Education
Occidental College.
Occidental College.
A Democrat, she is also an economist, policy analyst and consultant. Bunn was first elected in 2006, and was re-elected in 2008. She was unseated by Republican Kathy Lohmer in her 2010 re-election bid.
Bunn ran for Minnesota Senate in 2012 and lost a close race to Karin Housley.
Bunn attended John Muir High School in Pasadena, California, then went on to Occidental College in Los Angeles, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Economics. She received her Master of Arts and her Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Stanford University in Stanford, California.
She participated in graduate studies at Harvard University"s John F. Kennedy School of Government under a Pew Fellowship, studying International Affairs from 1994–1995, and at the University of Minnesota"s Humphrey Institute as a Policy Forum Fellow from 1996-1997. Bunn worked as an economist for the United States Department of Labor"s Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington District of Columbia from 1979-1983.
She was a research and teaching assistant at Stanford University from 1984–1989, and also taught at Macalester College in Saint Paul from 1992-2000.
She served on the Lake Elmo Planning Commission from 2000-2004.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
She was a member of the House"s Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Committee and Ways and Means Committee, and also served as vice chair of the Health Care and Human Services Policy and Oversight Subcommittee for the Licensing Division, and was a member of the Finance Subcommittee for the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division.