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Tom Scheck

Minnesotans in the House (the White House)

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Sara Grewing, Chief of Staff to St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and former staffer for DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar, says there are a few Minnesotans working in the Obama Administration.

Here's her list:

Bill Burton - Deputy White House Press Secretary, former staffer to DFL Rep. Bill Luther. Burton graduated from the University of Minnesota.

Franny Starkey Sanguin - Director of Advance and Scheduling for the First Lady. She was the communications director for Terri Bonoff's campaign. She was also the scheduling and advance director for DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar's campaign in 2006.

Semonti Mustaphi - Deputy Press Secretary to the First Lady, former communications director for DFL Sen. Klobuchar. She was also press secretary for Klobuchar;s 2006 campaign.

Jessica Wright - Deputy Director of Scheduling to the President. She is the former education and health care outreach director for Klobuchar.

Elizabeth Nelson - Elizabeth Nelson is a scheduler for President Obama, former field staff on Klobuchar for Minnesota

Joe Paulsen - Director of Scheduling for the NSA Scheduling liaison between the White House and the Cabinet, the son of Minnesota state Senator Terri Bonoff. Bonoff e-mailed me the correction on Paulsen's job.

Jake Sullivan - Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Clinton, former policy staffe for Klobuchar.

Are there others?