Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 02:47:16 -0600
Subject: Peggy Flanagan, White Earth wins State Rep
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Peggy Flanagan wins Ryan Winkler's seat in House District 46AWins Special
Election for State RepBy Michael Meuers
Peggy Flanagan, a White Earth member becomes the first American Indian from
this area to serve in the Minnesota Legislature since Leech Lake member Harold
"Skip" Finn served in the Senate back in the mid-90's in a special election
held Tuesday, November 3, 2015. She joins Susan Allen as he second American
Indian woman elected to the state legislature, and the first enrolled Ojibwe
since Skip Finn.
Peggy Flanagan moved quickly following State Rep. Ryan Winkler's surprise
announcement that he would resign from the Legislature because his family is
moving to Europe several months ago.
Flanagan, a well-connected DFLer who is now executive director of the
Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota, said she'd run for the seat. She's
previously worked at Wellstone Action and Minnesotans United for All Families.
Flanagan, 35, lives in St. Louis Park, and says she's a U of M grad and a
citizen of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe. She and her husband have a
2-year-old daughter.
Flanagan said in the statement announcing her run:
βMy mom and I moved to St. Louis Park when I was a baby. As a single mother,
she chose this community because of the opportunities that it provided for good
public education, stable neighborhoods, and economic security, and she was
right. My family and I settled in my hometown for the same reasons, and now I
want to give back."
Susan Allen, Rosebud Sioux, elected in 2012
Susan Allen was the first female Native American to serve in the Minnesota
Legislature. "Susan is Lakota, Dakota and Anishinabe." (2012 Campaign Website)
Her father was from the Pine Ridge Reservation and her mother was from the
Rosebud Reservation, both in South Dakota. Her father was an Episcopal priest.
She was a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.
"Minnesota Democrat Susan Allen made history January 10 as the first Native
American Lesbian to be elected to a U.S. State legislature." (Indian Country
Today, January 13, 2012) She was the second openly lesbian member to serve in
the Minnesota Legislature.
Self-Reported American Indian Legislators in MinnesotaBailly, AlexisNative
AmericanTerritorial House 1849 (District 7)Faribault, Alexander - "Alex."Native
AmericanTerritorial House 1851 (District 7)Warren, William WhippleNative
AmericanTerritorial House 1851 (District 6)Gingras, Antoine Blanc -
"Frederick"Native AmericanTerritorial House 1852-53 (District 7)Roy,
PeterNative AmericanTerritorial House 1854 (District 5); House 1859-60
(District 21); House 1862 (District 3)Bailly, Henry G.Native
AmericanTerritorial Council 1856-57 (District 6); Democratic Constitutional
Convention 1857 (District 6); Senate 1857-58 (District 3)Bennett, Sr., Willard
F. - "W.F."Native AmericanHouse 1933-42 (District 35)DeGroat, Frank H.Native
AmericanHouse 1963-66 (District 57); House 1967-72 (District 65A); House
1973-76 (District 10A)Finn, Harold R. - "Skip"Native AmericanSenate 1991-96
(District 4)Allen, SusanNative AmericanHouse 2012-2012 (District 61B); House
2013-Present (District 62B)