district residence succeeded children religion party profession term_end preceded state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name alma_mater
41b bloomington , minnesota paul rosenthal 2 evangelical christian republican party of minnesota business executive , attorney , legislator 2013 paul rosenthal minnesota march 20 , 1949 january 4 , 2011 barbara pat mazorol
 minnesota pat mazorol university of minnesota william mitchell college of law
pat mazorol

patrick a. `` pat '' mazorol -lrb- born march 20 , 1949 -rrb- is a minnesota politician and a member of the minnesota house of representatives who represents district 41b , which includes west bloomington and south edina in hennepin county , which is in the twin cities metropolitan area .
a republican , he is a former president and ceo of securian trust company , and a former senior vice president of university relations at bethel university in arden hills .
mazorol was first elected to the house in 2010 .
he currently serves on the civil law , the commerce and regulatory reform , the higher education policy and finance , and the judiciary policy and finance committees .
on may 21 , 2011 , he joined the house republican majority in voting for a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and woman .
mazorol graduated from bloomington kennedy high school in bloomington , then went on to the university of minnesota , receiving his b.a. in physics .
he later earned his j.d. from william mitchell college of law in saint paul .
he was a practicing attorney for 12 years .
active in the twin cities area , mazorol previously served on the bloomington human rights commission , was vice chair of the board of trustees for bethel university , was a member of the board of directors of the minnesota private colleges council , was a member of the board of directors for united hospital foundation , was a member of the twin cities advisory board for the salvation army , and is a member and past chair of the governing board of wooddale church in eden prairie .
mazorol did not seek a second term in 2012 .
