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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • ChFC; CLU, Insurance, American College

Professional Experience

  • ChFC; CLU, Insurance, American College
  • Owner, Gruenhagen Insurance and Financial Services, 1978-present
  • Chartered Life Underwriter
  • Chartered Financial Consultant
  • Served, United States Marine Corps

Political Experience

  • ChFC; CLU, Insurance, American College
  • Owner, Gruenhagen Insurance and Financial Services, 1978-present
  • Chartered Life Underwriter
  • Chartered Financial Consultant
  • Served, United States Marine Corps
  • Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 18B, 2010-present
  • Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 18B, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Civil Law and Data Practices Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Health and Human Services Reform Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education Policy and Finance Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Taxes Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Education Policy

Member, Health and Human Services Finance Division

Member, Long-Term Care Division

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • ChFC; CLU, Insurance, American College
  • Owner, Gruenhagen Insurance and Financial Services, 1978-present
  • Chartered Life Underwriter
  • Chartered Financial Consultant
  • Served, United States Marine Corps
  • Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 18B, 2010-present
  • Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 18B, 2020
  • Member, American Legion
  • Member, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life
  • Member, National Federation of Independent Business
  • Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
  • Member, Public School Board, Glencoe Silver Lake
  • Member, Rotary Club

Other Info

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Golf, Boating, Politics

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Policy Positions

Minnesota State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test

Abortion and Reproductive

1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
- Pro-life

2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
- No

3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- No Answer

4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- No Answer

8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- item C Depends on the circumstances but generally two wrongs don't make a rightItem G Support abstinence until marriage curriculum that includes the failure rate of so called safe sex alternativesItem H Abstinence until marriage sex ed programs

Budget, Spending, and Tax

State Spending

Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.

1. Education (higher)
- No Answer

2. Education (K-12)
- No Answer

3. Environment
- No Answer

4. Health care
- No Answer

5. Law enforcement
- No Answer

6. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- No Answer

7. Welfare
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded categories
- with a $200 Billion deficit facing the state it is difficult if not impossible to answer the questions until final budget figures are in.

State Taxes

Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.

1. Alcohol taxes
- No Answer

2. Cigarette taxes
- No Answer

3. Corporate taxes
- No Answer

4. Gasoline taxes
- No Answer

5. Property taxes
- No Answer

6. Sales taxes
- No Answer

7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- No Answer

8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- No Answer

9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- No Answer

10. Other or expanded categories
- we need to lower taxes and reform and consolidate government programs

Budget Stabilization

Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Minnesota's budget.

1. Tapping into Minnesota's "rainy day" fund
- No

2. Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders
- No

3. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
- No

4. Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees
- No Answer

5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No Answer

6. Privatizing certain government services
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- item d implementing a hard freeze on government spending along with a freeze on hiring new or replacement workers Item e reform medicaid with tax credit for medicaid recipients so they can purchase individual health insurance. along with implementing other reforms

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?

1. Individual
- No Answer

2. Political Action Committee
- No Answer

3. Corporate
- No Answer

4. Political Party
- No Answer

5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- No Answer

6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- No Answer

Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?

1. Other or expanded principles
- I need more info before giving a clear answer on these items

Crime and Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- No Answer

3. Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized?
- No

4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- Yes

5. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
- No Answer

6. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes

7. Should all funds raised from the sale of seized property be turned over to the state general fund?
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded principles
- need additional info on these items for a yes or no answer

Economic

1. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding gaming at race tracks?
- No Answer

3. Do you support public funding for construction of a new Vikings stadium?
- No

4. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- No Answer

5. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No

6. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- No Answer

7. Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- No Answer

8. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- need more info for a definite answer

Education

1. Do you support national education standards?
- No

2. Do you support alternative pathways to teacher licensure?
- No Answer

3. Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams?
- Yes

4. Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers?
- No Answer

5. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No Answer

6. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- No Answer

7. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Minnesota high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- need more info on the blank items

Environment and Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
- No

2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No

3. Do you support lifting the state moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants?
- Yes

4. Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops?
- No Answer

5. Do you support state funding for improvements to Minnesota's energy infrastructure?
- No Answer

6. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- No Answer

7. Should mining companies be required to provide financial assurance to cover the estimated cost of environmental impact before starting operations?
- No Answer

8. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- No

9. Other or expanded principles
- blank items need more info

Gun

1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

2. Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No Answer

3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- Yes

4. Do you support requiring a license for gun possession?
- No Answer

5. Other or expanded principles
- need clarification on these items but I am a strong supporter of the 2nd amendment

Health

1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- No

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes

3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- No Answer

4. Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance?
- No

5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- Yes

6. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Minnesota?
- No

7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded principles
- need more info on these items, if marijuana has a medicinal benefit it should be issued in pill form

Social

1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
- Yes

2. Should Minnesota allow same-sex couples to form civil unions?
- No

3. Do you support state funding for stem cell research?
- No

4. Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- No

5. Do you support the state's use of affirmative action?
- No Answer

6. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Minnesota's anti-discrimination laws?
- No

7. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Minnesota's anti-discrimination laws?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- blank item need more info

Legislative Priorities

Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- lower taxes and create more private sector jobsHealth care reformwelfare reform