# Ginny Klevorn *American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives* Ginny Klevorn (born 1959) is a [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party]] (DFL) politician who has held a seat in the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] since 2019. Her district, 42B, lies in the western part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area and takes in Plymouth along with portions of Hennepin County.[^1] Klevorn lost her first bid for the seat in 2016, won it in 2018, and has won reelection at each two-year election since. Her House record, as the cited article summarizes it, includes a committee chairmanship, two vice-chair posts, and bills on redistricting, lobbyist access to legislators, and evictions from assisted-living facilities.[^1] ## Early life, education, and career According to the cited article, Klevorn's family has resided in Belgium and in Brazil. In Brazil she did volunteer work for Catholic relief organizations in city slums. She holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Saint Louis University and works as a professional mediator.[^1] She has been a member of the Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board (see [[Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board]]) and of the Wayzata School District's Legislative Action Committee. She also acted as a guardian ad litem in juvenile court in the 4th Judicial District.[^1] ## Minnesota House of Representatives Klevorn's first candidacy, in 2016, ended in defeat by Sarah Anderson, a Republican incumbent then in her fifth term. In a 2018 rematch Klevorn unseated Anderson; according to the cited article, that contest drew more outside spending than any other race that year. She has been returned to office at every election since.[^1] As of the article revision retrieved on 26 October 2026, Klevorn chairs the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee. Her other assignments are the Commerce Finance and Policy, Ethics, Higher Education Finance and Policy, and Ways and Means committees. She was vice chair of the State Government Finance Committee in 2019–2020 and of the Redistricting Committee in 2021–2022.[^1] Klevorn wrote a bill to create a citizen advisory commission that would draw legislative district lines. In several redistricting cycles, Minnesota had left that task to the courts. In 2022, after the Senate Republican Campaign fund asked the legislature for an exclusive club giving lobbyists access to lawmakers, she sponsored a measure barring political parties from establishing such clubs. She has also publicly criticized the payday loan industry's lending practices.[^1] Another bill she authored would prohibit assisted-living homes from evicting residents during a public health emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic. When Sanford Health and Fairview announced plans to merge, she raised questions about the merger and called on the two companies to disclose more financial information. The cited article does not report whether any of these bills was enacted.[^1] ## Personal life Klevorn lives in Plymouth, Minnesota, with her husband, Tom. The couple has three children, and she is Catholic.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Ginny Klevorn, a DFL member of the Minnesota House, holds the District 42B seat.[^1] ### Where - District 42B lies in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area and includes Plymouth and parts of Hennepin County.[^1] ### When - 2016: lost to Republican incumbent Sarah Anderson. 2018: defeated Anderson and won the seat, taking office in 2019. 2019–2020: vice chair, State Government Finance Committee. 2021–2022: vice chair, Redistricting Committee. 2022: sponsored the bill on party-run lobbyist clubs.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Ginny Klevorn* (retrieved 2026-10-26, revision 1367943156) — biographical, electoral, committee, legislative and personal details as reported in the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginny_Klevorn