Ben Davis (born May 24, 1977) is an American politician serving in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

since 2023. A member of the

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, Davis represents District 6A in northern

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, which includes the city of

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and parts of

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, Crow Wing, and Itasca Counties.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Davis was elected to the

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. He first ran in an open seat after redistricting and the retirement of three-term Republican incumbent John Poston. Davis was among those supporting for an audit of 2020 election results in

Crow Wing County Crow Wing County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,123. Its county seat is Brainerd. The county was formed in 1857, and was organized in 1870. Crow Wing County i ...

, saying he wanted to make sure the laws were followed and no fraud occurred. Davis serves on the Children and Families Finance and Policy, Climate and Energy Finance and Policy, and Elections Finance and Policy Committees.

Electoral history

Personal life

Davis lives in

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, with his wife, Dawn, and six children. He is a pastor at Remnant Ministry Center, a nondenominational church in

Brainerd, Minnesota Brainerd ( ) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluen ...

References

External links

Official House of Representatives website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Ben Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1977 births Living people 21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature