John Huot
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 56B district
Assumed office
January 8, 2019
Preceded byAnna Wills
Personal details
Born (1965-05-23) May 23, 1965 (age 58)
Political partyDemocratic (DFL)
Spouse
Angela
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(m. 1991)​
Children3
ResidenceRosemount, Minnesota
EducationCentury College, Kaplan University
Occupation
WebsiteGovernment website Campaign website

John Duffy Huot (born May 23, 1965) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Huot represents District 56B in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Apple Valley and Rosemount and parts of Dakota County.[1][2]

Early life, education, and career

Huot graduated from Hudson High School in Wisconsin and attended trade school in Winona, Minnesota. He received an emergency medical technician certification from Century College and a real estate certification from Kaplan Vocational-Technical School.[1]

Minnesota House of Representatives

Huot was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 and has been reelected every two years since. Huot first ran in 2016, losing to two-term Republican incumbent Anna Wills. He challenged Wills again in 2018 and won. In 2020, Huot had his election results challenged, however the case was dismissed by a judge for failing to state a claim and a lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.[1]

Huot serves as vice chair of the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee and sits on the Property Tax Division of the Taxes Committees and the Public Safety Finance and Policy and Rules and Legislative Administration Committees. From 2021 to 2022, he was vice chair of the Health Finance and Policy Committee[1]

Huot authored legislation to increase funding for the Minnesota Attorney General's office, to hire more prosecutors to work on criminal cases around the state.[3] He was the only DFL legislator to vote against a ban on no-knock warrants during a 2022 Public Safety Committee hearing.[4]

A football and basketball referee, Huot authored legislation that would fine unruly youth sports attendees, protecting coaches players and referees.[5] He sponsored legislation to give the Minnesota Zoo emergency funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]

An EMT, Huot has advocated for better conditions for volunteer EMTs in the face of declining volunteers.[8] He supported legislation eliminating the statute of limitations on reporting sexual assault, speaking out about having been abused by a priest as a child.[9]

Electoral history

2016 Minnesota State House - District 57B[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anna Wills (incumbent) 12,382 53.66
Democratic (DFL) John Huot 10,656 46.18
Write-in 37 0.16
Total votes 23,075 100.0
Republican hold
2018 Minnesota State House - District 57B[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) John Huot 11,209 51.92
Republican Anna Wills (incumbent) 10,373 48.04
Write-in 9 0.04
Total votes 21,591 100.0
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican
2020 Minnesota State House - District 57B[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) John Huot (incumbent) 14,527 55.02
Republican Sandra A. Jimenez 11,857 44.91
Write-in 19 0.07
Total votes 26,403 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold
2022 Minnesota State House - District 56B[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic (DFL) John Huot (incumbent) 11,854 55.57
Republican Joe Scanlon 9,455 44.33
Write-in 21 0.10
Total votes 21,330 100.0
Democratic (DFL) hold

Personal life

Huot and his wife, Angela, have three children. He resides in Rosemount, Minnesota. He is a Roman Catholic.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Huot, John". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Rep. John Huot (56B) - Minnesota House of Representatives". www.house.mn.gov. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. ^ Bakst, Brian (February 6, 2023). "Legislature passes funding for AG Ellison to hire prosecutors". MPR News. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  4. ^ Orenstein, Walker (February 21, 2022). "Why the Legislature is considering carving out exceptions for no-knock entries that already exist". MinnPost. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  5. ^ Van Berkel, Jessie (March 22, 2022). "Minnesota legislators consider $1,000 fine on unruly youth sports attendees". Star Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  6. ^ Adler, Erin (June 19, 2020). "Minnesota Zoo debuts drive-through zoo to raise much-needed funds, provide safe way to see animals". Star Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  7. ^ Adler, Erin (July 1, 2020). "Minnesota Zoo gets $6M in emergency COVID-19 funding". Star Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  8. ^ Brooks, Jennifer (December 14, 2019). "For EMTs in rural Minnesota, it's a job of bad hours and no pay but grateful neighbors". Star Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  9. ^ Bierschbach, Briana (September 14, 2021). "How two women helped eliminate Minnesota's time limit on reporting sexual assault". Star Tribune. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "2016 Results for State Representative District 57B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  11. ^ "2018 Results for State Representative District 57B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  12. ^ "2020 Results for State Representative District 57B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  13. ^ "2022 Results for State Representative District 56B". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

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