Barb Yarusso

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Barb Yarusso

| image = Barb Yarusso 2013.jpg

| state_house = Minnesota

| district = 42A

| term_start = January 8, 2013

| term_end = January 3, 2017

| predecessor = redrawn district

| successor = Randy Jessup

| party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}}

| birth_place = Duluth, Minnesota

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = University of Minnesota (B.Ch.E.)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Ph.D.)

| occupation = adjunct assistant professor

| spouse = Dave

| children = 3

|}}

Barb Yarusso (born 1956) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 42A, which included portions of Ramsey County, Minnesota in the north-central Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Early life, education, and career

Yarusso grew up primarily in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, and graduated from Columbia Heights High School. She earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and Ph.D. in the same field from University of Wisconsin–Madison.{{cite web | url=http://barbyarusso.org/education | title=Education | publisher=Barb Yarusso Volunteer Committee | accessdate=March 8, 2013}} After college, she worked in the lab as an engineer for General Mills and as an industrial trainer and self-employed engineering consultant for HB Fuller, 3M, and Ecolab, as well as teaching at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Hill-Murray School, the University of Minnesota, and as a freelance tutor.{{cite web | url=http://barbyarusso.org/experience | title=Experience | publisher=Barb Yarusso Volunteer Committee | accessdate=March 8, 2013}}

Minnesota House of Representatives

Yarusso was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012 to an open seat created by post-census redistricting. She lost re-election to Republican Randy Jessup in 2016.

Electoral history

{{Election box begin | title=Minnesota House of Representatives 42A district election, 2012{{cite web|url=http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/1?districtid=437 |title=State Representative District: 42A |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |accessdate=August 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023307/http://minnesotaelectionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/StateRepresentative/1?districtid=437 |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

|candidate = Barb Yarusso

|votes = 12,122

|percentage = 53.30

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party of Minnesota

|candidate = Russ Bertsch

|votes = 10,591

|percentage = 46.56