Mary Sawatzky
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 17B district
In office
January 8, 2013 – January 5, 2015
Preceded byredrawn district
Succeeded byDave Baker
Personal details
Born (1961-02-07) February 7, 1961
Political partyMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
SpouseDouglas
Children2
ResidenceWillmar, Minnesota
Alma materSt. Cloud State University (B.A.)
Occupationteacher, legislator

Mary Sawatzky (born February 7, 1961) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 17B in west-central Minnesota. She is currently teaching as a teacher of the deaf (hard-of-hearing) at Willmar Senior High School in Minnesota.

Education

Sawatzky attended St. Cloud State University, graduating in 1984 with a B.S. in special education and elementary education. She was a special education teacher at New London–Spicer Senior High School from 1985 to 1986. When she left her job later that year, she started working in Willmar Public Schools as a learning disability teacher until 2018.[1]

Minnesota House of Representatives

Sawatzky was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012.

Sawatzky was one of two Democrats in the Minnesota House to vote against a same-sex marriage bill on May 9, 2013. The bill passed 75-59.[2]

Personal life

Sawatzky is married to her husband, Douglas. They have two children and reside in Willmar, Minnesota.[3] She teaches at Willmar Middle School.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "About". Mary Sawatzky for MN State Representative. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Journal of the House - 53rd Day - Thursday, May 9, 2013".
  3. ↑ "Sawatzky, Mary". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
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