{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jeanne Poppe | image = | state_house = Minnesota | district = 27B | term_start = January 4, 2005 | term_end = January 5, 2021 | preceded = Jeff Anderson | succeeded = Patricia Mueller | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|7|6}} | birth_place = Houston, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Wisconsin-River Falls<br>Winona State University | profession = educator, counselor, legislator | spouse = Robert Vilt | children = 3 }}
'''Jeanne E. Poppe''' (born July 6, 1957) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 27B, which includes all or portions of Dodge, Freeborn, and Mower counties in the southeastern part of the state. She is an educator and counselor at Riverland Community College, with campuses in Albert Lea, Austin and Owatonna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12276 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Poppe, Jeanne E |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |access-date=2010-07-20}}</ref>
==Early life, education, and career== Poppe was born in Houston, Minnesota and attended Houston High School where she graduated in 1975. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in River Falls, receiving her B.A. in Sociology and Criminal Justice in 1980. She earned her M.S. in Counseling from Winona State University in Winona in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=132|title= Rep. Jeanne Poppe|publisher= Minnesota Public Radio |access-date= October 8, 2012}}</ref>
She has been a college counselor at Riverland Community College since 1999, also serving as president of the Minnesota State College Faculty Counselors Association from 2002 to 2004. Prior to her work as a counselor, she was the college's director of admissions from 1995 to 1999, and the women's center director from 1993 to 1995. She was a workforce career counselor for the Private Industry Council from 1989 to 1993, and a senior citizens' paralegal for Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services from 1984 to 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jeannepoppe.org/?page_id=9 |title=Jeanne Poppe for MN House of Representatives 27B " About Jeanne Poppe |publisher=Jeannepoppe.org |date=1957-07-06 |access-date=2010-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726202054/http://jeannepoppe.org/?page_id=9 |archive-date=2011-07-26 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="votesmart1">{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38609 |title=Project Vote Smart - Representative Jeanne E. Poppe - Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |access-date=2010-07-20}}</ref>
Active in her local community through the years, Poppe served on the Austin City Council (Ward 2) from 1994 to 2002, and was secretary of the Austin Human Rights Commission from 2002 to 2004. She has been a trustee of the Austin Area Foundation since 2003, and a member of the Austin Area League of Women Voters since 1987.<ref name="votesmart1"/>
==Minnesota House of Representatives==
===Elections=== Poppe ran unsuccessfully in 2002 against Rep. Jeff Anderson. She was first elected in 2004 defeating Anderson in a close race. She was re-elected in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014, 2016, and 2018 before being unseated in 2020.
{{Election box begin |title=2020 Minnesota State Representative - House 27B<ref name="2020 Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results">{{cite web |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=136&scenario=StateRepresentative |title=Results for All State Representative Races |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate='''Patricia Mueller'''|votes=9907|percentage=51.53|change=+8.99}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|candidate=Jeanne Poppe (Incumbent)|votes=9295|percentage=48.35|change=-9.03}} {{Election box write-in with party link|votes=22|percentage=0.11|change=+0.04}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2018 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="2018 Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results">{{cite web |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=115&scenario=StateRepresentative |title=Results for All State Representative Races |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate='''Jeanne Poppe''' (Incumbent)|votes=8523|percentage=57.38|change=+3.77}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate=Christine Green|votes=6319|percentage=42.54|change=-3.76}} {{Election box write-in with party link|votes=11|percentage=0.07|change=-0.01}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2016 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="2016 Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results">{{cite web |url=https://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/Index?ersElectionId=100&scenario=StateRepresentative |title=Results for All State Representative Races |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate='''Jeanne Poppe''' (Incumbent)|votes=9485|percentage=53.61|change=-0.49}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate=Dennis R. Schminke|votes=8192|percentage=46.30|change=+0.50}} {{Election box write-in with party link|votes=15|percentage=0.08|change=-0.01}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2014 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="2014 Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results">{{cite web |url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/20?districtid=408 |title=Results for State Representative District 27B |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=February 5, 2015}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate='''Jeanne Poppe''' (Incumbent)|votes=6498|percentage=54.10|change=-8.68}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate=Dennis Schminke|votes=5501|percentage=45.80|change=+8.68}}{{Election box write-in with party link|votes=11|percentage=0.09|change=-0.01}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2012 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results1">{{cite web |url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/1?districtid=408 |title=Results for State Representative District 27B |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=February 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206022950/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/1?districtid=408 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate='''Jeanne Poppe''' (Incumbent)|votes=11486|percentage=62.78|change=+5.13}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate=Nathan Neitzell|votes=6792|percentage=37.12|change=-5.12}} {{Election box write-in with party link|votes=19|percentage=0.10|change=-0.01}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2010 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results2">{{cite web |url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |title=Results for State Representative District 27B |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=February 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206022528/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate='''Jeanne Poppe''' (Incumbent)|votes=7801|percentage=57.65|change=-8.32}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate=Jennifer Gumbel|votes=5716|percentage=42.24|change=+8.35}} {{Election box write-in with party link|votes=15|percentage=0.11|change=-0.02}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2008 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results3">{{cite web |url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |title=Results for State Representative District 27B |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=February 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206022714/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate='''Jeanne Poppe''' (Incumbent)|votes=11844|percentage=65.97|change=+9.64}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate=Brian Thiel|votes=6085|percentage=33.89|change=-9.64}} {{Election box write-in with party link|votes=24|percentage=0.13|change=-0.01}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2006 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results4">{{cite web |url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20061107/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |title=Results for State Representative District 27B |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=February 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206023753/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20061107/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate='''Jeanne Poppe''' (Incumbent)|votes=8529|percentage=56.33|change=+4.74}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate=Jeff Anderson|votes=6591|percentage=43.53|change=-4.81}} {{Election box write-in with party link|votes=21|percentage=0.14|change=+0.07}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2004 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results5">{{cite web |url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20041102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |title=Results for State Representative District 27B |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=February 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206022140/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20041102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate='''Jeanne Poppe'''|votes=9777|percentage=51.59|change=+2.87}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate=Jeff Anderson (Incumbent)|votes=9162|percentage=48.34|change=-2.86}} {{Election box write-in with party link|votes=13|percentage=0.07|change=-0.01}}{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |title=2002 Minnesota State Representative- House 27B<ref name="Minnesota Secretary of State: Election Results6">{{cite web |url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20021105/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |title=Results for State Representative District 27B |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=February 5, 2015 |archive-date=February 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206023501/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20021105/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=27B |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party of Minnesota|candidate='''Jeff Anderson''' (Incumbent)|votes=7777|percentage=51.20|change=+2.86}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|candidate=Jeanne Poppe|votes=7399|percentage=48.72|change=-2.94}}{{Election box write-in with party link|votes=12|percentage=0.08|change=N/A}} {{Election box end}}
===Committee assignments=== For the 89th Minnesota Legislature, Poppe is a part of: *Agriculture Finance Committee (DFL Lead) *Agriculture Policy Committee *Capital Investment Committee *Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee *Ways and Means Committee
For the 88th Minnesota Legislature, Poppe was part of: *Agriculture Policy (Chair) Committee *Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance Committee *Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee *Ways and Means Committee
For the 87th Minnesota Legislature, Poppe was part of: *Agriculture and Rural Development Policy and Finance Committee *Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee *Redistricting Committee
For the 86th Minnesota Legislature, Poppe was part of: *Finance Subcommittee: Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division *Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division Committee *Finance Subcommittee: State Government Finance Division *State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Committee
For the 85th Minnesota Legislature, Poppe was part of: *Finance Committee *Finance Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division *Finance Subcommittee: Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness Finance Division: Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy and Finance Division *Finance Subcommittee: State Government Finance Division *Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Committee
For the 84th Minnesota Legislature, Poppe was part of: *Environment and Natural Resources Committee *Local Government Committee *Rules and Legislative Administration Committee
===Tenure=== Poppe was sworn in on January 4, 2005. She served in the 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, and 91st Minnesota Legislatures.
==Personal life== Poppe resides in Austin, Minnesota, and was married to Bob Vilt who died July 13, 2017. They have three children, Lydia, Casey, Skyler.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== <!-- for current and future use if material is uploaded --> {{MN-legdb|12276}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=12276 Rep. Poppe Web Page] * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38609 Project Votesmart - Rep. Jeanne Poppe Profile] * [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=132 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Jeanne Poppe] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100322222648/http://jeannepoppe.org/ Jeanne Poppe Campaign Web Site]
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