Background
Hann was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hann was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He attended Lincoln High School in Bloomington, Minnesota, then served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Religion, and took graduate studies in Theology at the University of Chicago.
He was first elected in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006, 2010, and 2012. Hann is a business process consultant. He was previously the Director of Forecasting and Logistics for East.A. Sween Company, also known as Deli Express, in Eden Prairie.
Hann served as an assistant majority leader from January through December 2011.
He currently serves on the Rules and Administration Committee. He previously was chair of the Health and Human Services Committee and also served on the Education and Finance committees.
He was an assistant minority leader from 2007 to 2009. His special legislative concerns include education, education reform, taxes, tax relief, business, improved business climate, family law, and agriculture.
Hann has run unsuccessfully to be the Republican leader in the multiple times, most recently losing in 2011 to former Majority Leader David Senjem.
Following the loss of the Republican majority in the 2012 election, Hann was elected by his caucus to serve as minority leader during the 2013–2014 legislative session. On July 16, 2009, Hann officially announced his candidacy for governor of Minnesota. After statewide polling during and after the 2010 caucuses showed him trailing other contenders, he withdrew from the race on February 16, 2010, opting to focus on re-election to the.
Republican Party of Minnesota, Republican Party.
A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 48, which includes portions of Hennepin County in the southwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Hann is a former member of the Eden Prairie School Board, where he also served as clerk and treasurer. He is a member of the board of directors of the Hiawatha Leadership Academy, and is president of Parents for Accountable Schools.
Married Anne Hann; 4 children.