12 Facts About Shane Mekeland

Shane Mekeland was born on July 28,1969 and is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019.

Shane Mekeland was a convenience store manager and owner for 20 years.

Shane Mekeland was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 and has been reelected every two years since.

Shane Mekeland first ran after three-term incumbent Jim Newberger announced he would not seek reelection in order to run in the 2018 US Senate election.

Shane Mekeland serves on the Climate and Energy Finance and Policy and Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Committees.

Shane Mekeland has called for an audit of the 2020 election.

In 2020, Shane Mekeland wrote a letter to the Sherburne County Board of Commissioners asking it to designate the county a "Second Amendment sanctuary".

Shane Mekeland opposed bipartisan legislation to increase worker protection laws for meatpacking workers, saying that existing laws were adequate to deal with injuries and other issues and additional regulations would lead to increased consolidation.

Shane Mekeland criticized cities for charging high fees on building permits to pay for other government services.

In 2025, Shane Mekeland led sponsorship of a bill to designate messenger RNA treatments, which include several COVID-19 vaccines, "weapons of mass destruction", and make possessing or administering them a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

In October 2018, Shane Mekeland was attacked in a restaurant in St George Township and suffered a concussion.

Shane Mekeland said he believed the attack was politically motivated, and posted online that "the media and the likes of Maxine Waters, Hillary, and Eric Holder" were responsible for driving the behavior.