Glenn H Gruenhagen was born on February 1,1952 and is an American politician from Minnesota.
15 Facts About Glenn Gruenhagen
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Glenn Gruenhagen serves in the Minnesota Senate representing District 17, which includes Carver, McLeod, Meeker, and Sibley Counties.
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Glenn Gruenhagen owns Gruenhagen Insurance and Financial Services in Glencoe.
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Glenn Gruenhagen was born on February 1,1952, and grew up on a dairy farm near Glencoe, Minnesota.
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Glenn Gruenhagen enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in February 1971 and served at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton until his honorable discharge in February 1973.
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Glenn Gruenhagen later received his Chartered Financial Consultant and Chartered Life Underwriter designations from The American College of Financial Services.
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Glenn Gruenhagen was elected to the Glencoe-Silver Lake school board in 1994 and served in that position for 16 years.
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Glenn Gruenhagen was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2010, defeating Democratic nominee Mick McGuire for the seat representing District 25A, where incumbent representative Laura Brod had declined to seek reelection.
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Glenn Gruenhagen has called climate change "a complete United Nations fraud and lie" and claimed that those who believe in it believe that exhalation causes global warming.
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Glenn Gruenhagen then introduced Kevin Petersen, who Gruenhagen claimed was a friend who had "left the gay lifestyle" after ten years, entered a heterosexual marriage and fathered three children.
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In March 2022, Glenn Gruenhagen opposed a bill banning conversion therapy, expressing his preference that the practice be called "reparative therapy" and remain accessible in Minnesota.
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Glenn Gruenhagen had previously spoken in support of a bill that would have banned COVID-19 vaccine mandates, required the state to create a "vaccine bill of rights", and set additional requirements regarding the sources of vaccine information medical providers give patients.
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On March 17,2025, Glenn Gruenhagen was one of the five Republican authors of a bill, SF2589, that would designate "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as an officially recognized mental illness in Minnesota.
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Glenn Gruenhagen is a member of the American Legion and the Glencoe Rotary Club.
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Glenn Gruenhagen owns and operates Gruenhagen Insurance and Financial Services.