# Roger Chamberlain

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image         = Roger Chamberlain.jpg
| name          = Roger Chamberlain
| caption       = 
| state_senate  = Minnesota
| constituency1 = [53rd district](/source/Minnesota_Senate%2C_District_53) (2011–2013)
| constituency2 = [38th district](/source/Minnesota_Senate%2C_District_38) (2014–2023)
| term_start    = January 4, 2011
| term_end      = January 3, 2023
| preceded      = [Sandy Rummel](/source/Sandy_Rummel)
| succeeded     = [Heather Gustafson](/source/Heather_Gustafson)
| party         = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| birth_name    = Roger Colin Chamberlain
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1963|01|14}}
| birth_place   = 
| alma_mater    = {{ublist|[Normandale Community College](/source/Normandale_Community_College)|[Metropolitan State University](/source/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](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he served four terms in the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate), representing [District 53](/source/Minnesota_Senate%2C_District_53) from 2011 to 2013 and [District 38](/source/Minnesota_Senate%2C_District_38) from 2014 to 2023.

==Early life, education, and career==
Chamberlain attended [Normandale Community College](/source/Normandale_Community_College) in [Bloomington](/source/Bloomington%2C_Minnesota), receiving his [A.A.S.](/source/Associate_of_Applied_Science) in law enforcement. He later earned a [B.S.](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) in accounting from [Metropolitan State University](/source/Metropolitan_State_University) in [Saint Paul](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota). He also served in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) and in the [United States Army National Guard](/source/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](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) senator [Sandy Rummel](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Minnesota_Reformer)'' has criticized Chamberlain's own social media use, in 2020 for following and interacting with [Bronze Age Pervert](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Lino_Lakes%2C_Minnesota) and have two children.<ref name=senate/><ref name=campaign/>

==References==
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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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