Robin Brown

Who is Robin Brown?

Robin K. Brown is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 27A, which includes all or portions of Freeborn and Mower counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Democrat, she is also an art and photography teacher at Albert Lea High School in Albert Lea.

Brown was first elected in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008. She was unseated by Republican Rich Murray in her 2010 re-election bid, losing by a mere 57 votes after an election recount. She was a member of the House Commerce and Labor Subcommittee for the Telecommunications Regulation and Infrastructure Division, and of the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division, the Cultural and Outdoor Resources Finance Division, and the K-12 Education Finance Division.

Brown graduated from Montezuma High School in Montezuma, Iowa, attended Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA and then went on to Mankato State University in Mankato, receiving her B.A. in Art Education. In 2006, she earned her M.A. in Education from St. Mary's University in Winona.