| Claire Robling | |
| State: | Minnesota |
| State Senate: | Minnesota |
| District: | 35th |
| Term Start: | January 7, 1997 |
| Term End: | January 7, 2013 |
| Preceded: | Terry Johnston |
| Succeeded: | district redrawn |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | October 22, 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | College of St. Catherine |
| Occupation: | journalist, freelance writer, legislator |
| Spouse: | Tony |
| Children: | 2 |
| Residence: | Jordan, Minnesota, U.S. |
Claire A. Robling (born October 22, 1956) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 35, which included portions of Carver, Le Sueur, Scott and Sibley counties in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican, she was first elected to the Senate in 1996, and reelected in 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2010. She served as an assistant minority leader from 2003 to 2006.[1]
Robling was one of four assistant majority leaders during 2011–2012, and served as chair of the Senate Finance Committee.[2] She was also a member of the Senate's Higher Education and Local Government & Elections committees.[3] Her special legislative concerns included family and early childhood, transportation, taxes, education, and the environment.[4]
Robling is a journalist and a freelance writer by profession. She graduated from Chaska High School in Chaska, and then attended the College of St. Catherine in Saint Paul. She was a reporter for the Shakopee Valley News in Shakopee from 1977 to 1980, an editor for the Jordan Independent in Jordan from 1980 to 1981, and a reporter and editor for the Prior Lake, Chanhassen, Chaska and Savage newspapers from 1982 to 1996. She and her husband live in Jordan and have two children.[5]