Ann Wynia
Ann Wynia (née Jobe, born September 29, 1943) is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1977 to 1989. A member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, Wynia represented portions of the city of St. Paul and served as Majority Leader from 1987 to 1989. In 1989 Governor Rudy Perpich appointed her Commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Human Services until 1990. She was the Democratic Party's nominee for United States Senate in the 1994 election. After a defeat by U.S. Congressman Rod Grams, Wynia served as the President of North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota from 1997 until her retirement in 2010.
Ann Wynia | |
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| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from District 63B | |
| In office January 1977 – January 1989 | |
| Succeeded by | Alice Hausman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 29, 1943 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Gary Wynia |
| Education | University of Texas, Arlington (BA) University of Wisconsin, Madison (MA) |
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