{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Terry Morrow | image = Terry Morrow.jpg | image_size = 250px | state_house = Minnesota | district = 23A | term_start = January 3, 2007 | term_end = January 7, 2013 | preceded = Ruth Johnson | succeeded = ''district redrawn'' | party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|10|22}} | birth_place = New York City, New York | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of California Berkeley<br>University of California Davis<br>Northwestern University | profession = Educator, legislator | spouse = Martha Devine | children = 2 }}
'''Terry Morrow''' (born October 22, 1963) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. As a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 23A, which included portions of Nicollet and Sibley counties.
==Minnesota House of Representatives== He was first elected in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008, 2010.<ref name="Morrow">{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15258 | title=Morrow, Terry | publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library | work=Legislators Past & Present | accessdate=December 20, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, he was re-elected to the newly drawn District 19A seat, but resigned before the beginning of the new legislative session.
Morrow served as an assistant majority leader during the 2009–2010 biennium. He is a former member of the House Agriculture, Rural Economies & Veterans Affairs Committee; the House State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology & Elections Committee; and of the Finance subcommittees for the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division; and the Transportation Finance and Policy Division.<ref name="Morrow" /> On November 16, 2010, incoming Minority Leader Paul Thissen announced that he would be one of four Minority Whips during the 2011–2012 legislative session.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/11/thissen-names-house-dfl-leadership-team/ | title=Thissen names House DFL leadership team | work=Politics in Minnesota | date=November 16, 2010 | accessdate=December 20, 2012 | author=Bierschbach, Briana}}</ref>
On December 19, 2012, Morrow announced he will be stepping down at the end of his current term to join the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws as its legislative director.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/blogs/184169211.html | title=Rep. Terry Morrow of St. Peter will step down to take new job | publisher=Star Tribune | work=Hot Dish Politics | date=December 19, 2012 | accessdate=December 20, 2012 | author=Ragsdale, Jim}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.house.mn/hinfo/sessiondaily.asp?storyid=3236 | title=Rep. Morrow to step down | publisher=Public Information Services | work=Session Daily | date=December 19, 2012 | accessdate=December 20, 2012 | author=Cook, Mike | archive-date=February 21, 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221013741/http://www.house.mn/hinfo/sessiondaily.asp?storyid=3236 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life== Morrow was a communication studies professor (1995-2013) at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, where he also resides. Prior to running for the House, Morrow served on the Saint Peter School Board for several years.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{MN-legdb|15258}} * [http://morrow4mnhouse.org/ Rep. Morrow Campaign Web Site] * [http://gustavus.edu/news/4578 Article: "State Legislature Convenes With Gustavus Flavor"] * [https://twitter.com/repterrymorrow Terry Morrow] on Twitter
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