# Sandy Rummel > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandy_Rummel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandy_Rummel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Rummel > Source revision: 1350296753 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | | name = Sandy Rummel | caption = | state = Minnesota | state_senate = Minnesota | district = 53rd | term_start = January 3, 2007 | term_end = January 3, 2011 | preceded = Mady Reiter | succeeded = [Roger Chamberlain](/source/Roger_Chamberlain) | majority = | party = [Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|08|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = [Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan) | alma_mater = [Dominican University](/source/Dominican_University_(Illinois))
[University of Iowa](/source/University_of_Iowa)
[University of St. Thomas](/source/University_of_St._Thomas_(Minnesota)) | occupation = [communications consultant](/source/communications), [adjunct professor](/source/adjunct_professor), [legislator](/source/legislator) | spouse = James Rummel (m. 1977) | children = Sara (b. 1979)
Daniel (b. 1981) }} '''Sandy Rummel''' (born August 10, 1942) is a [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) politician and a former member of the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate) who represented District 53, which includes portions of [Anoka](/source/Anoka_County%2C_Minnesota) and [Ramsey](/source/Ramsey_County%2C_Minnesota) counties in the northeastern [Twin Cities](/source/Twin_Cities) metropolitan area. A [Democrat](/source/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party), she was first elected to the Senate in 2006,{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15247 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Rummel, Sandy |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}} but was unseated in the 2010 general election by [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota) [Roger Chamberlain](/source/Roger_Chamberlain).{{Cite web |url=http://shoreviewpost.com/2010/11/chamberlain-and-runbeck-bring-change-to-sd53-hd53a/ |title=Chamberlain and Runbeck bring change to SD53 & HD53A | Shoreview Post |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110716062817/http://shoreviewpost.com/2010/11/chamberlain-and-runbeck-bring-change-to-sd53-hd53a/ |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} She was subsequently appointed to the [Metropolitan Council](/source/Metropolitan_Council_(Minnesota)) by Governor [Mark Dayton](/source/Mark_Dayton) on March 2, 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://politicsinminnesota.com/blog/2011/03/dayton-names-met-council-appointees/|title = Dayton names Met Council appointees – Minnesota Lawyer|date = 2 March 2011}} Rummel was a member of the Senate's Education Committee (of which she was vice chair) and Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications Committee. She also served on the Finance subcommittees for the E-12 Education Budget and Policy Division, the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division, the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division-Energy Subdivision, and the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division-Natural Resources.{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15247 |title=Senator Sandy Rummel DFL District 53 |publisher=Senate.leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}} Her special legislative concerns included education, environment and natural resources, health and human services, family security, early childhood, jobs and energy. Rummel graduated from [Notre Dame High School](/source/Notre_Dame_Catholic_High_School_(Connecticut)) in [Fairfield, Connecticut](/source/Fairfield%2C_Connecticut), then attended [Dominican University](/source/Dominican_University_(Illinois)) in [River Forest, Illinois](/source/River_Forest%2C_Illinois), where she received her [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree. She went on to receive her [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts) degree at the [University of Iowa](/source/University_of_Iowa) in [Iowa City](/source/Iowa_City%2C_Iowa), and her [Ed. D.](/source/doctor_of_education) from the [University of St. Thomas](/source/University_of_St._Thomas_(Minnesota)) in [Saint Paul](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota). She is a [communications consultant](/source/communications), and the owner of RDH Solutions, a communications firm working with health, education and human service organizations. She has also worked as an [adjunct professor](/source/adjunct_professor) at the University of St. Thomas.{{cite web |url=http://electrummel.com/meet |title=Sandy Rummel for Minnesota Senate - Meet Sandy |publisher=Electrummel.com |accessdate=2010-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405020038/http://electrummel.com/meet |archive-date=2010-04-05 |url-status=dead }} Rummel has been active on various education-related community boards. She served on the [White Bear Lake](/source/White_Bear_Lake%2C_Minnesota) [School Board](/source/School_Board) from 1998 to 2006. For five of those years, she was the board's vice chair. She was a member of the All-State School Board in 2003, and was a community ambassador for the [Minnesota School Boards Association](/source/Minnesota_School_Boards_Association). She was also chair of the [East Metro Integration District 6067](/source/East_Metro_Integration_District_6067) (EMID),{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68609 |title=Project Vote Smart - Senator Sandy Rummel - Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}} a collaborative effort that fosters voluntary integration among St. Paul Public Schools and nine suburban school districts in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.{{cite web|url=http://www.emid6067.net/index.html |title=East Metro Integration District 6067 |publisher=Emid6067.net |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{MN-legdb|15247}} *[http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15247 Senator Rummel Web Page] *[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=227 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Senator Sandy Rummel] *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68609 Project Vote Smart - Senator Sandy Rummel Profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100404003343/http://electrummel.com/ Sandy Rummel Campaign Web Site] {{DEFAULTSORT:Rummel, Sandy}} Category:1942 births Category:Living people Category:Democratic Party Minnesota state senators Category:People from White Bear Lake, Minnesota Category:Women state legislators in Minnesota Category:People from Fairfield, Connecticut Category:21st-century American women politicians Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sandy Rummel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Rummel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Rummel?action=history)). 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