Ben Lien | |
State House: | Minnesota |
District: | 4A |
Term Start: | January 2013 |
Term End: | January 2021 |
Predecessor: | redrawn district |
Successor: | Heather Keeler |
Party: | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
Residence: | Moorhead, Minnesota |
Alma Mater: | Minnesota State University Moorhead (B.A.) |
Occupation: | legislator |
Ben Lien is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A former member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 4A in northwestern Minnesota.[1]
Lien grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota and graduated from Moorhead High School.[2] He attended Minnesota State University Moorhead, graduating with a B.A. in political science.[3]
Lien was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2012. He was re-elected in 2014, 2016, and 2018. On January 30, 2020 he announced he would not seek re-election for a fifth term.