{{Short description|American politician}} {{other people}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Roger Chamberlain.jpg | name = Roger Chamberlain | caption = | state_senate = Minnesota | constituency1 = 53rd district (2011–2013) | constituency2 = 38th district (2014–2023) | term_start = January 4, 2011 | term_end = January 3, 2023 | preceded = Sandy Rummel | succeeded = Heather Gustafson | party = Republican | birth_name = Roger Colin Chamberlain | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|01|14}} | birth_place = | alma_mater = {{ublist|Normandale Community College|Metropolitan State University}} | occupation = | spouse = Annette Magnuson | children = 2 }}
'''Roger Colin Chamberlain''' (born January 14, 1963)<ref name=senate>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1187 |title=Senator Roger C. Chamberlain |website=Minnesota State Senate |access-date=February 7, 2023 }}</ref><ref name=Leg>{{cite web |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=15325 |title=Chamberlain, Roger C. |website=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library |access-date=February 10, 2023 }}</ref> is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served four terms in the Minnesota Senate, representing District 53 from 2011 to 2013 and District 38 from 2014 to 2023.
==Early life, education, and career== Chamberlain attended Normandale Community College in Bloomington, receiving his A.A.S. in law enforcement. He later earned a B.S. in accounting from Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul. He also served in the United States Navy and in the United States Army National Guard.<ref name=Leg/><ref name=campaign>{{cite web |url=https://rogerchamberlainmn.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824230635/https://rogerchamberlainmn.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 24, 2018 |title=MN State Senator Roger Chamberlain |access-date=February 10, 2023 }}</ref>
==Minnesota Senate== Chamberlain was first elected in 2010 from District 53,<ref name=Leg/> defeating one-term DFL senator Sandy Rummel.<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Dohman |url=http://shoreviewpost.com/news/2010/11/04/chamberlain-and-runbeck-bring-change-to-sd53-hd53a/ |title=Chamberlain and Runbeck bring change to SD53 & HD53A |newspaper=Shoreview Post |date=November 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716062817/http://shoreviewpost.com/news/2010/11/04/chamberlain-and-runbeck-bring-change-to-sd53-hd53a/ |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> In 2012, 2016, and 2020, he was reelected,<ref>{{cite web|title=Chamberlain, Roger C.|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?id=15325|website=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> representing District 38.<ref name=Leg/> In his third term, he chaired the Senate Committee on Taxes.<ref name=Leg/> In his fourth term, he chaired the Education Committee and served as assistant majority leader.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jeffrey |last=Meitrodt |url=https://www.startribune.com/mde-chief-defends-oversight-of-federal-meals-program/600162190/ |title=Minnesota education commissioner defends oversight of federal meals program |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=April 4, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2023 }}</ref> In 2022, he lost his bid for reelection to DFL challenger Heather Gustafson.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Orenstein |first1=Walker |title=What 4 incoming majority-maker Senate DFLers are pushing at the Legislature |url=https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2022/11/what-four-incoming-majority-makers-for-the-senate-dfl-are-pushing-at-the-legislature/ |access-date=January 27, 2023 |work=MinnPost |date=November 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Peter |last1=Callaghan |first2=Greta |last2=Kaul |url=https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2023/02/of-11-expensive-campaigns-for-legislature-dfl-candidates-won-9-with-help-from-independent-expenditures/ |title=Of 11 expensive campaigns for Legislature, DFL candidates won 9 with help from independent expenditures |newspaper=MinnPost |date=February 2, 2023 |access-date=February 7, 2023 }}</ref>
==Political positions== ===Abortion=== Chamberlain opposes abortion. In 2016, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life gave him a 100% voting record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 Legislative Accountability Rating by MCCL - 2016 Senate Votes |url=http://www.mccl.org/document.doc?id=806 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220035248/http://www.mccl.org/document.doc?id=806 |archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>
===Social media=== In 2020, Chamberlain called the use of social media "addictive", and proposed legislation to require registration and annual fees for large social media companies to operate in Minnesota.<ref>{{cite news |first=Cody |last=Nelson |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/02/13/minnesota-lawmaker-charge-facebook-twitter-for-mental-health-impacts |title=Minnesota lawmaker: Charge Facebook, Twitter for mental health impacts |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio |date=February 13, 2020 }}</ref>
The ''Minnesota Reformer'' has criticized Chamberlain's own social media use, in 2020 for following and interacting with Bronze Age Pervert on Twitter and "liking" tweets about the book ''Bronze Age Mindset'', which "argues that equality and human rights are unnatural",<ref>{{cite news |last=Carroll |first=Logan |title=A fascist manifesto is gaining fans on the right, including state Sen. Roger Chamberlain |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/08/24/a-fascist-manifesto-is-gaining-fans-on-the-right-including-state-sen-roger-chamberlain/ |work=Minnesota Reformer |date=August 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Logan |last=Carroll |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/01/04/minnesota-state-senator-retweeted-denver-shooters-post-promoting-neo-facist-book/ |title=Minnesota lawmaker retweeted Denver shooter's promotion of neo-fascist book |work=Minnesota Reformer |date=January 4, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Republicans Embrace Fascist and Antisemitic 'Alt-Right' Manifesto, Bronze Age Mindset |url=https://www.howtofightantisemitism.com/timeline/republicans-embrace-fascist-and-antisemitic-alt-right-manifesto-bronze-age-mindset |website=How to Fight Antisemitism |date=September 11, 2020}}</ref> and in 2021 for "liking" a tweet by radio host and conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson that read, "Retweet if you're pureblood." The ''Reformer'' wrote, "It's not clear whether Chamberlain liked the post because he's into pure bloodlines, or because he's an anti-vaxxer".<ref>{{cite web |first=Deena |last=Winter | url=https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/sen-chamberlain-likes-tweet-saying-retweet-if-youre-pureblood/ | title=Sen. Chamberlain 'likes' tweet saying 'retweet if you're pureblood' |work=Minnesota Reformer |date=November 24, 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== Chamberlain and his wife Annette live in Lino Lakes and have two children.<ref name=senate/><ref name=campaign/>
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==External links== {{MN-legdb|15325}} *[http://www.rogerchamberlain.org/index.html Senator Roger Chamberlain] ''official campaign website'' *[https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/123016/roger-chamberlain#.WELq4bIrJdg Roger Chamberlain Votes at Votesmart.org]
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