Cal Ludeman
| Cal Ludeman | |
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| Secretary of the Minnesota Senate | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| President | Michelle Fischbach |
| Preceded by | JoAnne Zoff |
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In office January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2013 |
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| President | Michelle Fischbach |
| Preceded by | JoAnne Zoff and Peter Wattson |
| Succeeded by | JoAnne Zoff |
| Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services | |
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In office July 2006 – January 2011 |
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| Governor | Tim Pawlenty |
| Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations | |
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In office January 2003 – July 2006 |
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| Governor | Tim Pawlenty |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 27A district 20B (1979–1983) |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 7, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Russell Stanton |
| Succeeded by | Jim Boerboom |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1951 (age 65) |
| Political party | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Spouse(s) | Deb |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
South Dakota State University University of Wyoming |
Cal R. Ludeman (born April 1951) is a Minnesota politician, Secretary of the Minnesota Senate, and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from southwestern Minnesota. First elected in 1978, he was re-elected in 1980 and 1982. He represented the old District 20B and, after redistricting in 1980, District 27A, which included all or portions of Lincoln and Lyon counties.
From the town of Tracy, Ludeman, a farmer, was active on issues relevant to agriculture, the environment and labor-management relations while in the legislature. He served on the House Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources, Government Operation, Labor-Management Relations, and Transportation committees, and on various sub-committees relevant to each area. He was minority whip during the 1983-84 legislative session.
After opting not to run again for his legislative seat in 1984, Ludeman turned his eyes toward the governor’s chair, running as the Republican-endorsed candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1986, but he failed to unseat popular incumbent Governor Rudy Perpich. In 1992, he ran for the congressional seat being vacated by Vin Weber. After a close, hard-fought race, he lost to David Minge.
Governor Arne Carlson appointed Ludeman to serve on his Commission on Reform and Efficiency (CORE) in 1991, a position he held until 1994. In 2003, newly elected Governor Tim Pawlenty tapped Ludeman to be his commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations. He remained in that position until July 2006, when Pawlenty appointed him acting commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services—a position later made permanent in December of that year.
As Minnesota’s Commissioner of Human Services, Ludeman also served as chair of the governor's Health Cabinet, which is charged with using the state’s health care purchasing influence to buy better health care, to streamline and improve health care regulation, and to drive the market to obtain better health care-related results for Minnesotans. He co-chaired the governor’s Health Transformation Task Force, which resulted in significant health care reform in 2008.
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