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Paul Gazelka was born on 1 October, 1959 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Paul Gazelka's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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1959

Paul E. Gazelka (born October 1, 1959) is an American politician and small business owner from Minnesota.

A Republican, Gazelka was a member of the Minnesota Senate and was previously a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Gazelka was born on October 1, 1959, in St. Paul, Minnesota.

He lived in St. Paul until age 15, when his family moved to Virginia, Minnesota, a city on the state's Mesabi Iron Range.

Gazelka attended Roosevelt High School there and then Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management.

Gazelka is an insurance agent.

He owns and operates an insurance agency in Baxter.

After settling in the Nisswa, Minnesota area, Gazelka became involved in local politics.

1995

The department said that the bill, if enacted, would likely be blocked by the courts given a 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court decision that struck down a similar measure.

The bill passed the Minnesota legislature but was vetoed by Governor Mark Dayton.

2005

He was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007, elected from District 12A, which covers portions of Crow Wing County, including the city of Brainerd.

During his term, he served as vice chair of the Commerce and Financial Institutions Committee and on the Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy Finance Committee, the Transportation Committee, and the Commerce and Financial Institutions Subcommittee for the Tourism Division.

2006

Gazelka was defeated for reelection in 2006.

2010

Gazelka was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2010, defeating incumbent Republican Paul Koering in an August primary election and the Democratic nominee in the November general election.

His 2010 primary victory over Koering, Minnesota's only openly gay Republican legislator, was partially credited to the criticism Koering received for going to dinner with an adult film star, and Gazelka's subsequent legislative career has included efforts to oppose same-sex marriage and government funding of abortion.

The Star Tribune called Gazelka "the most socially conservative person in modern times to serve as Minnesota Senate majority leader."

2011

He was the senator from District 12 (covering Crow Wing and Morrison counties) from 2011 to 2012, and then District 9 (covering Cass, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena counties) from 2013 onward.

After redistricting, Gazelka was placed in Senate District 9.

He also pressed for expedited budget committee deadlines, expressing a desire to avoid a repeat of the 2011 Minnesota state government shutdown.

2012

He was reelected to the Senate in 2012, 2016, and 2020.

Republicans lost control of the Minnesota Senate in 2012.

As a member of the minority, Gazelka was known for his interest in tax and insurance issues.

Gazelka opposes same-sex marriage and co-sponsored a failed 2012 effort to amend the state constitution to ban the recognition of same-sex marriage in the state.

More recently, he blocked proposals to ban "conversion therapy" for minors in Minnesota, though he has said that he did not support "coercive or aversive counseling."

Gazelka and his wife once sent their child to an anti-same-sex relationship psychologist who has been characterized as a conversion therapist.

2016

After the 2016 election, in which Republicans regained a majority in the Senate, Gazelka was elected by his caucus to be majority leader.

Ideologically, Gazelka is member of the Christian right.

2017

In the state senate, Gazelka served as majority leader from 2017 to 2021.

Born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Gazelka spent his later formative years in Minnesota's Iron Range region.

He lives near Gull Lake in Cass County, Minnesota.

He represented Senate District 9, which included parts of Cass, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena Counties in the north central part of the state.

But in 2017, upon becoming majority leader, Gazelka said that he intended to focus on transportation, health care, timely passage of a state budget, and tax cuts, and to avoid contentious social issues.

In 2021 Gazelka stepped down from his position as majority leader to focus on his campaign for governor of Minnesota.

In 2017, soon after he became majority leader, Gazelka brokered deals with Democrats for state/federal tax code reconciliation and short-term relief for individuals with high health insurance premiums.

In 2017, Gazelka supported a bill, introduced by Republican Senator Mary Kiffmeyer, to block the Minnesota Department of Human Services from funding abortion services.

2019

In 2019, Gazelka sponsored legislation to ban abortion in Minnesota 20 weeks after fertilization; the proposal did not advance.

Gazelka staunchly opposes legalization of recreational adult-use marijuana in Minnesota.

In 2021, after the state House passed a legalization bill on a 72–61 vote, Gazelka blocked it from being taken up by the state Senate.

2020

In 2020, after the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests, Gazelka and Minnesota Senate Republicans blocked most police reform proposals put forth by Governor Tim Walz and the Democratic-majority state House.

Gazelka specifically opposed changes to qualified immunity.