Laurie Halverson
Laurie Halverson is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represents District 51B in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area.Education
Halverson attended the College of St. Catherine, graduating in 2001 with a B.S. in political science. She later attended the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.Halverson was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012. She won reelection against Republican Pat Hammond in 2016.
She supported the bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota.Personal life
Halverson is married to her husband Jason. They have one child and reside in Eagan, Minnesota. Her grandfather Howard I. Nelson and her uncle Peter C. Nelson also served in the Minnesota Legislature.
