# Ted Lillie

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{for|the baseball player|Ted Lilly}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image        =
| name         = Ted Lillie
| caption      = 
| state        = Minnesota
| state_senate = Minnesota
| district     = 56th
| term_start   = January 4, 2011
| term_end     = January 7, 2013
| preceded     = [Kathy Saltzman](/source/Kathy_Saltzman)
| succeeded    = [Susan Kent](/source/Susan_Kent_(politician))
| majority     = 
| party        = [Republican Party of Minnesota](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota)
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1956|12|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = 
| alma_mater   = [Gustavus Adolphus College](/source/Gustavus_Adolphus_College)
| occupation   = [Newspaper publisher](/source/Newspaper_publisher), [legislator](/source/legislator)
| spouse       = Dr. Lynne Lillie
| children     = 2 
}}
'''Theodore H. "Ted" Lillie''' (born December 30, 1956) is an American politician and a former member of the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate) who represented District 56, which included portions of [Washington County](/source/Washington_County%2C_Minnesota) in the eastern [Twin Cities](/source/Twin_Cities) metropolitan area. A [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota), he and his cousin are the [co-publishers](/source/newspaper_publisher) of Lillie Suburban Newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15334 |title = Lillie, Ted H. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref>

Lillie was first elected in 2010. He was one of four [assistant majority leaders](/source/majority_leader), and was a member of the Jobs and Economic Growth, the State Government Innovation and Veterans, and the Transportation committees.<ref>[http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/12/new-senate-majority-leader-in-crisis-republicans-turn-to-senjem-again/ New Senate majority leader? In crisis, Republicans turn to Senjem again]</ref> The 2012 legislative redistricting changed Lillie's Senate District from 56 to 53. He lost his bid for reelection in 2012 to DFLer [Susan Kent](/source/Susan_Kent_(politician)). His brother, [Leon](/source/Leon_Lillie), is a [Democratic](/source/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party) member of the [Minnesota House of Representatives](/source/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15334 | title=MN State Senate}}</ref> He was named President of the [Taxpayers League of Minnesota](/source/Taxpayers_League_of_Minnesota) in September, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2013/09/newspaper-publisher-ted-lillie-named-new-taxpayers-league-president|title=Newspaper publisher Ted Lillie named new Taxpayers League president|date=2013-09-13}}</ref>

Lillie graduated from [Gustavus Adolphus College](/source/Gustavus_Adolphus_College) in [St. Peter](/source/St._Peter%2C_Minnesota). Active in the eastern Twin Cities community through the years, he serves on the board of directors of the Healtheast Foundation, the [Oakdale](/source/Oakdale%2C_Minnesota) Business and Professional Association, Platinum Bank, and the Co-Action Academic Resources Foundation, an organization providing scholarship opportunities for post-secondary education to residents of [North St. Paul](/source/North_St._Paul%2C_Minnesota), [Maplewood](/source/Maplewood%2C_Minnesota), Oakdale, [Lake Elmo](/source/Lake_Elmo%2C_Minnesota) and [Woodbury](/source/Woodbury%2C_Minnesota). He has also served on the board of the [Saint Paul Area](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota) [Chamber of Commerce](/source/Chamber_of_Commerce), the School District 622 Education Foundation, the Thrive Youth Asset Building Initiative, the [Boy Scouts](/source/Boy_Scouts_of_America) Gateway District, and the School to Careers Local Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lillieforsenate.com/about.php |title=Ted Lillie for Senate |accessdate=2011-02-22 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713205336/http://www.lillieforsenate.com/about.php |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15334 |title = Lillie, Ted H. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{MN-legdb|15334}}
*[http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15334 Senator Ted Lillie Web Page]
*[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=123020 Project Vote Smart - Senator Ted Lillie Profile]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110713205340/http://www.lillieforsenate.com/index.php Ted Lillie Campaign Web Site]}}

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Category:1956 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Lake Elmo, Minnesota
Category:Gustavus Adolphus College alumni
Category:Republican Party Minnesota state senators
Category:American newspaper publishers (people)
Category:People from Oakdale, Minnesota
Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature

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