Joe Schomacker

Joseph "Joe" Roy Schomacker (born March 25, 1986) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, Schomacker represents District 21A in the southwestern corner of the state, which includes the cities of Luverne and Pipestone and parts of Cottonwood, Lincoln, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, and Rock Counties.^[1]

Joe Schomacker
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 21A district 22A (2011–2022)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Doug Magnus
Personal details
Born	(1986-03-25) March 25, 1986 (age 39) Luverne, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Republican Party of Minnesota
Residence	Luverne, Minnesota
Alma mater	Southwest Minnesota State University George Washington University
Occupation	public relations consultant

Early life, education and career

Schomacker graduated from Luverne Senior High School in Luverne and from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, earning his B.A. in public administration, speech communication and political science in 2008. He served as the university's student body president in 2007-08. In 2010, he earned his M.P.S. online from George Washington University. He is an independent public relations consultant.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Schomacker was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2010 and has been reelected every two years since. In 2010, he defeated former representative and DFL House Majority Leader Ted Winter for the seat being vacated by incumbent Doug Magnus, who opted to run for an open Minnesota Senate seat.^[1][2]

Schomacker served as an assistant minority leader during the 2013-14 legislative session. In 2015-16 he chaired the Aging & Long-Term Care Policy Committee, and in 2017-18 he chaired the Health & Human Services Reform Committee. Schomacker is the minority lead on the Health Finance and Policy Committee and sits on the Economic Development Finance and Policy and Ways and Means Committees.^[1]

Electoral history

2010 Minnesota State House - District 22A^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Schomacker	7,595	56.59
	Democratic (DFL)	Ted Winter	5,807	43.27
	Write-in		19	0.14
Total votes			13,421	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Minnesota State House - District 22A^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Schomacker (incumbent)	11,555	59.01
	Democratic (DFL)	Eugene Short	8,006	40.88
	Write-in		22	0.11
Total votes			19,583	100.0
	Republican hold

2014 Minnesota State House - District 22A^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Schomacker (incumbent)	9,779	66.71
	Democratic (DFL)	Diana Slyter	4,868	33.21
	Write-in		12	0.08
Total votes			14,659	100.0
	Republican hold

2016 Minnesota State House - District 22A^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Schomacker (incumbent)	14,316	71.98
	Democratic (DFL)	Laura Woods	5,564	27.98
	Write-in		9	0.05
Total votes			19,889	100.0
	Republican hold

2018 Minnesota State House - District 22A^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Schomacker (incumbent)	10,811	66.73
	Democratic (DFL)	Maxwell Kaufman	5,377	33.19
	Write-in		12	0.07
Total votes			16,200	100.0
	Republican hold

2020 Minnesota State House - District 22A^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Schomacker (incumbent)	15,161	73.02
	Democratic (DFL)	Chris Baumberger	5,584	26.89
	Write-in		18	0.09
Total votes			20,763	100.0
	Republican hold

2022 Minnesota State House - District 21A^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Schomacker (incumbent)	13,536	74.29
	Democratic (DFL)	Patrick Baustian	4,671	25.64
	Write-in		14	0.08
Total votes			18,221	100.0
	Republican hold