caption district predecessor successor religion birth_place party office state_house birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
stanek at a 2014 national night out event 32b 33b pat mcgowan michelle rifenberg warren limmer kurt zellers barb sykora roman catholicism minneapolis , minnesota , u.s. republican sheriff of hennepin county minnesota minnesota 2 february 1962 january 13 , 1995 1 , 2007 january 7 , 2003 march sally stanek file , august 2014.jpg : rich stanek , woman 's club nno rich stanek
 january 30 , 2003 january 7 , 2003 rich stanek university of minnesota , twin cities hamline university
rich stanek

richard w. stanek -lrb- born february 2 , 1962 -rrb- is a minnesota republican politician .
he became the 27th hennepin county sheriff on january 1 , 2007 .
stanek served from 1986 to 2006 as a police officer in minneapolis , served from 1995 to 2003 in the minnesota house of representatives , and served from 2003 to 2004 as commissioner of public safety under minnesota governor tim pawlenty .
