Education
Prettner Solon completed her secondary education at Stanbrook Hall Preparatory School, a Roman Catholic school for girls in Duluth, Minnesota. She received a Bachelor of Didactic Science and a Master of Arts from the.
Prettner Solon completed her secondary education at Stanbrook Hall Preparatory School, a Roman Catholic school for girls in Duluth, Minnesota. She received a Bachelor of Didactic Science and a Master of Arts from the.
She was re-elected in the 2002 and 2006 general elections. Her special legislative concerns included economic development, education, health care, the environment, transportation, and jobs. Committees She also served on the Finance Subcommittee for the Health and Human Services Budget Division.
On May 24, 2010, gubernatorial candidate and former United States. Senator Mark Dayton announced that Prettner Solon would be his lieutenant governor running mate in the 2010 election.
In choosing her, Dayton said that "her thoughtful, sensitive and visionary leadership and public service are further informed by her life experiences, which have forged a woman I deeply respect and admire." The selection of Prettner Solon was seen as bringing balance to the Dayton Campaign. On August 10, 2010, the Dayton-Prettner Solon ticket narrowly defeated Margaret Anderson Kelliher to earn the DFL nomination and a spot in the November general election.
After a close election that included a recount, Dayton and Prettner Solon defeated the ticket of Tom Emmer and Annette Meeks in the November general election.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
She is the sixth consecutive woman to serve in that capacity and is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Prettner Solon was a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 7, which includes portions of Saint Louis County in the northeastern part of the state. Solon was a member of the Senate"s Capital Investment Committee, the Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee, the Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications Committee (which she chairs), and the Health, Housing and Family Security Committee.