Erin Maye Quade
Erin Maye Quade | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 56th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Redistricted |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 57A district | |
| In office January 3, 2017 – January 7, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Tara Mack |
| Succeeded by | Robert Bierman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 12, 1986 Apple Valley, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Alyse Maye Quade |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of St. Thomas (BA) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Erin Maye Quade (born March 12, 1986) is an American politician from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022. She became one of the three first Black women in the Minnesota Senate upon taking office in 2023.
A former staffer for U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, Maye Quade served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. In 2018, she was a candidate for lieutenant governor of Minnesota, serving as Erin Murphy's running mate. The DFL endorsed the Murphy-Maye Quade ticket, making Maye Quade the first LGBTQ person to be endorsed on a major Minnesota political party's ticket.