Education
Sawatzky attended Saint Cloud State University, graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor of Surgery in special education and elementary education.
Sawatzky attended Saint Cloud State University, graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor of Surgery in special education and elementary education.
Sawatzky was first elected to the in 2012. Sawatzky was one of two Democrats in the Minnesota House to vote against a same-sex marriage bill on May 9, 2013. The bill passed 75-59.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 17B in west-central Minnesota.