Shelley Madore | |
State House: | Minnesota |
District: | 37A |
Term Start: | January 3, 2007 |
Term End: | January 5, 2009 |
Preceded: | Lloyd Cybart |
Succeeded: | Tara Mack |
Party: | Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1962 |
Birth Place: | Hartford, Connecticut |
Children: | 2 |
Shelley Madore is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives Madore served as a Minnesota State Representative for District 37A, Apple Valley-Burnsville, from 2007–2009. She had previously run unsuccessfully in 2004.[1] She chose not to run for re-election in 2010, instead running as the Democratic nominee for Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. She lost to incumbent John Kline 63% to 36%.[2]
Madore holds a degree in business administration and spent fifteen years working in marketing and business management. She is a graduate of Partners in Policymaking through the Minnesota Council on Developmental Disabilities.
While a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Madore focused on the issues of transportation, education, health care, disabilities advocacy, conservation and property tax relief. She was made Vice-Chair of the Transportation and Transit Subcommittee and the Minnesota Public Transit Association (MPTA) named her a 2007 Friend of Transit. The Friend of Transit award was established to recognize excellence in public transit services and public transit advocacy in Minnesota.