Becky Lourey
Legislator, Politician
1943 –
Who is Becky Lourey?
Becky Lourey is an American politician, a former Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party state senator and state representative, and a former Minnesota gubernatorial candidate. Her son, Matt, served in the U.S. Army and was killed on May 27, 2005, as a result of injuries received in combat over Buhriz, Iraq, where he was serving in his second tour of duty.
Lourey was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1990, running against a long-time incumbent Republican, and became the first woman to represent her rural district. She was re-elected in 1992 and 1994. She ran for and was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1996, again defeating a veteran incumbent, later becoming chair of the Senate Health and Family Security Committee and earning a reputation as an expert on health care.
Lourey did not run for re-election in 2006. Her son, Tony, currently holds her former seat.
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- Born
- Sep 24, 1943
Little Falls - Spouses
- Profession
- Education
- Asbury College
- University of Minnesota
- Lived in
- Kerrick
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on July 23, 2013
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