Peggy Flanagan | |
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Geji Waudamukwe[a] | |
![]() Flanagan in May 2023 | |
50th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota | |
Assumed office January 7, 2019 | |
Governor | Tim Walz |
Preceded by | Michelle Fischbach |
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 46A district | |
In office November 9, 2015 – January 7, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Ryan Winkler |
Succeeded by | Ryan Winkler |
Personal details | |
Born | September 22, 1979 Minnesota, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) |
Tim Hellendrung (div. 2017)Tom Weber (m. 2019) |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of Minnesota (BA) |
Peggy Flanagan (Ojibwe: Geji Waudamukwe;[a][1] born September 22, 1979) is an American politician. She is the 50th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota since 2019. She was elected lieutenant governor on November 6, 2018.[2] She is the first woman of color elected to statewide office in Minnesota, and the highest-ranking Native American woman in elected office in the nation.[3]
She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). Flanagan represented District 46A in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. Before being elected to political office, she worked at a political training camp and was an activist.[4] She is politically a progressive.[4]
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