# Tom Anzelc

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Tom Anzelc
| image=
| state_house=Minnesota
| district=5B
| prior_term=3A (2007–2013)
| term_start=January 3, 2007
| term_end=January 2, 2017
| preceded=[Irv Anderson](/source/Irv_Anderson)
| succeeded=[Sandy Layman](/source/Sandy_Layman)
| party=[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party)
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1946|10|4}}
| birth_place=[Keewatin, Minnesota](/source/Keewatin%2C_Minnesota)
| death_date=
| death_place=
| alma_mater=[Hibbing Junior College](/source/Hibbing_Community_College)<br>[St. Cloud State University](/source/St._Cloud_State_University)<br>[Humphrey Institute](/source/Humphrey_Institute)
| occupation=[union official](/source/labor_union), [educator](/source/educator)
| spouse=Jane (deceased)
| children=3
|}}
'''Thomas Anzelc''' (born October 4, 1946) is a [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) politician and former member of the [Minnesota House of Representatives](/source/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives). A member of the [Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party), he represented District 5B in northern Minnesota.

==Early life, education, and career==
Anzelc attended [Nashwauk](/source/Nashwauk%2C_Minnesota)-[Keewatin](/source/Keewatin%2C_Minnesota) High School, graduating in 1964, then went on to [Hibbing Junior College](/source/Hibbing_Community_College) in [Hibbing](/source/Hibbing%2C_Minnesota), receiving his [A.A.](/source/associate_of_arts) in 1966, and to [St. Cloud State University](/source/St._Cloud_State_University) in [St. Cloud](/source/St._Cloud%2C_Minnesota), receiving his [B.S.](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) of Political Science in 1968. He later attended graduate school at the [Humphrey Institute](/source/Humphrey_Institute) branch at the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota_Duluth) in [Duluth](/source/Duluth%2C_Minnesota). He was a civics teacher and a basketball and cross country coach in Hibbing, and also worked as legislative coordinator for the Laborers Union District Council of Minnesota and [North Dakota](/source/North_Dakota) for 12 years.<ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15251 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Anzelc, Tom |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomanzelc.com/abouttom.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828100654/http://www.tomanzelc.com/abouttom.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 28, 2008 |title=Tom Anzelc for MN House District 3A |publisher=Tomanzelc.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>

Anzelc has been active in state and local government in multiple capacities, serving as a [St. Louis County](/source/St._Louis_County%2C_Minnesota) commissioner from 1980 to 1983, as executive director of the Minnesota Gambling Control Board, as executive director of the Minnesota Governor's Advisory Council on State and Local Government Relations, and as assistant commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services under Governor [Rudy Perpich](/source/Rudy_Perpich).<ref name="state1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68726 |title=Project Vote Smart - Representative Tom Anzelc - Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>

==Minnesota House of Representatives==
Anzelc was first elected in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014. He lost [re-election](/source/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives_election%2C_2016) to [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota) [Sandy Layman](/source/Sandy_Layman) in 2016.

==References==
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==External links==
{{MN-legdb|15251}}
* [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=231 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Tom Anzelc]
* [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68726 Project Votesmart - Rep. Tom Anzelc Profile]

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Category:1946 births
Category:County commissioners in Minnesota
Category:Living people
Category:People from Keewatin, Minnesota
Category:Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature

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