1. Mike Freiberg was born on September 23,1976 and is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2013.
24 Facts About Mike Freiberg
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Mike Freiberg earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and Russian from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor from the William Mitchell College of Law.
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Mike Freiberg was a legislative aide to US Representative Jim Oberstar from 1999 to 2001.
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Mike Freiberg was elected to the Golden Valley City Council in 2007 and served until his election to the state legislature.
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Mike Freiberg has worked as an adjunct professor for William Mitchell College of Law.
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Mike Freiberg is an attorney for the Public Health Law Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Mike Freiberg was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012, and has been reelected every two years since.
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Mike Freiberg first ran for an open seat created by legislative redistricting.
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In 2018, Mike Freiberg endorsed fellow state representatives Erin Murphy in the DFL gubernatorial primary and Ilhan Omar for Minnesota's 5th congressional district.
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Mike Freiberg was an assistant minority leader from 2017 to 2018.
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From 2019 to 2020 Mike Freiberg chaired the Government Operations Committee, and from 2021 to 2022 he chaired the Preventative Health Division of the Health Finance and Policy Committee.
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Mike Freiberg sponsored legislation for Minnesota to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, under which it would award its electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the most popular votes nationwide; the compact goes into effect only when states that together have a majority of electoral votes have joined it.
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Mike Freiberg has argued that the Electoral College has "become less and less representative".
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Mike Freiberg authored legislation to close campaign finance disclosure loopholes, including increasing campaign finance reporting requirements for local and municipal elections.
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In 2015, Mike Freiberg wrote a bill requiring parents to talk to a doctor before parents opt their children out of vaccinations for diseases such as measles and chickenpox.
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Mike Freiberg authored legislation that would support outreach programs to teach communities about the value of vaccinations and combat misinformation.
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Mike Freiberg has authored "right to die" legislation that allows Minnesotans facing terminal illnesses to have medical aid in dying.
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In 2019, Mike Freiberg was the lead House author of legislation that would legalize cannabis by 2022, introduced as House File 420.
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Mike Freiberg wrote legislation in 2019 to lock Minnesota on daylight saving time.
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Mike Freiberg supported legislation to crack down on the use of "deep-fake" technology in pornography and campaign materials.
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Mike Freiberg supported legislation that studied a redesign of Minnesota's state flag, which had been criticized for its design and depiction of Native Americans.
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Mike Freiberg wrote legislation that would create a "companion animal board" aimed at curbing cruelty to animals and neglect.
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Mike Freiberg has been married to his wife, Lauren, since 2006.
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Mike Freiberg plays keyboard and has done so in the Minnesota State Band, the last state band in the nation.