Marsha Swails

Marsha Swails
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 56B district
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Karen Klinzing
Succeeded by	Andrea Kieffer
Personal details
Born	April 3, 1952 (1952-04-03) (age 59) Richmond, California
Political party	Democratic Farmer Labor Party
Children	2
Residence	Woodbury, Minnesota
Alma mater	Graceland University Hamline University
Profession	teacher, legislator
Religion	Lutheran

Marsha Swails (born April 3, 1952) is Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 56B, which includes the cities of Woodbury and Landfall in Washington County in the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat, she was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. She was unseated by Republican Andrea Kieffer in her 2010 re-election bid.^[1]

Swails was a member of the House Ways & Means and K-12 Education Policy & Oversight committees, and of the Finance subcommittees for the K-12 Education Finance Division, the Transportation and Transit Policy and Oversight Division, and the Transportation Finance and Policy Division.^[2]

Swails is an Advanced Placement English Teacher at Woodbury Senior High School. She has received a number of awards, including the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Teacher of the Year (2004), Sam's Club Teacher of the Year (2002, White Bear Lake store), and Minnesota Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist (2001). She also served until 2007 as State Advisor for the Minnesota Association of Honor Societies.

References

1. ^ http://www.insideminnesotacapitol.com/
2. ^ "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Swails, Marsha". Venus.library.leg.state.mn.us. http://venus.library.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15280. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 

External links

• Marsha Swails at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present
• Rep. Swails Web Page
• Rep. Swails Campaign Web Site

Persondata
Name	Swails, Marsha
Alternative names	"Swailsie" bestowed by her high school students
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	April 3, 1952
Place of birth	Richmond, California
Date of death
Place of death