1. John Duffy Huot was born on May 23,1965 and is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019.
11 Facts About John Huot
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John Huot graduated from Hudson High School in Wisconsin and attended trade school in Winona, Minnesota.
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John Huot received an emergency medical technician certification from Century College and a real estate certification from Kaplan Vocational-Technical School.
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John Huot was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 and has been reelected every two years since.
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John Huot first ran in 2016, losing to two-term Republican incumbent Anna Wills.
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In 2020, John Huot had his election results challenged, however the case was dismissed by a judge for failing to state a claim and a lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
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John Huot serves as vice chair of the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee and sits on the Property Tax Division of the Taxes Committees and the Public Safety Finance and Policy and Rules and Legislative Administration Committees.
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John Huot authored legislation to increase funding for the Minnesota Attorney General's office, to hire more prosecutors to work on criminal cases around the state.
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John Huot was the only DFL legislator to vote against a ban on no-knock warrants during a 2022 Public Safety Committee hearing.
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John Huot sponsored legislation to give the Minnesota Zoo emergency funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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An EMT, John Huot has advocated for better conditions for volunteer EMTs in the face of declining volunteers.