Pam Wolf
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Pam Wolf
| caption =
| state = Minnesota
| state_senate = Minnesota
| district = 51st
| term_start = January 4, 2011
| term_end = January 7, 2013
| preceded = Don Betzold
| succeeded =district redrawn
| majority =
| party = Republican Party of Minnesota
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place =
| alma_mater = Bethel College
| occupation = educator, golf instructor, legislator
| spouse = Brian
| children = 2
| residence = Spring Lake Park, Minnesota
| religion =
}}
Pamela A. Wolf (née Mens; born November 26, 1963) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 51, which includes portions of Anoka, Hennepin and Ramsey counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican, she is a teacher and a golf instructor.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15338 |title=Legislator Record - Wolf, Pam |publisher=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present |accessdate=2012-12-08}}
Wolf was first elected in 2010. She was a member of the Education, the Local Government and Elections, and the Transportation committees. Her special legislative concerns were education, transportation, and taxes.[http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15338] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307144521/http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15338 |date=March 7, 2012 }} Wolf lost her bid for re-election in 2012 and was defeated by DFLer Alice Johnson.{{cite news|last=Budig|first=Tim|title=Republicans smarting, but also looking ahead|url=http://stillwatergazette.com/2012/11/08/republicans-smarting-but-also-looking-ahead/|newspaper=Stillwater Gazette|date=November 8, 2012}}
Wolf graduated from Irondale High School in New Brighton, then went on to Bethel College in Arden Hills, earning her B.A. in 1986. She has taught in elementary, middle school, and high school settings in the Mounds View, Anoka-Hennepin, Spring Lake Park and Columbia Heights school districts, teaching Health, Physical Education, Social Studies, and Special Education. She has also coached middle school, high school, and college level sports. She served on the Minnesota State College and University Trustee Candidate Advisory Council.[http://www.pamwolf.org/biography/biography.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727162619/http://www.pamwolf.org/biography/biography.html |date=July 27, 2011 }}
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External links
{{MN-legdb|15338}}
- [http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15338 Senator Pam Wolf Web Page]
- [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38842 Project Vote Smart - Senator Pam Wolf Profile]
- [http://www.pamwolf.org/index.html Pam Wolf Campaign Web Site]
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Category:People from Spring Lake Park, Minnesota
Category:Bethel University (Minnesota) alumni
Category:Republican Party Minnesota state senators
Category:Women state legislators in Minnesota
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature
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