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Rep. Kent Eken
District:
02A
Hometown:
Twin Valley
Party:
DFL
E-mail:
rep.kent.eken@house.mn
Official Site
Home:
Twin Valley; 3463 - 170th Ave., 56584; (218) 584-8109
Occupation:
Teacher
Education:
B.A., political science/education, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.; M.A., history, St. Cloud State University
SESSION:
2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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Alternative teacher licensing
House approval
(02/10/2011)
AGAINST
Ban state-funding of abortions
House approval
(05/06/2011)
FOR
House repassage
(05/19/2011)
FOR
Constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage
House approval
(05/21/2011)
AGAINST
Cut higher ed, Reduce mental health services, and state government
House Ways and Means approval
(01/24/2011)
AGAINST
House approval
(01/27/2011)
AGAINST
House passage
(02/09/2011)
AGAINST
Cut state workforce by 15 percent
House approval
(04/06/2011)
AGAINST
House Repassage
(05/18/2011)
AGAINST
Eliminate deadline for teacher contract resolution
House approval
(04/11/2011)
AGAINST
Lifting Minnesota's moratorium on nuclear power plants
House approval
(02/17/2011)
AGAINST
Make seat belt use a secondary offense instead of a primary offense
House approval
(05/17/2011)
FOR
Prohibit abortions after 20 weeks
House approval
(05/06/2011)
FOR
House repassage
(05/19/2011)
FOR
Reduction in mass transit funding, ban on intercity rail projects (omnibus tax bill)
House approval
(05/19/2011)
AGAINST
Repeal Medicare expansion; reduce services services for disabled, poor, elderly. (Omnibus bill)
House approval
(05/19/2011)
AGAINST
Repeal cap on carbon emissions
House repassage
(05/22/2011)
FOR
Roll back higher ed funding; cap tuition
House approval
(05/17/2011)
AGAINST
Self-defense bill
House approval
(05/14/2011)
FOR
Tax increase for wealthiest Minnesotans
House rejection
(05/17/2011)
FOR
Voter ID
House approval
(05/05/2011)
AGAINST
House repassage
(05/21/2011)
AGAINST
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