Maria Ruud (born 1961) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 42A, which includes portions of western Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat, Ruud was first elected in 2004 when she narrowly defeated incumbent Rep. Peter H. Adolphson. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2008, but was unseated by just 107 votes by Republican Kirk Stensrud in the 2010 general election.