Barb Yarusso | |
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| Member of theMinnesota House of Representatives from the 42A district | |
| In office January 8, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | redrawn district |
| Succeeded by | Randy Jessup |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) |
| Political party | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Spouse | Dave |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota (B.Ch.E.) University of Wisconsin–Madison (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | adjunct assistant professor |
Barb Yarusso (born 1956) is aMinnesota politician and former member of theMinnesota House of Representatives. A member of theMinnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 42A, which included portions ofRamsey County, Minnesota in the north-centralTwin Cities metropolitan area.
Yarusso grew up primarily inColumbia Heights, Minnesota, and graduated from Columbia Heights High School. She earned a Bachelor ofChemical Engineering from theUniversity of Minnesota andPh.D. in the same field fromUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison.[1] After college, she worked in the lab as an engineer forGeneral Mills and as an industrial trainer and self-employed engineering consultant for HB Fuller,3M, andEcolab, as well as teaching at theUniversity of St. Thomas inSaint Paul,Hill-Murray School, theUniversity of Minnesota, and as a freelance tutor.[2]
Yarusso was first elected to theMinnesota House of Representatives in 2012 to an open seat created by post-censusredistricting. She lostre-election toRepublicanRandy Jessup in 2016.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic (DFL) | Barb Yarusso | 12,122 | 53.30 | N/A | |
| Republican | Russ Bertsch | 10,591 | 46.56 | N/A | |