Education
She also attended graduate school there, studying Deaf Education, Behavioral Impairments and Curriculum.
She also attended graduate school there, studying Deaf Education, Behavioral Impairments and Curriculum.
Norton earned a Bachelor of Surgery in Human Development and Special Education, specializing in Early Childhood Education, at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Norton served on several committees in the Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning from 1998–2003 and, upon returning to Rochester, served on the Rochester School Board (as clerk in 2001, chair in 2005, and treasurer in 2006) prior to being elected to the House. Norton first ran against incumbent Republican
Fran Bradley in 2004, an election she lost by 311 votes.
She ran again in 2006, defeating Republican challenger Rich Decker by just 99 votes. In 2010, she was re-elected over Republican challenger Mike Rolih.
Norton state in September of 2015 that she will not seek re-election in the 2016 elections, saying "I"ve made the decision, after a couple of years of consideration, that it"s time for me to retire, so I am not going to run for re-election in 2016. lieutenant makes me a little sad, I will say, but at the same time it feels like the right thing to do and the right time to do lieutenant".
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 25B, which is composed entirely of the northern portion of the city of Rochester in Olmsted County. Located in the southeastern part of the state.