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Tina Liebling
Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B
Tenure
2023 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
3
Predecessor: Brian Daniels (R)
Prior offices:
Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A
Years in office: 2005 - 2023
Successor: Gene Pelowski Jr. (D)
Compensation
Base salary
$51,750/year
Per diem
$86/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
University of Minnesota
Law
Boston University
Graduate
University of Massachusetts
Personal
Religion
Jewish
Profession
Attorney
Contact
Official website
Official Facebook
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Tina Liebling (Democratic Party) is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 24B. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Liebling (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 24B. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Tina Liebling earned a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Minnesota, an M.S. in public health from the University of Massachusetts, and a J.D. from Boston University. Liebling's career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Liebling was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Liebling was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Liebling was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Liebling was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
• Health and Human Services Finance
• Health and Human Services Reform
• Ways and Means

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Liebling served on the following committees:

2013-2014

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

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
• Civil Law
• Health and Human Services Finance
• Health and Human Services Policy, Chair
• Taxes

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Liebling served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Liebling served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B

Incumbent Tina Liebling defeated Dan Sepeda in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tina Liebling
Tina Liebling (D)
 
57.8
 
12,863
Image of Dan Sepeda
Dan Sepeda (R)
 
42.1
 
9,369
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
21

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 22,253
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B

Incumbent Tina Liebling advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tina Liebling
Tina Liebling
 
100.0
 
2,201

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,201
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B

Dan Sepeda defeated Jesse O'Driscoll in the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Dan Sepeda
Dan Sepeda
 
57.2
 
842
Image of Jesse O'Driscoll
Jesse O'Driscoll Candidate Connection
 
42.8
 
631

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,473
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B

Incumbent Tina Liebling defeated Katrina Pulham in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tina Liebling
Tina Liebling (D)
 
56.4
 
9,922
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Katrina Pulham (R)
 
43.6
 
7,661
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
8

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,591
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tina Liebling advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Katrina Pulham advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B.

2020

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A

Incumbent Tina Liebling defeated Gary Melin in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tina Liebling
Tina Liebling (D)
 
63.9
 
13,207
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Gary Melin (R)
 
36.0
 
7,443
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
33

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,683
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tina Liebling advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Gary Melin advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A.

Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A

Incumbent Tina Liebling defeated Paul F. Wilson in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tina Liebling
Tina Liebling (D)
 
63.2
 
10,429
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Paul F. Wilson (R)
 
36.7
 
6,047
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
23

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 16,499
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A

Incumbent Tina Liebling defeated Abdulkadir Dahir Abdalla in the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tina Liebling
Tina Liebling
 
89.9
 
3,555
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Abdulkadir Dahir Abdalla
 
10.1
 
398

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,953
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A

Paul F. Wilson advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Paul F. Wilson
 
100.0
 
1,624

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,624
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2016

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Tina Liebling defeated Will Waggoner in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A general election.[2][3]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 26A General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tina Liebling Incumbent 59.97% 10,737
     Republican Will Waggoner 40.03% 7,168
Total Votes 17,905
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Tina Liebling ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A Democratic primary.[4][5]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 26A Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tina Liebling Incumbent (unopposed)


Will Waggoner ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A Republican primary.[4][5]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 26A Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Will Waggoner  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Tina Liebling was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Breanna Bly was unopposed in the Republican primary. Liebling defeated Bly in the general election.[6][7][8]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 26A General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTina Liebling Incumbent 55.2% 6,244
     Republican Breanna Bly 44.7% 5,050
     Write-in Write-in 0.1% 12
Total Votes 11,306

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Liebling won re-election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Breanna Bly (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 26A, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTina Liebling Incumbent 58.9% 10,484
     Republican Breanna Bly 41.1% 7,306
Total Votes 17,790

2010

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Liebling won re-election to the District 29B seat in 2010. She had no primary opposition. She defeated Charlie O'Connell (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[11]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 30A (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Tina Liebling (DFL) 6,814 55.15%
Charlie O'Connell (R) 5,527 44.73%
Write-In 14 0.11%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Tina Liebling won election to the District 30A Seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives, defeating Jake Dettinger. [12]

Tina Liebling raised $45,712 for her campaign.[13]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 30A (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Tina Liebling (DFL) 10,768 61.81%
Jake Dettinger(R) 6,624 38.02%
Write-In 29 0.17%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Tina Liebling did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Tina Liebling did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Liebling's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[14]

Jobs

  • Excerpt: "We can create better economic opportunity by investing in worker training and keeping higher education affordable so that our workforce remains highly skilled and competitive."

Taxes and Economy

  • Excerpt: "We need tax policies that are fair and transparent. We must bring tax fairness and fiscal responsibility back to Minnesota."

Health Care

  • Excerpt: "Our health care system—if it is a system at all—is enormously complex, so we must address the problems on many fronts."

Education

  • Excerpt: "Our state must take much bolder steps to protect this precious resource. We must insure that our schools and teachers get the resources they need to give all Minnesota students equal opportunities to succeed."

Vikings Proposals

  • Excerpt: "Public money should go to private enterprise only where the investment is truly for public, not private, benefit. In my view, the Vikings stadium proposals are great for the team owners but unfair to the taxpayer."

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Tina Liebling campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Minnesota House of Representatives District 24BWon general$52,646 $52,207
2022Minnesota House of Representatives District 24BWon general$49,332 $47,386
2020Minnesota House of Representatives District 26AWon general$43,333 N/A**
2018Minnesota House of Representatives District 26AWon general$144,809 N/A**
2016Minnesota House of Representatives, District 26aWon $35,793 N/A**
2014Minnesota House of Representatives, District 26aWon $51,882 N/A**
2012Minnesota House, District 26AWon $39,915 N/A**
2010Minnesota House, District 30AWon $34,993 N/A**
2008Minnesota House, District 30AWon $45,712 N/A**
2006Minnesota House, District 30AWon $50,269 N/A**
2004Minnesota House, District 30AWon $38,762 N/A**
2002Minnesota House, District 30ALost $27,572 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Liebling is married with three children. She has been a member of the American Bar Association, League of Women Voters, Minnesota Bar Association, NAACP, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Olmsted County Bar Association, Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Rochester League of Women Voters, Rochester Rotary Club, and the University of Minnesota Alumni Association.[15]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Minnesota House of Representatives, "Rep. Tina Liebling," accessed April 24, 2023
    2. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
    3. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
    6. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 general election results," accessed November 5, 2014
    7. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State Canvassing Board Report," August 19, 2014
    8. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 25, 2014
    9. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2012 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 18, 2012
    10. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014
    11. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2010 Election Results," accessed March 9, 2014
    12. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "All Races by Legislative District," accessed April 23, 2014
    13. ↑ Follow the Money's report on Liebling's 2008 campaign contributions
    14. ↑ "tinaliebling," Official Campaign Website
    15. ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Liebling

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Brian Daniels (R)     		Minnesota House of Representatives District 24B
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Minnesota House of Representatives District 26A
    2005-2023    		 Succeeded by
    Gene Pelowski Jr. (D)


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