Allen Quist
| Allen Quist | |
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| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 23B district |
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In office January 1983 – January 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Carl M. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Don Ostrom |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1944 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Diane (d. 1986) Julie Quist |
| Children | Emily, Lisa, Laurie, Andrew, Nathan, Katie, Marissa, Tricia, Julie, Daniel |
| Residence | St. Peter, Minnesota |
| Alma mater |
Bethany Lutheran College Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Occupation |
farmer professor |
Allen J. Quist (born October 1944) is a Minnesota politician, a former state representative, and a two-time candidate for governor of the state.
A Republican, Quist was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in November 1982. He served three terms from January 4, 1983 until January 2, 1989. He was defeated for re-election by St. Peter School Board Chair and Gustavus Adolphus College Professor Don Ostrom in November 1988. He represented the old District 23B, which included portions of Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet and Renville counties in the south central part of the state. He chaired the Health and Human Services Subcommittee on Social Services during the 1985-1986 biennium.
In 2013, he ran in a special election to fill a vacancy in House District 19A, easily winning the January Republican nominating convention but losing the general election to Clark Johnson on February 12, 2013.
In December 1986, Quist's first wife, Diane, died in a car accident. He subsequently married conservative activist Julie Morse in 1987. He has ten children, nine by his first wife and one by his second.
A conservative stalwart, Quist challenged incumbent Governor Arne Carlson in the 1994 gubernatorial election, with former U.S. Senate candidate Doug McFarland as his running mate. He campaigned on the premise that the pro-choice Carlson was too liberal to lead the Republican Party. Although he won endorsement at his party's convention, he was defeated by Carlson in the state's open primary. He ran for governor again in 1998, but withdrew before the state convention in favor of Saint Paul Mayor Norm Coleman.
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