Kurt Daudt

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Kurt Louis Daudt
Rep Kurt Daudt.jpg
Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Assumed office
January 6, 2015
Preceded by Paul Thissen
Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office
January 8, 2013 – January 6, 2015
Preceded by Paul Thissen
Succeeded by Paul Thissen
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 31A district
17A (2011–2013)
Assumed office
January 4, 2011
Preceded by Rob Eastlund
Personal details
Born (1973-09-26) September 26, 1973 (age 51)
Springfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party Republican
Alma mater University of North Dakota
Religion Lutheranism

Kurt Louis Daudt (born September 26, 1973) is a Minnesota politician and the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He's the former Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 31A, which includes portions of Anoka, Isanti, and Sherburne counties in the east-central Minnesota, north of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.[1] He lives in a cabin on Spectacle Lake near Pine Brook, Minnesota.[2]

Early life, education, and career

Daudt attended Princeton High School, where he graduated in 1992. Rep. Sondra Erickson was his English teacher there. Daudt attended the University of North Dakota to study aviation management.[1] Daudt is a licensed private airline pilot. Daudt served as an Isanti County commissioner from 2005 to 2010. Before that, he was a township board supervisor for Stanford Township from 1995 to 2005, and a member of the East Central Regional Library Board. He was also a founding member of Project 24, a nonprofit organization that builds orphanages in Kenya. To date, the project has raised over $500,000 and built six orphanages.[1][3] Before his election to the legislature, he worked at auto dealerships as a salesman and business manager.[2]

Minnesota House of Representatives

Elections

2014 Minnesota State Representative- House 31A[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kurt Daudt (Incumbent) 10363 96.67
2012 Minnesota State Representative- House 31A[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kurt Daudt (Incumbent) 11990 60.42
DFL Ryan Fiereck 7823 39.42
2010 Minnesota State Representative- House 17A[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kurt Daudt 9840 56.04
DFL Jim Godfrey 7044 40.11
Constitution Paul Bergley 657 3.74

Tenure

Daudt was first elected in 2010. After Republicans won a House majority in the 2014 mid-term elections, Daudt was selected by Republicans to become Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the session beginning in 2015. Daudt was elected as Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives by the full House on January 6, 2015.

Committee Assignments

He serves on the Elections Committee and the Rules and Legislative Administration Committee for the 2013-2015 Session. He previously served on the Commerce and Regulatory Reform, the Higher Education Policy and Finance, and the Redistricting committees, as well as on the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Tax Division.[1]

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

External links

Minnesota House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from District 31A
17A (2011–2013)

2011–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives
2013–2015
Succeeded by
Paul Thissen
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
2015–present
Incumbent
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Minnesota_Secretary_of_State:_Election_Results" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Minnesota_Secretary_of_State:_Election_Results" defined multiple times with different content