Eric Lucero | |
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| Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 30th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 30B district | |
| In office January 6, 2015 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | David FitzSimmons |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 or 1978 (age 45–46) Germany |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Erum |
| Residence | Dayton, Minnesota |
| Alma mater | Metropolitan State University (B.A.S., B.S.) University of Minnesota (M.B.A.) |
Eric Lucero (born 1977/1978)[1] is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 30. He previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 30B in east-central Minnesota. Lucero was a successful litigant in an October 2020 lawsuit which prohibited Minnesota's seven-day extension for counting absentee ballots received after Election Day, which was put in during the COVID-19 emergency powers earlier in the year.[2]
Lucero attended Metropolitan State University, graduating with a B.A.S. and again with a B.S. He later attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a M.B.A.[3]
Lucero was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2014.
Lucero spoke at a “Storm the Capitol” rally in St. Paul on January 6, 2021 whose attendees cheered the actual storming of the United States Capitol as it was unfolding at the same time.[4]
Lucero was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022.
In 2024, Lucero was the chief author of proposed Minnesota legislation inspired by the chemtrails conspiracy theory, on the basis of conspiratorial pseudoscience, with references to made-up phenomena like “xenobiotic electromagnetism and fields.”[5]
Lucero is married to Erum Lucero. They reside in Dayton, Minnesota.[3]