Kathy Tingelstad

Legislator, Person

1958 –

27

Who is Kathy Tingelstad?

Kathy Tingelstad is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 49B, which primarily includes portions of the cities of Andover and Coon Rapids in Anoka County in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting, the area was known as District 50B. A Republican, she is also a business consultant.

Tingelstad was first elected in 1996, succeeding four-term Rep. Teresa Lynch, who did not seek re-election. She was re-elected every two years until 2006, and did not run in 2008. While in the House, she served as chair of the Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Committee during the 2005–2006 biennium, and was a member of the Capital Investment, Environment and Natural Resources, Health and Human Services, Redistricting, and Rules and Legislative Administration committees, and of various committee incorporations and subcommittees relevant to each.

Tingelstad graduated from South Saint Paul High School in South Saint Paul, then went on to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, earning her B.A. in Communications. She later earned a M.B.A. certificate in Organization Management from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul. She was an intern in Minnesota Congressman Al Quie's office in the 1970s.

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Born
Mar 21, 1958
Saint Paul
Spouses
Religion
  • Lutheranism
Profession
Education
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of St. Thomas
  • South Saint Paul High School
Lived in
  • Andover

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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