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Peggy Flanagan
Peggy Flanagan | |
|---|---|
| Gizhiiwewidamookwe[a] | |
.jpg) Flanagan in 2024 | |
| 50th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota | |
| Assumed office January 7, 2019 | |
| Governor | Tim Walz |
| Preceded by | Michelle Fischbach |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 46A district | |
| In office November 9, 2015 – January 7, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ryan Winkler |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Winkler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 22, 1979 Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (DFL) |
| Spouse(s) |
Tim Hellendrung (div. 2017)Thomas Weber (m. 2019) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Minnesota (BA) |
Peggy Flanagan (Ojibwe: Gizhiiwewidamookwe;[a][1][2] born September 22, 1979) is an American politician and Native American activist serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Flanagan served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Flanagan grew up in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, an inner-ring suburb of Minneapolis. She is a citizen of the White Earth Nation. She got her start as a community organizer organizing the urban indigenous community, including for U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone's 2002 reelection campaign. Flanagan was elected to and served on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board from 2005 to 2009. In 2015, Flanagan was elected to fill a vacancy in the Minnesota House, representing a section of Minneapolis's western inner-ring suburbs.
Flanagan was elected lieutenant governor in 2018 and reelected in 2022, both times as Tim Walz's running mate, becoming the first woman of color elected to statewide office in Minnesota, and the highest-ranking Native American woman in elected office in the nation.[3]
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- ^ WATCH: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention (YouTube video). PBS News Hour. August 19, 2024. Event occurs at 1:02.
My name in the Ojibwe language is Gizhiiwewidamookwe.
- ^ "@peggyflanagan". www.instagram.com. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Taylor, Rory (December 3, 2018). "The Nation's Highest-Ranking Native Woman Elected to Executive Office Has a Message for Indigenous Youth". Teen Vogue. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
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