1. David Joseph Tomassoni was an American politician who served in the Minnesota Legislature from 1993 to 2022.
12 Facts About David Tomassoni
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David Tomassoni chaired the Senate Economic Development Committee from 2007 to 2010.
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David Tomassoni was vice chair of the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission.
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David Tomassoni graduated from Chisholm High School in Chisholm, Minnesota and received a BSBA from the University of Denver.
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David Tomassoni played professional hockey in Italy for 16 years and for the Italian national team at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
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David Tomassoni represented District 5B in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001.
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David Tomassoni served as an assistant majority leader from 1997 to 2001.
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David Tomassoni was elected to the Senate in 2000 and reelected in 2002,2006,2010,2012,2016, and 2020.
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David Tomassoni was a majority whip from 2001 to 2007.
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David Tomassoni was elected president of the Minnesota Senate on November 12,2020, in a rare event where the Senate's Republican majority supported a member of the DFL for Senate president.
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In July 2021, David Tomassoni announced he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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David Tomassoni died of ALS at a hospice in Duluth, Minnesota, on August 11,2022.