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Barb Yarusso

Barb Yarusso

American politician

Barb Yarusso (born 1956) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 42A, which included portions of Ramsey County, Minnesota in the north-central Twin Cities metropolitan area.

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Early life, education, and career

Yarusso grew up primarily in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, and graduated from Columbia Heights High School. She earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and Ph.D. in the same field from University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1] After college, she worked in the lab as an engineer for General Mills and as an industrial trainer and self-employed engineering consultant for HB Fuller, 3M, and Ecolab, as well as teaching at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Hill-Murray School, the University of Minnesota, and as a freelance tutor.[2]

Minnesota House of Representatives

Yarusso was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012 to an open seat created by post-census redistricting. She lost re-election to Republican Randy Jessup in 2016.

Electoral history

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References

  1. [1]
    "Education". Barb Yarusso Volunteer Committee. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Experience". Barb Yarusso Volunteer Committee. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  3. [3]
    "State Representative District: 42A". Minnesota Secretary of State. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
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