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Preceded by
  
Tim Pawlenty

Role
  
Representative

Children
  
2

Spouse
  
Sheryl Wardlow

Religion
  
Lutheran

Succeeded by
  
Mike Obermueller

Name
  
Lynn Wardlow


Lynn Wardlow

Alma mater
  
Augustana College - South Dakota, Minnesota State University - Mankato

Occupation
  
teacher, legislator, military officer

Residence
  
Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Political party
  
Republican Party of Minnesota

Education
  
Augustana University, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Meet elementary school teacher susan lynn wardlow


Lynn D. Wardlow (born November 11, 1943) is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he represented District 38B from 2003-2009. The district includes over half of the city of Eagan in Dakota County, which is in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican, he was elected to the open seat vacated by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty in 2002. As a legislator, he focused on the issues of education, transportation, tax reduction, small business promotion, and health care reform.

While in office, Wardlow served on the following House committees: E-12 Education, Early Childhood Learning Finance Division, Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness Finance Division, Mental Health Division, and Veterans Affairs Division.

Before running for political office, Wardlow was a middle school and high school mathematics teacher and coach for over 30 years in the Rosemount-Eagan-Apple Valley School District. He also served in Vietnam in 1969 as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, earning two Navy Commendation Medals with one a Combat V. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1995 at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He holds a B.A. from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and a M.S. in Mathematics from Minnesota State University, Mankato in Mankato.

In the November 2008 general election, Wardlow was unseated by Democrat Mike Obermueller in his bid for a fourth term. His son, Doug Wardlow, subsequently ran for the same seat in the 2010 general election, unseating Obermueller.

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