Fischbach, Michelle, 1965-

Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach (née St. Martin; born November 3, 1965) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she has served as the U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district since 2021.

Born in Woodbury, Minnesota, she graduated from Woodbury High School there before attending the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph and St. Cloud State University, graduating from the latter with a B.A. in political science and economics in 1989. Fischbach earned her J.D. from William Mitchell School of Law in Saint Paul in 2011. In 1994, Fischbach became the first woman elected to the Paynesville City Council, where she served until she was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1996. In 2011, after an election in which Senate Republicans won a majority for the first time since party designation, Fischbach's colleagues elected her the first female president of the Minnesota Senate, a post she held until Republicans lost their majority in 2013. After Republicans regained a majority following the 2016 election, Fischbach was again elected Senate president on January 3, 2017. Following Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith's appointment to the U.S. Senate, as president of the State Senate, Fischbach automatically ascended as lieutenant governor in January 2018. After resigning from the State Senate, Fischbach was formally sworn into office in May.

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