Diane Loeffler

Diane Loeffler
Minnesota House of Representatives District 60A
Incumbent
In office
2005 - present
Term ends
January 6, 2015
Years in position	8
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$31,140.90/year
Per diem	$66/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2004
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Augsburg College
Personal
Birthday	July 12, 1953
Place of birth	Minneapolis, MN
Profession	Health Policy Analyst
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Diane Loeffler (b. July 12, 1953) is a Democratic-Farmer Labor member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 60A since 2013 and currently serving as an Assistant Majority Leader. She previously represented District 59A from 2005 to 2013.

Loeffler is a Health and Human Services/Principal Health Policy Analyst for Hennepin County. She has previously been Senior Financial Analyst for the City of Minneapolis, worked in Human Services, Health and Training and Employment for Hennepin County, and was a Tax Policy Analyst/Legislative Representative for the League of Minnesota Cities.

Loeffler is Executive Director of the Association for Retarded Citizens of Saint Paul, founding Board Member of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, founder of Northeast Libraries Supporters, and a member of the Windom Park Citizens in Action.

Issues

Campaign themes

Loeffler's website highlights the following campaign themes:

• Excerpt:"Universal access to affordable health care whether unemployed, self-employed or involved in a small business."
• Excerpt:"Health care cost containment through changes that promote health, prevention and universal coverage, all of which have been demonstrated to reduce overall health costs. "
• Excerpt:"Assuring that health insurance requirements encourage the use of prevention visits and diagnostic tests such as cholesterol screenings, Mammograms, etc. Diane will work against the movement towards increased use of catastrophic plans that do not support regular ongoing preventative care."
• Excerpt:"Access to affordable prescription drugs for all in a manner that doesn’t put out of business the local drug stores on which we all depend for immediately needed prescriptions."
• Excerpt:"Helping seniors make the right choices in accessing the new federal Medicare Drug benefit."

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Loeffler served on the following committees:

Minnesota Committee Assignments, 2013
• Health and Human Services Finance
• Health and Human Services Policy
• Taxes, Vice-chair

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Loeffler served on these committees:

Minnesota Committee Assignments, 2011
• Ethics
• Health and Human Services Reform
• Taxes

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Loeffler served on these committees:

Minnesota Committee Assignments, 2009
• Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight
• Rules and Legislative Administration
• Taxes

Elections

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Loeffler won re-election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 60A. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Brent Millsop (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 60A, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Diane Loeffler Incumbent	82.2%	17,021
	Republican	Brent Millsop	17.8%	3,687
Total Votes				20,708

2010

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Diane Loeffler won re-election to the District 59A Seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He defeated Mark Lazarchic (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 59A (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Diane Loeffler (DFL)		10,528	79%
Mark Lazarchic (R)		2,757	20.69%
Write-In		42	0.32%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Diane Loeffler won election to the District 59A Seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives, defeating Felix Montez, Lynne Torgerson, and David Degrio.

Diane Loeffler raised $26,826 for her campaign.

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 59A (2008)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Diane Loeffler (DFL)		13,785	75.29%
Felix Montez (R)		2,520	13.76%
Lynne Torgerson (I)		1,238	6.76%
David Degrio (I)		723	3.95%
Write-In		43	0.23%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Loeffler received $26,192 in campaign donations. The largest donors are listed below.

Minnesota House of Representatives 2010 election - Campaign Contributions
Top contributors to Diane Loeffler's campaign in 2010
Public Fund	$8,367
Womenwinning	$500
Minnesota Medical Association	$500
Minneapolis Federation Of Teachers Local 59	$500
Minnesota Teachers Retirement Association	$500
Total Raised in 2010	$26,192

2008

Listed below is the largest contributor to Diane Loeffler's 2008 campaign.

Donor	Amount
Public Fund	$9,031

External links

Suggest a link

• Diane Loeffler's personal website
• Minnesota House of Representatives - Rep. Diane Loeffler
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004
• Diane Loeffler on Facebook

References

Political offices
Preceded by Marion Greene (DFL)	Minnesota House of Representatives District 60A 2013–present	Succeeded by NA
Preceded by -	Minnesota House of Representatives District 59A 2005–2013	Succeeded by Joe Mullery (DFL)