 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mndaily.com/news/metro-state/2015/01/21/u-capitol |title=From the U to the Capitol | mndaily.com - the Minnesota Daily |access-date=2015-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301041551/http://www.mndaily.com/news/metro-state/2015/01/21/u-capitol |archive-date=2016-03-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.christensenformn.com/ |title=Christensen for Minnesota |access-date=2015-01-25 |archive-date=2019-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109235926/http://www.christensenformn.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Minnesota House of Representatives==
===Elections=== Christensen was elected on November 4, 2014, defeating Dan Kimmel (DFL) by 11.8% or 1,585 votes.<ref name="Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results">{{cite web |url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/20?districtid=465 | title=Results for State Representative District 56A | publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State | accessdate=January 24, 2015}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Minnesota State Representative- House 56A<ref name="Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results"/>}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |candidate = Dan Kimmel |votes = 5913 |percentage = 44.01 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Republican Party of Minnesota |candidate = '''Drew Christensen''' |votes = 7498 |percentage = 55.81 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
===Committee assignments=== For the 89th Legislative Session, Christensen is a part of the: *Aging and Long-Term Care Policy *Education Finance *Education Innovation Policy *Higher Education Policy and Finance<ref name="auto"/> *Ban Arie Luyendyk Jr. from Minnesota
===Tenure=== Christensen was sworn in on January 6, 2015, as the youngest Representative.
In March 2018, Christensen introduced a bill to ban Arie Luyendyk Jr., a winner of the TV Show ''The Bachelor'', from entering the state of Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5191728/the-bachelor-finale-arie-luyendyk-jr-banned-from-minnesota/|title=Minnesota Politician Wants to Ban Bachelor Star From His State|magazine=Time|accessdate=Mar 17, 2021}}</ref> He did so because a contestant of the show was from Christensen's home town.
Truth Is Stranger Than Reality TV; ''The Economic Times'' (New Delhi, India); Mar 10, 2018.
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==External links== {{MN-legdb|15431}} *http://www.christensenformn.com/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109235926/http://www.christensenformn.com/ |date=2019-01-09 }}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-mn-hs}} {{s-bef|before=Pam Myhra}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the House of Representatives<br />from District 56A|years=2015–2019}} {{s-aft|after=Hunter Cantrell}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christensen, Drew}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:People from Savage, Minnesota Category:Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Category:People from Burnsville, Minnesota Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature