Education
University of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota.
A Democrat, Ruud was first elected in 2004 when she narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Peter H. Adolphson. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2008, but was unseated by just 107 votes by Republican Kirk Stensrud in the 2010 general election. Ruud is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist Nurse Practitioner at Park Nicollet Health Services in Brooklyn Center.
She graduated from Bloomington Jefferson High School in Bloomington, then went on to the University of Minnesota, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing She later earned her M.S.N. at the University of California in San Francisco.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
Ruud served as vice chair of the Energy Finance and Policy Division Committee, and was a member of the Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness Finance Division, the Health and Human Services, the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division, and the Mental Health Division committees.