Aric Putnam's Biography
- State Senate (MN) - District 14, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
95 University Avenue West
Minnesota Senate Building, Room 3215
Saint Paul, MN 55155
3715 Sterling Drive
Saint Cloud, MN 56301
Full Name:
Aric Putnam
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Laurie; 2 Children: Eliza, Phineas
Birth Place:
Andrews Air Force, MD Base
Home City:
Saint Cloud, MN
PhD, Rhetorical Studies, University of Minnesota, 1999-2003
MA, Communication and Media Studies/Journalism, University of Maine, 1996-1998
BA, Communication Studies, San Francisco State University, 1990-1994
Senator, Minnesota State Senate, District 14, 2021-present
Candidate, Minnesota State Senate, District 14, 2020
Candidate, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 14A, 2018
Member, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy Committee
Chair, Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development Committee
Vice Chair, Higher Education Committee
Member, Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee
Member, Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy Committee
Member, Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
Member, Subcommittee on Minnesota Water Policy
Member, Taxes Committee
No caucus information on file.
Professor, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, 2003-present
No organizational membership information on file.
Father's Occupation:
Vietnam Veteran, Computer Literacy Teacher
Mother's Occupation:
Hotel Maid, Retail Clerk
Publications:
"The Insistent Call: Rhetorical Moments in Black Anticolonialism, 1929-1937", University of Massachusetts Press, October 2012
Spouse's Occupation:
Principal, Kennedy Community School