Pat Garofalo
Introduction '''Patrick "Pat" Garofalo''' (born September 23, 1971) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 58B, which includes portions of Dakota and Goodhue counties in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Education Born in 1971 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Garofalo graduated from Rosemount High School in Rosemount in 1989, then went on to Minnesota State University, Mankato in Mankato, earning his B.S. in law enforcement in 1994.
Minnesota House of Representatives Garofalo was first elected in 2004 and has been reelected every two years since. In February 2008, he was named assistant minority whip for the Republican caucus. Garofalo served one term as chair of the Education Finance Committee in 2011–12, and chaired the Job Growth & Energy Affordability Committee from 2015 to 2018.He is now the minority lead of the Ways and Means Committee.In March 2015, Garofalo posted on Twitter that if a majority of National Basketball Association teams were to fold, "nobody would notice a difference with the possible exception of increase in streetcrime." He said he was making an observation about crime among professional athletes, not a racist comment. He later apologized.In 2015, after U.S. Representative John Kline announced he was not running for reelection, attention turned to Garofalo as a possible contender for the seat. After a recruiting visit to Washington, D.C., with House leadership, Garofalo told local media, "I would rather stick a fork in my eye than run for Congress".In 2021, Garofalo called the U.S. Capitol attack by Donald Trump supporters "ridiculous" and "banana republic shit".
Personal life Garofalo and his family live in Farmington. He is a network engineer who works on computer infrastructure and IP telephony systems. He was the technology coordinator for Tim Pawlenty's 2002 gubernatorial campaign.
Electoral history +Minnesota House of Representatives,House District 58B election, 2018 PartyCandidateVotes%'''''Republican''''''''''Patrick Garofalo''''''''''11,549''''''''''58.84'''''DFLMarla Vagts8,06041.06Write-in200.10Total votes19,629100Republican '''hold'''+Minnesota House of Representatives,House District 58B election, 2016 PartyCandidateVotes%'''''Republican''''''''''Patrick Garofalo''''''''''13,926''''''''''64.78'''''DFLMarla Vagts7,54235.08Write-in290.13Total votes21,497100Republican '''hold'''+Minnesota House of Representatives, House District 58B election, 2014PartyCandidateVotes%'''''Republican''''''''''Patrick Garofalo''''''''''8,878''''''''''63.85'''''DFLMarla Vagts5,00836.02Write-in180.13Total votes13,904100Republican '''hold'''+Minnesota House of Representatives, House District 58B election, 2012PartyCandidateVotes%'''''Republican''''''''''Patrick Garofalo''''''''''12,520''''''''''59.47'''''DFLJim Arlt8,51240.04Write-in190.09Total votes21,051100Republican '''hold'''+Minnesota House of Representatives, House District 36B election, 2010PartyCandidateVotes%'''''Republican''''''''''Patrick Garofalo''''''''''12,317''''''''''65.81'''''DFLSigrid Iversen6,38134.10Write-in170.09Total votes18,715100Republican '''hold'''+Minnesota House of Representatives, House District 36B election, 2008PartyCandidateVotes%'''''Republican''''''''''Patrick Garofalo'''''14,23556.01DFLBev Topp11,14443.85Write-in360.14Total votes25,415100Republican '''hold'''+Minnesota House of Representatives, House District 36B election, 2006PartyCandidateVotes%'''''Republican''''''''''Patrick Garofalo'''''10,30455.85DFLPaul Hardt8,12344.03Write-in230.12Total votes18,450100Republican '''hold'''+Minnesota's House of Representatives, House District 36B election, 2004PartyCandidateVotes%'''''Republican''''''''''Patrick Garofalo''''''''''14,511''''''''''62.39'''''DFLBenjamin Coler8,71837.48Write-in310.13Total votes23,260100Republican '''hold'''
References
External links *  Rep. Pat Garofalo – official Minnesota House of Representatives website*  Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Pat Garofalo*  Project Votesmart – Rep. Pat Garofalo Profile*  Rep. Pat Garofalo ''official campaign website''