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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lisa_Fobbe > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lisa_Fobbe.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Fobbe > Source revision: 1350924899 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician (born 1963)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Lisa Fobbe | caption = | state = Minnesota | state_senate = Minnesota | district = 16th | term_start = January 6, 2009 | term_end = January 3, 2011 | preceded = [Betsy Wergin](/source/Betsy_Wergin) | succeeded = [David Brown](/source/David_Brown_(Minnesota_politician)) | majority = | party = [Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|01|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = | alma_mater = [College of St. Benedict](/source/College_of_St._Benedict) | occupation = [Legislator](/source/Legislator) | spouse = | children = 3 }} '''Lisa A. Fobbe''' (born January 23, 1963) is a [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) politician and a former member of the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate) who represented District 16, which includes portions of [Benton](/source/Benton_County%2C_Minnesota), [Mille Lacs](/source/Mille_Lacs_County%2C_Minnesota), [Morrison](/source/Morrison_County%2C_Minnesota) and [Sherburne](/source/Sherburne_County%2C_Minnesota) counties in the central part of the state. The district also includes the trust lands of the [Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe](/source/Mille_Lacs_Band_of_Ojibwe) and Grand Casino Mille Lacs. A [Democrat](/source/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party), she was first elected to the Senate in a special election held on November 4, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15319 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Fobbe, Lisa A |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}} The seat became vacant when Senator Betsy Wergin resigned on July 28, 2008, in order to accept an appointment by [Minnesota Governor](/source/Minnesota_Governor) [Tim Pawlenty](/source/Tim_Pawlenty) as a member of the [Minnesota Public Utilities Commission](/source/Minnesota_Public_Utilities_Commission).{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10808 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Wergin, Betsy L |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}} She was unseated by [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota) [David Brown](/source/David_Brown_(Minnesota_politician)) in the 2010 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M%3DLG%26LD%3D16 |title=Election Reporting |accessdate=2010-11-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313122723/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=16 |archivedate=2012-03-13 }} Fobbe was a member of the Senate's Agriculture and Veterans Committee, the Education Committee, and the Environment and Natural Resources Committee. She also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture and Veterans Budget and Policy Division and the E-12 Education Budget and Policy Division.{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15319 |title=Senator Lisa A. Fobbe DFL District 16 |publisher=Senate.leg.state.mn.us |date=1963-01-23 |accessdate=2010-07-20}} Her special legislative concerns included education, health care, transportation, and the economy. Fobbe attended the [College of St. Benedict](/source/College_of_St._Benedict) in [St. Joseph](/source/St._Joseph%2C_Minnesota), receiving a [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in [social work](/source/social_work). She served on and chaired the [Princeton](/source/Princeton%2C_Minnesota) [School Board](/source/School_Board) from 2000 to 2008. She also served on the executive board of the Minnesota School Board Association Board of Directors, on the Minnesota High School League Board of Directors, on the Early Childhood Family Education and School Readiness Advisory Council, and on the local board of the Kinship Youth Mentoring program.{{cite web |url=http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio_personal.php?mem_id=1164&ls=86&file_to_display=/senators/16Fobbe/bio/main_bio.htm\ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911033735/http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio_personal.php?mem_id=1164&ls=86&file_to_display=/senators/16Fobbe/bio/main_bio.htm%5C |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-11 |title=Senator Lisa A. Fobbe DFL District 16 |publisher=Senate.leg.state.mn.us |date=1963-01-23 |accessdate=2010-07-20 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{MN-legdb|15319}} *[http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15319 Senator Fobbe Web Page] *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=110558 Project Vote Smart - Senator Lisa Fobbe Profile] *[https://archive.today/20121224123743/http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio_personal.php?mem_id=1164&ls=86 In Touch With Senator Fobbe Web Site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110422093325/http://fobbeforsenate16.homestead.com/ Lisa Fobbe Campaign Web Site] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fobbe, Lisa}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Democratic Party Minnesota state senators Category:People from Sherburne County, Minnesota Category:Women state legislators in Minnesota Category:21st-century American women politicians Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lisa Fobbe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Fobbe) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Fobbe?action=history)). 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