Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Margaret Anderson Kelliher

American politician

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1968

Place of Birth: Mankato, Minnesota, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Margaret Anderson Kelliher (born March 11, 1968) is an American politician, current Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, she represented District 60A, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
First elected in 1999, she served until 2011, also serving as the Speaker from 2007 to 2011.
She is the second woman (after Dee Long) to hold the position of House speaker.
She was an unsuccessful candidate for the DFL nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 2010 gubernatorial election, losing to former Senator Mark Dayton.
On June 5, 2018, she registered as a candidate for the DFL nomination to the U.S.
House of Representatives in Minnesota's 5th congressional district, going on to lose in the primary.