{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ginny Klevorn | image = Ginny Klevorn June 2019.jpg | state_house = Minnesota | district = 42B | constituency = 42B (2023-present)<br />44A (2019-2022) | term_start = January 8, 2019 | term_end = | predecessor = Sarah Anderson | successor = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|59|2018|10|25}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic (DFL) | spouse = Tom | children = 3 | education = Saint Louis University (B.S.) | occupation = {{hlist|Professional mediator|Legislator}} | website = {{URL|https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15512|Government website}} {{URL|https://www.ginnyklevorn.com/|Campaign website}} }}
'''Ginny Klevorn''' ({{ipa|en|ˈkʰl̥i.voɹn}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Name Pronunciation Guide for House Members 2025 |url=https://www.house.mn.gov/members/pronunciation |website=Minnesota House of Representatives |publisher=Minnesota Legislature |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref> born 1959) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Klevorn represents District 42B in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the city of Plymouth and parts of Hennepin County.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Klevorn, Ginny - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=15512 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.lrl.mn.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rep. Ginny Klevorn (42B) - Minnesota House of Representatives |url=https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15512 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=www.house.mn.gov}}</ref>
==Early life, education, and career== Klevorn's family has lived in Belgium and Brazil. In Brazil, she volunteered for Catholic relief agencies in the slums of cities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coolican |first=J. Patrick |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Plymouth House race shows how suburbs are center of battle to control Capitol |url=https://www.startribune.com/plymouth-house-race-epicenter-of-battle-for-control-of-the-capitol/398797701/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref> Klevorn attended Saint Louis University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in business administration. She is a professional mediator.<ref name=":0" />
Klevorn served on the Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board and the Wayzata School District Legislative Action Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meitrodt |first=Jeffrey |date=December 11, 2021 |title=More leave Minnesota's lawyer disciplinary office amid morale concerns |url=https://www.startribune.com/more-departures-at-minnesotas-lawyer-disciplinary-board-with-former-manager-calling-it-dysfunctional/600126062/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Meitrodt |first=Jeffrey |date=December 16, 2021 |title=Minnesota chief justice apologizes for strain with board overseeing state's legal-industry watchdog |url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-chief-justice-apologizes-for-strain-with-board-overseeing-states-legal-industry-watchdog/600127845/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref> She was a guardian ad litem in the 4th Judicial District juvenile court.<ref name=":0" />
==Minnesota House of Representatives== Klevorn was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 and has been reelected every two years since. She first ran in 2016, losing to five-term Republican incumbent Sarah Anderson. She challenged Anderson again in 2018 and won, in a race that generated the most outside spending that year.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Berkel |first=Jessie |date=November 5, 2018 |title=Battle for Minnesota House likely decided in Twin Cities suburbs |url=https://www.startribune.com/battle-for-minnesota-house-likely-decided-in-twin-cities-suburbs/499580941/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Van Berkel |first1=Jessie |last2=Coolican |first2=J. Patrick |date=February 1, 2019 |title=DFL donors poured millions into Minnesota 2018 election season |url=https://www.startribune.com/dfl-donors-poured-millions-into-minnesota-2018-election-season/505197092/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>
Klevorn chairs the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee and sits on the Commerce Finance and Policy, Ethics, Higher Education Finance and Policy, and Ways and Means Committees. From 2019 to 2020, she served as vice chair of the State Government Finance Committee, and from 2021 to 2022 she was vice chair of the Redistricting Committee.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bierschbach |first=Briana |date=September 25, 2021 |title=Minnesota's divided government has tight timeline for redistricting |url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-s-divided-government-has-tight-timeline-for-redistricting/600100758/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>
Klevorn authored legislation to form a citizen advisory redistricting commission to draw legislative boundaries, rather than relying on the courts as Minnesota had in multiple redistricting cycles.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Belladonna-Carrera |first1=Annastacia |last2=Klevorn |first2=Ginny |date=July 5, 2019 |title=OPINION EXCHANGE {{!}} Supreme Court reminds voters who's in charge on redistricting |url=https://www.startribune.com/supreme-court-reminds-voters-who-s-in-charge-on-redistricting/512276682/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Quimby |first1=Charlie |last2=Cushman |first2=Susan |date=2019-03-08 |title=Together, let's address 70 years of electoral map dysfunction |url=https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2019/03/together-lets-address-70-years-of-electoral-map-dysfunction/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=MinnPost |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, she sponsored a bill to ban political parties from setting up exclusive political clubs for lobbyists to access politicians after the Senate Republican Campaign fund made a request for such a club at the state legislature.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Callaghan |first=Peter |date=2022-04-06 |title=Elephants in the room? Bill language would ban private clubs for lawmakers, lobbyists proposed by GOP campaign committee |url=https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2022/04/elephants-in-the-room-bill-language-would-ban-private-clubs-for-lawmakers-lobbyists-proposed-by-gop-campaign-committee/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=MinnPost |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lopez |first=Ricardo |date=March 11, 2022 |title=House committee advances bill to close loophole for private lobbyist clubs during legislative session |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/house-committee-advances-bill-to-close-loophole-for-private-lobbyist-clubs-during-legislative-session/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Minnesota Reformer |language=en-US}}</ref> She has spoken out against the payday loan industry's predatory practices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deng |first=Grace |date=January 25, 2023 |title=DFL legislators advance bill to limit interest rates on payday loans |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/dfl-legislators-advance-bill-to-limit-interest-rates-on-payday-loans/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Minnesota Reformer |language=en-US}}</ref>
Klevorn wrote a bill to prohibit evictions from assisted-living homes during public health emergencies like COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Serres |first=Chris |date=July 13, 2020 |title=Amid deadly virus, Minnesota advocates renew push for senior care protections |url=https://www.startribune.com/stronger-senior-care-protections-sought-across-minnesota/571752992/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Orenstein |first=Walker |date=2020-07-17 |title=In Minnesota, the pandemic doesn't prevent seniors from being forced to leave assisted living facilities |url=https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2020/07/in-minnesota-the-pandemic-doesnt-prevent-seniors-from-being-forced-to-leave-assisted-living-facilities/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=MinnPost |language=en-US}}</ref> When Sanford Health and Fairview announced an intention to merge, Klevorn questioned the move and advocated for additional financial transparency from the companies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiley |first=Michelle |date=March 7, 2023 |title=Lawmakers question timeline, cost of U of M's nearly billion dollar plan to acquire Fairview facilities |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/03/07/lawmakers-question-timeline-cost-of-u-of-ms-plan-to-acquire-fairview-facilities |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=MPR News |language=en}}</ref>
== Electoral history ==
{{Election box begin no change | title = 2016 Minnesota State House - District 44A<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/results/Index?ErsElectionId=100&scenario=StateRepresentative&DistrictId=441&show=Go|title=2016 Results for State Representative District 44A|access-date=February 22, 2023|website=Minnesota Secretary of State}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Sarah Anderson (incumbent) | party = Republican Party of Minnesota | votes = 13,486 | percentage = 54.04 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Ginny Klevorn | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | votes = 11,443 | percentage = 45.82 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 35 | percentage = 0.14 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 24,954 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party of Minnesota }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Minnesota State House - District 44A<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/results/Index?ErsElectionId=115&scenario=StateRepresentative&DistrictId=441&show=Go|title=2018 Results for State Representative District 44A|access-date=February 22, 2023|website=Minnesota Secretary of State}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Ginny Klevorn | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | votes = 12,995 | percentage = 53.85 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Sarah Anderson (incumbent) | party = Republican Party of Minnesota | votes = 11,119 | percentage = 46.08 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 18 | percentage = 0.07 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 24,132 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing | winner = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | loser = Republican Party of Minnesota }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = 2020 Minnesota State House - District 44A<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/results/Index?ErsElectionId=136&scenario=StateRepresentative&DistrictId=441&show=Go|title=2020 Results for State Representative District 44A|access-date=February 22, 2023|website=Minnesota Secretary of State}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Ginny Klevorn (incumbent) | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | votes = 17,644 | percentage = 59.63 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Perry Nouis | party = Republican Party of Minnesota | votes = 11,929 | percentage = 40.32 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 14 | percentage = 0.05 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 29,587 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = 2022 Minnesota State House - District 42B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/results/Index?ErsElectionId=149&scenario=StateRepresentative&DistrictId=438&show=Go|title=2022 Results for State Representative District 42B|access-date=February 22, 2023|website=Minnesota Secretary of State}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Ginny Klevorn (incumbent) | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | votes = 12,422 | percentage = 60.59 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Jackie Schroeder | party = Republican Party of Minnesota | votes = 8,071 | percentage = 39.37 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 9 | percentage = 0.04 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 20,502 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party }} {{Election box end}}
==Personal life== Klevorn and her husband, Tom, have three children. She resides in Plymouth, Minnesota. She is Catholic.<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{MN-legdb|15512}} * [https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15512 Official House of Representatives website] * [http://www.ginnyklevorn.com/ Official campaign website]
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