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Senator Paul Koering (R) |
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131 State Office Building
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-296-4875 888-241-2036
651-296-5241
sen.paul.koering@senate.mn
4625 County Road 121
Fort Ripley, MN 56449
218-829-0544
Koering Delivery Service
4625 County Road 121
Fort Ripley, MN 56449
218-829-0587
Legislative Assistant, Amy Rastetter,
651-296-5774.
Agriculture, Veterans Affairs and
Gaming; Capital Investment; Health and
Human Services Budget Division.
1st elected to the Senate in 2002.
Born in 1964.Single. Small business
owner. Roman Catholic.
Brainerd High School
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The third time was the charm for Koering. In
1996 and in 2000, Koering, a small business owner
and farmer, ran against veteran DFL Senator Don
Samuelson of Brainerd. Koering lost both times,
thought it wasn't from lack of work. The first time,
he knocked on 16,000 doors in the district, fitting
that campaign work in between twice a day milking of
his 60 cow dairy herd. In 2000, he repeated the
effort, again fitting it into twice a day milkings.
Still determined, Koering ran again, but he had more
time in 2002. He had sold the herd after the second
campaign. Koering's defeat of Samuelson, who was
then president of the Senate, was one of the 2002
legislative election's biggest surprises.
Koering views his job to be "giving people a hand
up, not a hand out". This biennium, he will focus on
health care, education and some bonding projects for
his district. Koering has again introduced
legislation to make English the official language of
Minnesota, and he continues to advocate for gun
rights and pro-life legislation.
He describes himself not as ultra conservative or
ultra liberal but rather as a realist, and says he
has not made up his mind on all issues- for example,
the statewide smoking ban. Koering says such a ban
walks a "fine line" between health, personal rights,
and property rights.
During the first half of his term, Koering helped
secure $1 million to clean up asbestos from the
Hennepin paper mill, a defunct paper manufacturing
plant in Little Falls, and for a new water treatment
plant that he says will protect the environment
around Mille Lacs Lake.
Koering got his political start through the
Minnesota Farm Bureau. He was named to the Minnesota
Farm Bureau's board of directors. It gave him an
interest in politics and in public policy.
Koering no longer owns cows but still has small farm
operation bailing hay. He owns a funeral car service
in Brainerd, providing hearses and drivers to
funeral homes in the area, as well as working for
the Crow Wing County Coroner as a "transportation
officer". He recently bought "Max's Package Liquor",
an off site liquor store in the district.
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Senator Paul Koering
Home Address:
4625 County Road 121
Fort Ripley, MN 56449
Phone: 218-829-0544
St. Paul Address:
131 State Office Building
St. Paul, MN 55155-1206
Phone: 651-296-4875
Fax: 651-296-9441
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