{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Gary Kubly | caption = | state = Minnesota | state_senate = Minnesota | district = 20th | term_start = January 7, 2003 | term_end = March 2, 2012 | preceded = Charles Berg | succeeded = | majority = | state_house2 = Minnesota | district2 = 15B | term_start2 = January 7, 1997 | term_end2 = January 6, 2003 | preceded2 = Roger Cooper | succeeded2 = Lyle Koenen | party = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | birth_date = November 12, 1943 | birth_place = Fort Dodge, Iowa | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|3|2|1943|11|12}} | death_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota | alma_mater = Minnesota State University, Mankato<br>Luther Theological Seminary | occupation = pastor, legislator | spouse = Patricia | children = 3 }}
'''Gary W. Kubly''' (November 12, 1943 – March 2, 2012) was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 20, which includes portions of Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Swift and Yellow Medicine counties in the west central part of the state. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006 and 2010. Prior to that, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives representing the old District 15B from 1997 to 2003.<ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10351 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Kubly, Gary W |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>
Kubly was a member of the Senate's Agriculture and Veterans Committee and Capital Investment Committee. He also serves on the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture and Veterans Budget and Policy Division, the Economic Development and Housing Budget Division, the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division, the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division-Energy Subdivision (which he chairs), and the State Government Budget Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=10351 |title=Senator Gary W. Kubly DFL District 20 |publisher=Senate.leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20 |archive-date=2012-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223104219/http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=10351 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His special legislative concerns include agriculture, rural communities, rural education, rural health care, rural transportation, energy, jobs, and education.<ref name="state1"/>
Kubly obtained his B.A. degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato. He also served in the United States Air Force from 1966 to 1968, during which time he worked in the research division of the School of Aerospace Medicine. After serving as a public school teacher from 1968 to 1970, he went on to Luther Theological Seminary, where he obtained his M.Div. degree. A Lutheran pastor, he and his wife, Patricia, are the parents of three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=13451 |title=Project Vote Smart - Senator Gary W. Kubly - Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>
In 2010, Kubly was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/140951373.html|title = Sen. Kubly in the hospital in critical condition|website = Star Tribune}}</ref> On February 29, 2012, he was admitted to Regions Hospital in Saint Paul during a "medical crisis" and was listed in "critical condition." He died on Friday, March 2, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2012/03/sen_gary_kubly.shtml|title = Capitol View®| date=6 November 2020 }}</ref>
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==External links== {{MN-legdb|10351}} *[http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=10351 Senator Kubly Web Page]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=31 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Senator Gary Kubly] *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=13451 Project Vote Smart - Senator Gary Kubly Profile]
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