{{Short description|American politician (born 1960)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Phillip Sterner | image = PhilSterner.jpg | image_size = | state_house = Minnesota | state = Minnesota | district = 37B | term_start = January 6, 2009 | term_end = January 3, 2011 | preceded = Dennis Ozment | succeeded = Kurt Bills | party = Democratic Farmer Labor Party | birth_date = 1960 | birth_place = Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of St. Thomas | occupation = Business owner, legislator | children = 5 }} '''Phillip M. Sterner''' (born 1960) is a Minnesota politician, DFL Party member and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented State Senate District 37B, which included portions of Dakota County in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15309|title = Sterner, Phillip M. "Phil" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref>
== Minnesota House of Representatives == Sterner served one term in the Minnesota House of Representatives. After the retirement announcement of long-time Republican Rep. Dennis Ozment, Sterner ran for and won the November 4, 2008, general election, defeating Republican Judy Lindsay.<ref>{{cite web| last = Birkey| first = Andy| title = Legislative race: Bachmann-like Judy Lindsay squares off against Sterner in MN House race| publisher = The Minnesota Independent| date = 2008-10-24| url = http://minnesotaindependent.com/tag/phil-sterner| accessdate =2008-11-06}}</ref> He was subsequently unseated by Republican Kurt Bills in the November 2, 2010, general election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phillip Sterner |website=Ballotpedia |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Phillip_Sterner |access-date=26 May 2026}}</ref>
== Career == Sterner is the owner of an insurance business in Apple Valley and has served on the Rosemount City Council. He and his children have attended ISD 196 public schools.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Phil |publisher=Sterner for House Election Committee |url=http://www.philsterner.com/content/view/18/35/ |accessdate=2008-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020212117/http://www.philsterner.com/content/view/18/35/ |archivedate=October 20, 2008 }}</ref>
== Political positions == Sterner's priorities while in office included job growth, reduction in property taxes, support for education, and making health care more effective and more affordable.<ref>{{cite web| title = Our endorsements for the Minnesota House of Representatives| publisher = TwinCities.com| date = 2008-10-29| url = http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_10838909?nclick_check=1| accessdate =2008-11-06}}</ref>
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==External links== {{MN-legdb|15309}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sterner, Phil}} Category:Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:People from Burnsville, Minnesota Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature