Kurt Daudt

Kurt Daudt
Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Incumbent
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)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2011
Preceded by	Rob Eastlund
Personal details
Born	(1973-09-26) September 26, 1973 Springfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of North Dakota
Religion	Lutheranism

Kurt L. 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. He is also a business manager.^[1] He lives in Princeton, Minnesota.

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][2]

Minnesota House of Representatives

Elections

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

External links

• Kurt Daudt at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present
• Rep. Kurt Daudt official Minnesota House of Representatives website
• Kurt Daudt official campaign website
• Project Votesmart - Rep. Kurt Daudt Profile
• Kurt Daudt on Twitter

Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives Territorial (1849–1858) Furber Ames Ludden Day Taylor Norris Gardner Furber Watrous State (since 1858) Bradley Coggswell Benson Sherwood Benson Armstrong Wakefield Farmer Davidson J. Merriam Hall Kinyon Gibbs Gilman Fletcher Gibbs W. Merriam Graves Champlin Lee Van Sant Jones Dare Dowling Babcock Clague L. Johnson Rockne Dunn Rines Flowers Parker Nolan J. Johnson Swenson Munn G. Johnson Barker Hall Hartle A. Johnson Chilgren Duxbury Dirlam Sabo Searle Norton Sieben Jennings Norton Vanasek Long Anderson Carruthers Sviggum Anderson Kelliher Zellers Thissen Daudt

Minnesota House Minority Leaders Halstead Prifrel Chilgren Cina Hartle Langen Duxbury Cina Sabo Dirlam Savelkoul Searle Sherwood Jennings Norton Schreiber Dempsey Sviggum Pugh Entenza Anderson Kelliher Seifert Zellers Thissen Daudt