district residence succeeded children party prior_term state_house preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
26b rochester , minnesota nels pierson 4 republican party of minnesota 30b -lrb- 2011 -- 2013 -rrb- minnesota andy welti 9 november 1955 january 4 , 2011 susan mike benson -lrb- politician -rrb-
 january 5 , 2015 mike benson assistant legislator college professor , director of human resources , eastern university
mike benson -lrb- politician -rrb-

michael `` mike '' benson -lrb- born november 9 , 1955 -rrb- is a minnesota politician and former member of the minnesota house of representatives .
a member of the republican party of minnesota , he represented district 26b , which includes portions of olmsted county in the southeastern part of the state .
he is also an assistant college professor for business administration and the director of human resources at crossroads college in rochester .
