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Alice Mann (politician)

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Alice Mann
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 50th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byMelissa Halvorson Wiklund
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 56B district
In office
January 8, 2019 – January 5, 2021
Preceded byRoz Peterson
Succeeded byKaela Berg
Personal details
Born1979 or 1980 (age 44–45)
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Political partyDemocratic (DFL)
SpouseElliot
Children3
Residence(s)Edina, Minnesota, U.S.[1]
EducationJohns Hopkins University (MPH)
Meharry Medical College (MD)

Alice Mann (born 1979/1980)[2] is an American physician and politician from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she has represented district 50 in the Minnesota Senate since 2023. Mann previously represented District 56B in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021.

Early life and education

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Mann and her parents immigrated from Porto Alegre, Brazil to Richfield, Minnesota, when she was eight years old.[3] She attended Johns Hopkins University, graduating with a Master of Public Health, and Meharry Medical College, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine.[4]

Career

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Mann completed her residency at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin.[3] She is a physician practicing family medicine and emergency medicine.[2]

Minnesota House of Representatives

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Mann was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018, defeating Republican incumbent Roz Peterson. She did not run for re-election in the 2020 elections, and was succeeded by Kaela Berg.

Minnesota Senate

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Mann ran for the newly redrawn District 50 of the Minnesota Senate in the 2022 election, an open seat representing Edina and other southwest suburbs of the Twin Cities,[5] some of which retiring senator Melisa López Franzen had previously represented in District 49.[6] She won the seat with 63.42% of the vote, defeating Republican candidate Doug Fulton.[7]

In 2023, Mann was the chief Senate author on a bill written with Rep. Ruth Richardson, authorizing paid family and medical leave.[8] In the 2024 session, she co-authored a law banning shadow noncompete clauses with Rep. Emma Greenman.[9]

Electoral history

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2018 Minnesota House of Representatives election - District 56B[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Alice Mann 10,035 52.64
Republican Roz Peterson (incumbent) 9,013 47.28
Write-in 15 0.08
Total votes 19,063 100.0
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican
2022 Minnesota Senate election - District 50[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) Alice Mann 28,575 63.42
Republican Doug Fulton 16,457 36.53
Write-in 23 0.05
Total votes 45,055 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold

Personal life

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Mann and her husband, Elliot, have three children. She resides in Edina, Minnesota.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Senator Alice Mann (50, DFL)". Minnesota State Senate. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "House District 56B candidate questionnaire 2018". Sun Thisweek. Adams Publishing Group. October 15, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Gessner, John (February 8, 2018). "Lakeville doctor pinch-hits for Port". Sun Thisweek. Adams Publishing Group. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Mann, Alice". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "Mann, a Family Physician and Former State Representative, is Running for a Seat in the Minnesota Senate". Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Senate DFL leader López Franzen won't run again; Osmek out too". MPR News. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  7. ^ a b "Minnesota Secretary Of State - Results for All State Senate Races". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  8. ^ Derosier, Alex (May 18, 2023). "Minnesota Senate sends paid family and medical leave to governor's desk". Duluth News Tribune. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  9. ^ Timar-Wilcox, Estelle (July 2, 2024). "New state law seeks to increase wages, competition for workers". MPR News. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Results for State Representative District 56B, 2018". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
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