Kurt Daudt
| Kurt Louis Daudt | |
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| Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office January 6, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Thissen |
| Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
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In office January 8, 2013 – January 6, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Thissen |
| Succeeded by | Paul Thissen |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 31A district 17A (2011–2013) |
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Assumed office January 4, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Rob Eastlund |
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September 26, 1973 Springfield, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of North Dakota |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Kurt Louis Daudt (born September 26, 1973) is a Minnesota politician and the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He is the former Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 31A, which includes portions of Anoka, Isanti, and Sherburne counties in the east-central Minnesota, north of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He lives in a cabin on Spectacle Lake near Pine Brook, Minnesota.
Daudt attended Princeton High School, where he graduated in 1992. Rep. Sondra Erickson was his English teacher there. Daudt attended the University of North Dakota to study aviation management. Daudt is a licensed private airline pilot. Daudt served as an Isanti County commissioner from 2005 to 2010. Before that, he was a township board supervisor for Stanford Township from 1995 to 2005, and a member of the East Central Regional Library Board. He was also a founding member of Project 24, a nonprofit organization that builds orphanages in Kenya. To date, the project has raised over $500,000 and built six orphanages. Before his election to the legislature, he worked at auto dealerships as a salesman and business manager.
Daudt was first elected in 2010. After Republicans won a House majority in the 2014 mid-term elections, Daudt was selected by Republicans to become Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the session beginning in 2015. Daudt was elected as Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives by the full House on January 6, 2015.
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