23 Facts About Ron Kresha

Ron Kresha is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2013.

Ron Kresha was born in Columbus, Nebraska, where he attended Scotus Central Catholic High School.

Ron Kresha was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012 and has been reelected every two years since.

Ron Kresha first ran for an open seat following legislative redistricting.

In 2022, Ron Kresha faced a primary challenge from the right, leading the House Republican Caucus to increase spending in the district to defend his seat.

Ron Kresha serves as the minority lead on the Education Finance Committee and sits on the Ways and Means Committee.

Ron Kresha served as an assistant majority leader from 2015 to 2016 and as majority whip for the Republican House caucus from 2017 to 2018.

In 2018, after the retirement of Joyce Peppin, Ron Kresha's name was floated as a potential replacement.

In 2015, Ron Kresha supported bipartisan legislation to expand early learning scholarships for disadvantaged children, and a bill to target preschool funding to low-income families.

Ron Kresha opposed legislation that would create a Department of Early Childhood.

Ron Kresha has called for focusing on improving math and literacy scores before legislators "throw money" at the public school system, and called DFL funding proposals "unrealistic".

Ron Kresha has largely opposed Governor Tim Walz's education proposals, calling them "mandates" and saying they would "indoctrinate students with messages that focus on our nation's flaws".

Ron Kresha criticized the Walz administration's handling of grant oversight after the Feeding our Future investigation uncovered one of the largest federal fraud cases in state history.

Ron Kresha has co-authored bills that seek to change the state constitution's language guaranteeing all children the fundamental right to a quality public education, and criticized Education Minnesota, the state's largest teachers' union, for its opposition to the proposal.

Ron Kresha advocated for allowing districts to hold in-person graduation ceremonies.

Ron Kresha is a supporter of the school choice movement, and authored legislation to expand school choice and offer tax credits and scholarships to families whose students opt out of public schools.

Ron Kresha has argued that more opportunities for private schools would help close the state's education achievement gap.

Ron Kresha was a member of Governor Mark Dayton's Task Force on the Protection of Children, and authored the group's 11-point plan to reform the state's child protection laws.

Ron Kresha has called for better training of front-line child protection workers.

Ron Kresha has co-sponsored legislation to provide broadband subsidies to rural communities, saying the private market alone would not provide full broadband coverage.

Ron Kresha authored a bill to fund an opioid prevention pilot project in his district.

Ron Kresha abstained from a vote to declare racism a public health crisis in the state, saying it was "forcing an opinion based on words".

Ron Kresha authored a law that prohibits government contracts from being issued to vendors who boycott Israel.