Lori Grivna

Who is Lori Grivna?

Lori Grivna is a Republican candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 50B which contains all of New Brighton and Arden Hills with parts of Shoreview and Fridley. She resides in Shoreview with her husband and two children.

Grivna ran for the same seat, unsuccessfully, against current State Representative Kate Knuth in 2006. Previously the seat had been held by Char Samuelson, who retired the same year.

Grivna previously served two terms on the Mounds View District School Board, which serves all or parts of the cities of New Brighton, Shoreview, Arden Hills, North Oaks, Mounds View, Vadnais Heights, Roseville and Spring Lake Park. While on the school board she advocated for student achievement, funding reform and policy governance.

She graduated from Coon Rapids High School in 1978 and received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Minnesota in 1983.