American politician

Denise R. Dittrich (pronounced DEE-trick) (born August 6, 1957) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2012, representing District 47A, which included portions of the cities of * Rapids and Champlin in Anoka and Hennepin counties, which are part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

A Democrat, Dittrich was a member of the House's K-12 Education Policy and Oversight Committee and Taxes Committee, and also served on the Finance Subcommittee for the K-12 Education Finance Division and the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Sales Tax Division.

Dittrich unseated in*bent Bill Haas, a Republican, in the 2004 general election. Her margin of victory was 52%-48%. Her platform consisted primarily of increasing education funding and development of the Northstar Commuter Rail Line. On May 21, 2011, she joined the House Republican Majority in voting for a cons*utional amendment to define marriage as between a man and woman.

In 2006, Dittrich defeated her Republican challenger, John Tomczak, 54%-46%. In 2008, she defeated her Republican challenger, Troy Buchholz, 59%-40%. In 2010, she defeated her Republican challenger, Cameron Roberson, 50.9% to 49%.

Representative Dittrich opposes same-sex marriage and in 2011 voted to amend the Minnesota Cons*ution to ban recognition and protection of same-gender families.

References

External links

• Denise Dittrich at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present
• Rep. Dittrich's Web Page
• Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Denise Dittrich
• Project Votesmart: Rep. Denise Dittrich Profile
• Rep. Dittrich's Campaign Web Site