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Jamie Becker-Finn

Jamie Becker-Finn, born on October 20, 1982, is an American politician who has been serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2017. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) and represents District 42B in the northeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. This district includes the cities of Roseville and Shoreview and parts of Ramsey County, Minnesota.

Early Life and Education

Becker-Finn was raised in Cass Lake, Minnesota, on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, where she graduated from Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools. Her father, Harold “Skip” Finn, was a Minnesota state senator of Ojibwe and Norwegian descent, and her mother, Teri, is also of Norwegian descent. Becker-Finn attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. She later attended William Mitchell College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor.

Career

Becker-Finn is an assistant attorney for Hennepin County, specializing in domestic violence. She was a legislative assistant for the Minnesota House Tax Committee from 2007 to 2008, a clerk for the Minnesota Fourth District Court in Hennepin County, and a member of the Roseville Parks and Recreation Commission. In 2022, Becker-Finn opened Makwa Coffee, a craft coffeeshop in Roseville, Minnesota.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Becker-Finn was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2016 and has been reelected every two years since. She first ran after two-term DFL incumbent Jason Isaacson announced he would seek election to the Minnesota State Senate. In 2018, Becker-Finn was an early endorser of Ilhan Omar for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. She served on Attorney General Keith Ellison’s transition team.

Becker-Finn has chaired the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee since 2021, and sits on the Public Safety Finance and Policy, Ways and Means, and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committees. From 2019 to 2020, she served as an assistant majority leader for the DFL House Caucus and vice chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee.

Becker-Finn is a member of the House People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus, and the Reproductive Freedom Caucus.

Personal Life

Becker-Finn is married to Gabe and they have two children. They reside in Roseville, Minnesota.