Rebecca Otto | |
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| 18th Auditor of Minnesota | |
| In office January 2, 2007 – January 7, 2019 | |
| Governor | Tim Pawlenty Mark Dayton |
| Preceded by | Patricia Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Julie Blaha |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 52B district | |
| In office January 2003 – January 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Holsten |
| Succeeded by | Matt Dean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 9, 1963 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Shawn Lawrence Otto |
| Education | Macalester College (BS) University of Minnesota (MEd) |
Rebecca Otto (born July 9, 1963) is an American politician who served as State Auditor of Minnesota from 2007 to 2019. Affiliated with the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), she served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005 and on the Forest Lake School Board.
Before entering politics, Otto was a science teacher and a business owner. She lives on a farm near Marine on St. Croix with her husband, Shawn Lawrence Otto, a screenwriter, novelist, and science advocate. She is the third woman to serve as State Auditor, the first female Democrat to be elected to the post, the first Democrat ever to be reelected, and the first woman to be elected to a third term. In 2013 she became president of the National State Auditors Association and in 2014 was named one of 15 Most Influential Professionals in Government Auditing.[1]