13 Facts About Dean Urdahl

Dean L Urdahl was born on August 18,1949 and is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2025.

Dean Urdahl's roots run deep in the area: his ancestors helped settle Litchfield Township in 1856.

Dean Urdahl got his start in politics working on US Representative John Zwach's campaign staff in 1970.

Dean Urdahl was an American history teacher and coach in the New London-Spicer School District from 1971 to 2006.

Dean Urdahl has served on the Minnesota Education in Agriculture Leadership Council, the Minnesota Commission on Public Service Reform, and the Minnesota State Board of Nursing.

In 2012 Dean Urdahl was named co-chair of the Minnesota Civil War Sesquicentennial Task Force.

Dean Urdahl has written a book about former members of the Minnesota Twins baseball team and another about famous Minnesotans.

Dean Urdahl has written four books of historical fiction set in Minnesota during the Dakota War of 1862.

Dean Urdahl wrote two historical novels about Minnesota's soldiers in the American Civil War, concentrating on the war's western theater.

Dean Urdahl ran as the Independent-Republican Party candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives District 15B in 1992 and 1994, losing to incumbent Roger Cooper.

Dean Urdahl was elected to the House in 2002, after incumbent Gary Kubly retired, and was reelected every two years until his retirement in 2024.

Dean Urdahl later served as the minority lead on the Capital Investment Committee and sat on the Education Policy Committee.

Dean Urdahl was instrumental in obtaining funding for the Minnesota State Capitol restoration and was named to serve on the Capitol Restoration Commission his committee established.