Glenn Gruenhagen

Glenn Gruenhagen
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 17th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byScott Newman
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 25A district
In office
January 4, 2011 – January 8, 2013
Preceded byLaura Brod
Succeeded byDuane Quam
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 18B district
In office
January 8, 2013 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byDean Urdahl
Succeeded byLuke Frederick
Personal details
Born (1952-02-01) February 1, 1952 (age 72)[1]
Glencoe, Minnesota
Political partyRepublican Party of Minnesota
Spouse
Emily
(m. 1975)
[1][2]
Children3 daughters[1]
ResidenceGlencoe, Minnesota[1]
Alma materThe American College of Financial Services
Occupationsmall business owner, insurance agent[1][2]

Glenn H. Gruenhagen (born February 1, 1952) is an American politician from Minnesota. He serves in the Minnesota Senate representing District 17, which includes Carver, McLeod, Meeker, and Sibley Counties.[3] A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Gruenhagen has been the subject of both state and national headlines for his opposition to homosexuality and gay marriage, his climate change denial, his opposition to vaccine mandates, his denial of the results of the 2020 United States elections at both the state and federal levels, and his proposal to require instruction in Minnesota high schools on the cause of "sickness, disease, pain, suffering, and death". Gruenhagen works as an insurance agent. He owns Gruenhagen Insurance and Financial Services in Glencoe.

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