Jennifer Carnahan

Jennifer Carnahan is the current Chair for the Republican Party of Minnesota and was elected as the party's first Asian-American Chairwoman on April 29, 2017.[1] She is also the wife of U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 1st congressional district, Jim Hagedorn.[2]

Jennifer Carnahan
Chair of the Minnesota Republican Party
Assumed office
May 1, 2017
Preceded byKeith Downey
Personal details
Born1976 (age 43–44)
South Korea
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Jim Hagedorn (m. 2018)
EducationSyracuse University (BS)
University of Minnesota (MBA)

Political involvement

She was elected as Chairwoman Minnesota Republican Party in 2017. Under the motto Make Minnesota Red 2018[3], the state party hoped to carry the momentum of Trump almost winning Minnesota in 2016, however the party did not do well in those elections, losing both U.S. Senate races, and all state constitution offices.

Prior to her election as chair, she was elected as a National Delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland and she was a 2016 Republican Party candidate for the Minnesota Senate in the 59th district. She was defeated by incumbent Democrat Bobby Joe Champion.[4]

Biography

On November 11, 1976, Carnahan was left on the back doorstep of a rural hospital in South Korea.[5] Five-months later she was adopted by a Minnesota family. She graduated from Osseo Senior High School in 1995.

Schooling

Carnahan received her Bachelor of Science Degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where she majored in Broadcast Journalism in 1999. She went on to receive her Masters of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in 2010.

Business

Carnahan is a businesswoman and spent her career in marketing and strategy for some of the world’s top companies and sports organizations, including: McDonald’s Corporation, General Mills, Ecolab, The Florida Marlins and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

References
  1. News, Brian Bakts MPR. "Carnahan chosen as new state GOP chair". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. "GOP party chair to wed congressman-elect". MPR News. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  3. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/09/gop-sees-pick-up-opportunity-minnesota-trump-country/1196552002
  4. "Minnesota 59th District State Senate Results: Bobby Joe Champion Wins". NYTimes.com. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  5. Montgomery, David (April 29, 2017). "Minnesota GOP elects newcomer Jennifer Carnahan as state chair". Pioneer Press. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Keith Downey		 Chair of the Minnesota Republican Party
2017–present		 Incumbent
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