Jennifer Carnahan
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Jennifer Carnahan | |
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| Chair of the Minnesota Republican Party | |
| Assumed office May 1, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Downey |
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| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) South Korea |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Education | Syracuse University (BS) University of Minnesota (MBA) |
Jennifer Carnahan is the chair for the Republican Party of Minnesota and was elected as the party's first Asian-American Chairwoman on April 29, 2017.[1] She is also the wife of U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 1st congressional district, Jim Hagedorn.[2] In January of 2021, she acknowledged that the Republican party was on the side of Nazis [3]
Political involvement
She was elected as Chairwoman Minnesota Republican Party in 2017. Under the motto Make Minnesota Red 2018,[4] the state party hoped to carry the momentum of Trump almost winning Minnesota in 2016, however the party did not do well in those elections, losing both U.S. Senate races, and all state constitution offices.
Prior to her election as chair, she was elected as a National Delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland and she was a 2016 Republican Party candidate for the Minnesota Senate in the 59th district. She was defeated by incumbent Democrat Bobby Joe Champion.[5]
Biography
On November 11, 1976, Carnahan was left on the back doorstep of a rural hospital in South Korea.[6] She was adopted by a Minnesota family, and graduated from Osseo Senior High School in 1995.
Schooling
Carnahan received her Bachelor of Science Degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where she majored in Broadcast Journalism in 1999. She went on to receive her Masters of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in 2010.
Business
Prior to becoming chair of the Minnesota GOP, Carnahan, through her retail business, worked in branding with McDonald’s Corporation, General Mills, Ecolab.[7]
References
- ^ News, Brian Bakts MPR. "Carnahan chosen as new state GOP chair". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "GOP party chair to wed congressman-elect". MPR News. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
- ^ https://twitter.com/jkcarnah/status/1351626136166526990
- ^ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/09/gop-sees-pick-up-opportunity-minnesota-trump-country/1196552002
- ^ "Minnesota 59th District State Senate Results: Bobby Joe Champion Wins". NYTimes.com. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
- ^ Montgomery, David (April 29, 2017). "Minnesota GOP elects newcomer Jennifer Carnahan as state chair". Pioneer Press. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "MNGOP". Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- 1976 births
- American adoptees
- American women of Korean descent in politics
- Asian-American people in Minnesota politics
- Carlson School of Management alumni
- Living people
- Minnesota Republicans
- State political party chairs of Minnesota
- S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni
- Women in Minnesota politics