Sharon L. Erickson Ropes (born January 23, 1954) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 31, which includes portions of

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, Houston, and

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counties in the southeastern part of the state. A Democrat, she was first elected to the Senate in 2006. She was subsequently unseated by Republican Jeremy Miller in the 2010 general election. Erickson Ropes was a member and vice chair of the Senate's Agriculture and Veterans Committee. She served on the Health, Housing and Family Security Committee, and on the Higher Education Committee. She also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture and Veterans Budget and Policy Division (serving as vice chair), the Health and Human Services Budget Division, and the Higher Education Budget and Policy Division. Her special legislative concerns included health care, education, and the environment. Erickson Ropes is a

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by profession. She was born in Two Harbors and graduated from Two Harbors High School in 1972. She went on to the College of Saint Teresa in

, where she received a B.A. in French and a B.S. in Nursing in 1976. She then served as a

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in the United States Navy Nurse Corps in North Carolina and Virginia from 1977 to 1982. Erickson Ropes has served on various government and community boards and organizations. She was a member of the

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's Task Force on Consumer Rights and Health Care. She was a member of the Winona School Board, serving as chair from 2000 to 2001, and a member and former president of the board of directors of the Minnesota State Parent-Teacher Association. She is a member of the state advisory board of Minnesota Master Gardeners.

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Senator Erickson Ropes Web PageMinnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Senator Sharon Erickson RopesProject Vote Smart - Senator Sharon Erickson Ropes Profile
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