Joe Mullery

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Joe Mullery | image= | state_house=Minnesota | district=59A | prior_term=58A (1997–2013) | term_start=January 7, 1997 | term_end=January 2, 2017 | preceded=Jim Rice | succeeded=Fue Lee | party=Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | birth_date={{birth year and age|1944|6}} | birth_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date= | death_place= | alma_mater=University of Minnesota<br>University of Minnesota Law School | occupation=attorney, community organizer | spouse= | children= |}} '''Joseph J. Mullery''' (born June 1944) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 59A, which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, which is part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

==Early life, education, and career== Mullery graduated from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis with a B.A., and from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he earned his J.D. He has been a member of the board of governors of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the governing council of the Hennepin County Bar Association, and the legal panel for the Minnesota Senior Foundation. He has also been a community leader and organizer in the Camden Neighborhood of north Minneapolis for many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=13696 |title=Project Vote Smart – Representative Joe Mullery – Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |date= |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

==Minnesota House of Representatives== Mullery was first elected in 1996 and was reelected every two years until his defeat in 2016. He previously served as chair of the Economic Development and International Trade subcommittees for Economic Development and for the Economic Development Finance Division for Government Efficiency and Reform during the 1997–98 biennium.<ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10442 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Mullery, Joe |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

In the August 9, 2016, DFL primary election, Fue Lee defeated Mullery with 55.5% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/99?districtcode=59A | title =Results for State Representative District 59A| last = | first = | date =August 11, 2016 | website = Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon| publisher = | access-date =October 29, 2016 | quote = }}</ref>

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== External links == {{MN-legdb|10442}} * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=13696 Project Votesmart – Rep. Joe Mullery Profile]

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