Education
Hamline University; University of Minnesota Law School. University of Minnesota.
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Gail Jackson
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A Democrat, she is also an attorney. Jackson was first elected in 2008, succeeding six-term Republican Sondra Erickson. She was subsequently unseated in a re-match with Erickson in the 2010 general election.
She also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Early Childhood Finance and Policy Division and the Energy Finance and Policy Division.
Jackson graduated from Anoka High School in Anoka in 1977, then went on to Hamline University in Saint Paul and to Saint Cloud State University in Saint Cloud, where she received her Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in Classical Music in 1982. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1985.
She was an associate attorney with Gunderson and Swanson from 1985–1986, and has been an attorney with and owner of Kulick Law Office in Milaca since 1986. She was a public defender in Mille Lacs County from 1986–1993, city attorney for the cities of Foreston and Onamia from 1990–2000, and city attorney for the city of Milaca in 1994.
Politics
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
Membership
She was vice chair of the House"s Civil Justice Committee, and was a member of the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee. Active in her local community and in legal circles, Jackson is a member of the Milaca Chamber of Commerce. She served on the Milaca School Board and the Milaca Community Education Advisory Committee from 1987–1992, and was a member of the Milaca Economic Development Commission from 1989–1991, a board member and chair of Rum River Health Services Incorporated from 1987–2006, and a board member of the Mille Lacs Area Health Foundation since 2005.
She has been a member of the Real Estate Legislation Committee/Title Standards Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association since 1985, and a member of Minnesota Women Lawyers since 1986.
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Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party