Grant Hauschild

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Grant Hauschild

| image = Senator Grant Hauschild in Ely (cropped).jpg

| state_senate = Minnesota

| district = 3rd

| term_start = January 3, 2023

| preceded = Thomas Bakk

| spouse = Grace

| children = 2

| party = Democratic (DFL)

| education = University of North Dakota (BA)
George Washington University (MS)

}}

Grant Hauschild ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɑː|s|tʃ|aɪ|l|d}} {{respell|HAHSS|chyld}}){{cite web |url=https://www.senate.mn/members/member_pronounce.html |title=Senate Members' Pronunciation|website=Minnesota Legislature|access-date=August 23, 2024}} is an American politician representing District 3 in the Minnesota Senate since 2023.

Education

Hauschild earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and public administration from the University of North Dakota and a Master of Science in public policy analysis from George Washington University.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-17 |title=Alumni Spotlight: Grant Hauschild {{!}} North Dakota Delta Upsilon |url=https://nddu.org/alumni-spotlight-grant-hauschild/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213042833/https://nddu.org/alumni-spotlight-grant-hauschild/ |url-status=live }}

Personal life

Hauschild and his wife, Grace, have two children.{{cite web |title=About Grant |url=https://grantformn.com/about-grant/ |website=Grant Hauschild for Minnesota Senate |access-date=22 April 2025}} Hauschild is a hunter.{{Cite web |last=Winter |first=Deena |date=29 June 2023 |title=The players who made the big plays: Minnesota lawmakers worth watching |url=https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/06/29/the-players-who-made-the-big-plays-minnesota-lawmakers-worth-watching/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Minnesota Reformer |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629182633/https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/06/29/the-players-who-made-the-big-plays-minnesota-lawmakers-worth-watching/ |url-status=live }}

Career

Hauschild worked for Barack Obama's 2012 presidential campaign. From 2011 to 2014, he served in the United States Department of Agriculture as an economic development specialist and confidential assistant. In 2014 and 2015, he served in the office of U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Hauschild was an unsuccessful candidate for the North Dakota House in 2016. He returned to the University of North Dakota in 2015, working as associate director of development until 2017 and director of development from 2017 to 2018. Hauschild moved to Minnesota in 2019 to work for the Essentia Health Foundation.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-08 |title=Hermantown City Councilor Grant Hauschild to run for State Senate - Cook County News Herald |url=https://www.cookcountynews-herald.com/articles/hermantown-city-councilor-grant-hauschild-to-run-for-state-senate/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Cook County News Herald |archive-date=2022-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213042832/https://www.cookcountynews-herald.com/articles/hermantown-city-councilor-grant-hauschild-to-run-for-state-senate/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=District 3 Senator-Elect Grant Hauschild from Hermantown |url=https://www.kaxe.org/elections/2022-12-08/district-3-senator-elect-grant-hauschild-from-hermantown |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=KAXE |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213042844/https://www.kaxe.org/elections/2022-12-08/district-3-senator-elect-grant-hauschild-from-hermantown |url-status=live }} He also served as a member of the Hermantown, Minnesota, city council.

Hauschild was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Grant Hauschild (Minnesota) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Grant_Hauschild_(Minnesota) |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213042842/https://ballotpedia.org/Grant_Hauschild_(Minnesota) |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Fogal |first=Bo |title=Hermantown city councilor Grant Hauschild announces run for District 3 seat |url=https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2022/03/23/hermantown-city-councilor-grant-hauschild-announces-run-district-3-seat/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Northern News Now |date=23 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213042843/https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2022/03/23/hermantown-city-councilor-grant-hauschild-announces-run-district-3-seat/ |url-status=live }}

Electoral history

class="wikitable"
colspan="6" \| 2020 Hermantown City Council election (Elect 2){{cite web \|title=Results for Selected Contests in 28682 - Hermantown \|url=https://electionresults.sos.mn.gov/results/Index?ErsElectionId=136&scenario=LocalMunicipality&FipsCode=28682&show=Go \|website=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State \|access-date=23 April 2025 \|date=30 November 2020}}
colspan="2" \| Party ! Candidate ! Votes ! %
style="background-color:{{party color\|independent}}" \| \| Nonpartisan \|John Geissler \| align="right" \| 3,739 \| align="right" \| 53.71
style="background-color:{{party color\|independent}}" \| \| Nonpartisan \| Grant Hauschild \| align="right" \| 3,145 \| align="right" \| 45.18
style="background-color:{{party color\|write-in}}" \| \| colspan="2" \|Write-in \| align="right" \| 77 \| align="right" \| 1.11
colspan="3" \| Total \| align="right" \| 6,961 \| align="right" \| 100

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colspan="6" | 2020 Hermantown City Council election (Elect 2){{cite web |title=Results for Selected Contests in 28682 - Hermantown |url=https://electionresults.sos.mn.gov/results/Index?ErsElectionId=136&scenario=LocalMunicipality&FipsCode=28682&show=Go |website=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=30 November 2020}}

colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

style="background-color:{{party color|independent}}" |

| Nonpartisan

|John Geissler

| align="right" | 3,739

| align="right" | 53.71

style="background-color:{{party color|independent}}" |

| Nonpartisan

| Grant Hauschild

| align="right" | 3,145

| align="right" | 45.18

style="background-color:{{party color|write-in}}" |

| colspan="2" |Write-in

| align="right" | 77

| align="right" | 1.11

colspan="3" | Total

| align="right" | 6,961

| align="right" | 100

class="wikitable"
colspan="6" \| 2022 Minnesota Senate District 3 election{{cite web \|title=State Senator District 3 \|url=https://electionresults.sos.mn.gov/results/Index?ErsElectionId=149&scenario=StateSenate&DistrictId=491&show=Go \|website=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State \|access-date=23 April 2025 \|date=16 December 2022}}
colspan="2" \| Party ! Candidate ! Votes ! %
style="background-color:{{party color\|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" \| \| Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party \| Grant Hauschild \| align="right" \| 22,052 \| align="right" \| 50.77
style="background-color:{{party color\|Republican Party (United States)}}" \| \| Republican \| Andrea Zupancich \| align="right" \| 21,349 \| align="right" \| 49.15
Write-in \| \| Write-in \| \| align="right" \| 38 \| align="right" \| 0.09
colspan="3" \| Total \| align="right" \| 43,439 \| align="right" \| 100

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colspan="6" | 2022 Minnesota Senate District 3 election{{cite web |title=State Senator District 3 |url=https://electionresults.sos.mn.gov/results/Index?ErsElectionId=149&scenario=StateSenate&DistrictId=491&show=Go |website=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=16 December 2022}}

colspan="2" | Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |

| Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party

| Grant Hauschild

| align="right" | 22,052

| align="right" | 50.77

style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| Republican

| Andrea Zupancich