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Accomplishments

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Overview
·         Successfully trained more than seventy women since the start of the program in 2007.
·         Nine of the MEPS graduates are currently serving in elected office.
·         VOICES of Conservative Women, a Minnesota PAC dedicated to supporting conservative women candidates, was started by a group of six (6) MEPS graduates (MEPS class of 2009).
·         Former graduate and board member, Carinda Horton (MEPS class of 2009), became a conservative radio host and endorsed candidate for the State House in the Duluth Market.
·         A network of over sixty women who are now active on the local level in electing conservative candidates to public office.


MEPS graduates who have been elected to public office (alphabetic order)
·         Diane Anderson (MEPS class of 2008) – Elected to State House in  District 38A in 2010
·         Jennifer DeJournett (MEPS class of 2009) -  Elected to Three Rivers Park Board (Commissioner District 2) in 2012
·         Connie Doepke (MEPS class of 2008) – Elected and Re-elected to State House in District 33B in 2008 and 2010

·         Kelly Fenton  (MEPS Class of 2008) – Elected to State House in District 53B       
·         Andrea Kieffer (MEPS Class of 2010) – Elected to State House in District 56B, Re-elected to State House in District 53B
·         Mary Kiffmeyer (former Board Member) – Former Secretary of State, Elected to State House in District 16B, Elected to State Senate in SD30 
·         Kathy Lohmer (MEPS Class of 2010) – Elected to State House in District 56A, Re-elected to State House in District 39B 
·         Monique Morton (MEPS class of 2011) -  Elected to Prior Lake City Council in 2012
·         Pam Myhra (MEPS Class of 2010) – Elected to State House in District 40A, Re-elected to State House in District 56A

·         Roz Peterson (MEPS Class of 2014) – Elected to State House in District
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Pamela Punt Schurman (MEPS class of 2009) -  Elected to Shakopee City Council in 2009
·         Mary Giuliani Stephens  (MEPS Class of 2008) – Elected to City Council and then Mayor of Woodbury

·         Annette Thompson  (MEPS Class of 2014) – Elected to Prior Lake City Council in 2014

MEPS graduates who have been winning Campaign Managers (alphabetic order)
·         Tina Arsenault (MEPS Class of 2010) – Campaign Manager for Representative-elect Kathy Lohmer (Senate District 56A) 
·         Kelly Fenton (MEPS Class of 2009) – Campaign Manager for Senator-elect Ted Lille (Senate District 56)
·         Anne Neu (MEPS Class of 2010) – Campaign Manager for Congressman-elect Chip Cravaack (Congressional District 8) 

  MEPS graduates who have been elected to Republican Leadership
·         Kelly Fenton (MEPS Class of 2009) – Deputy Chair for the Republican Party of Minnesota - 2011, Re-elected in 2013

·         Heather Todd  (MEPS Class of 2014) – Secretary for the Republican Party of Minnesota - 2014
·         Nancy LaRoche  (MEPS Class of 2012) – Chair of Republican Party Congressional District 5


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