Paul Koering is an Minnesota politician, and a member of the Minnesota Senate from Fort Ripley. A Republican, he represents District 12, which includes all or portions of Crow Wing and Morrison counties, including the city of Brainerd. He is a liquor store owner and small farmer, as well as a Roman Catholic. Koering was first elected in 2002, defeating long-time senator and DFLer Don Samuelson, who had been the senate president.

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  • Paul Koering is an Minnesota politician, and a member of the Minnesota Senate from Fort Ripley. A Republican, he represents District 12, which includes all or portions of Crow Wing and Morrison counties, including the city of Brainerd. He is a liquor store owner and small farmer, as well as a Roman Catholic. Koering was first elected in 2002, defeating long-time senator and DFLer Don Samuelson, who had been the senate president. He was re-elected in 2006, overcoming both primary and general election opponents. Koering is currently a member of the senate's Agriculture and Veterans Committee, the Capital Investment Committee, the Health, Housing and Family Security Committee (on which he is the ranking minority party member), and the Higher Education Committee. He also serves on the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture and Veterans Budget and Policy Division, for the Health and Human Services Budget Division, and for the Higher Education Budget and Policy Division. Koering's positions tend to be conservative, including opposition to tax increases, opposition to abortion, support for tougher criminal sentences, and support for broad gun rights, including support for a general right to carry a concealed firearm. In a notable exception to his conservatism, he has sided with Senate DFLers in opposing restrictions on gay rights. He is believed to be the first openly gay Republican elected official in Minnesota. Koering effectively 'outed' himself by breaking from the Republican Party line on a procedural vote in the Minnesota Senate. The pivotal moment came on April 7, 2005 when then-State Senator Michele Bachmann, a Republican known for activism against gay rights, used procedural tactics that would have forced a vote on her constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota. This vote coincided with the gay and lesbian justFair Lobby Day at the Capitol, as well as the second anniversary of the death of Koering's mother. Koering explicitly stated his sexual orientation a week later. Some public commentary questioned how this disclosure would affect his prospects for re-election in 2006 in a rural, right-leaning district, but he won by over 12 percentage points.
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  • Paul Koering is an Minnesota politician, and a member of the Minnesota Senate from Fort Ripley. A Republican, he represents District 12, which includes all or portions of Crow Wing and Morrison counties, including the city of Brainerd. He is a liquor store owner and small farmer, as well as a Roman Catholic. Koering was first elected in 2002, defeating long-time senator and DFLer Don Samuelson, who had been the senate president.
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