{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = LeRoy Stumpf | image = | caption = | state_senate = Minnesota | district = 1st | term_start = January 4, 1983 | term_end = January 2, 2017 | preceded = Marv Hanson | succeeded = Mark Johnson | state_house2 = Minnesota | district2 = 1B | term_start2 = January 6, 1981 | term_end2 = January 3, 1983 | preceded2 = John R. Corbid | succeeded2 = Wallace A. Sparby | party = Democratic (DFL) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|05|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = Waverly, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = St. Paul Seminary<br>Syracuse University | occupation = farmer | spouse = Carol | children = 3 }}
'''LeRoy A. Stumpf''' (born May 29, 1944) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 1, which included all or portions of Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau counties in the northwestern part of the state.<ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10640 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Stumpf, LeRoy A |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>
==Background== Stumpf was born in Waverly, Minnesota.<ref>[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3936/leroy-stumpf Votesmart.org.-Leroy Stumpf]</ref>
==Education== Stumpf graduated from Nazareth Hall High School, and then went on to receive a B.A. from the St. Paul Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He later received a M.P.A. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.<ref name="state1"/>
==Minnesota House of Representatives== Stumpf served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983, representing District 1B.<ref name="state1"/>
==Minnesota Senate== Stumpf was first elected to the Senate in 1982 and was re-elected in every subsequent election since then until he didn't seek re-election in 2016. He served as a majority whip from 1991 to 1993, and chaired the Education Committee from 1993 to 1997 and from 2009 to 2011, and the Children, Families and Learning Committee from 1997 to 2001.<ref name="state1"/> Stumpf announced his retirement in February 2016, saying that he would finish out the rest of the term and not run for reelection.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lopez|first1=Ricardo|title=State Sen. Leroy Stumpf announces retirement after 36 years in Legislature|url=http://www.startribune.com/state-sen-leroy-stumpf-announces-retirement-after-36-years-in-legislature/369972821/|work=Star Tribune|date=February 24, 2016}}</ref>
==Electoral history== {{Election box begin | title=Minnesota Senate 1st district election, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/ENR/Results/AllStateSenate/1 |title=Results for All State Senate Races, 2012 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |accessdate=February 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110025144/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/ENR/Results/AllStateSenate/1 |archivedate=November 10, 2012 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |candidate = LeRoy Stumpf (incumbent) |votes = 22,298 |percentage = 60.59 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party of Minnesota |candidate = Steve Nordhagen |votes = 14,475 |percentage = 39.33 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Write-in |candidate = N/A |votes = 29 |percentage = 0.08 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Minnesota Senate 1st district election, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=A&R=ALLSENS |title=Results for All State Senate Races, 2010 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |accessdate=February 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426211845/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=A&R=ALLSENS |archivedate=April 26, 2013 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |candidate = LeRoy Stumpf (incumbent) |votes = 15,614 |percentage = 58.33 |change = -37.91pp }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party of Minnesota |candidate = Russell Walker |votes = 11,132 |percentage = 41.58 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Write-in |candidate = N/A |votes = 24 |percentage = 0.09 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Minnesota Senate 1st district election, 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20061107/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=A&R=ALLSENS |title=Results for All State Senate Races, 2006 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |accessdate=February 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110153750/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20061107/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=A&R=ALLSENS |archivedate=November 10, 2012 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |candidate = LeRoy Stumpf (incumbent) |votes = 24,861 |percentage = 96.24 |change = +32.31pp }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Write-in |candidate = Roger Schmitz |votes = 603 |percentage = 2.33 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Minnesota Senate 1st district election, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20021105/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=A&R=ALLSENS |title=Results for All State Senate Races, 2002 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |accessdate=February 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110174030/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20021105/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=A&R=ALLSENS |archivedate=November 10, 2012 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |candidate = LeRoy Stumpf (incumbent) |votes = 19,227 |percentage = 63.93 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party of Minnesota |candidate = Lyle Kenner |votes = 10,845 |percentage = 36.06 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Minnesota Senate 1st district election, 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20001107/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&R=ALLSENS&LD=ALL |title=Results for All State Senate Races, 2000 |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |accessdate=February 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110153155/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20001107/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&R=ALLSENS&LD=ALL |archivedate=November 10, 2012 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |candidate = LeRoy Stumpf (incumbent) |votes = 17,651 |percentage = 60.23 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party of Minnesota |candidate = Lyle Kenner |votes = 10,500 |percentage = 35.83 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independence Party of Minnesota |candidate = Jual Carlson |votes = 1,156 |percentage = 3.94 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
==Personal life== Stumpf and his wife, Carol, are the owners of Two Fools Vineyard near Plummer.<ref>[http://www.twofoolsvineyard.com/ Two Fools Vineyard]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{MN-legdb|10640}} *[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=12 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Senator LeRoy A. Stumpf] *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=3936 Project Vote Smart - Senator LeRoy A. Stumpf Profile] *''Follow the Money'' - LeRoy A. Stumpf Campaign Contributions **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=96913 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=82601 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=75422 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=36947 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=59018 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=36527 1996]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stumpf, Leroy}} Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:Democratic Party Minnesota state senators Category:Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Category:People from Red Lake County, Minnesota Category:People from Waverly, Minnesota Category:Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs alumni Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature