Senate 1983-2000 (District 46)
Party when first elected: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Counties Served: Hennepin
Robbinsdale High School; Secondary; Valedictorian, 1970St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; B.A.; Psychology and Political Science, Summa Cum Laude, Shared Valedictorian, 1974St. Thomas University; M.B.A.; 1991Duke University Law School; J.D.; 1977
Spouse: Single (when first elected); Michael Junge (first listed in 1994) Children: Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
Special Legislative Concerns: education, family violence and children's issues, crime prevention, ethics, business law issues, taxes/taxation, corporate issues, public finance, human services, judiciary, housing, energy, economic development, small business and corporate issues.From 1983-1993 she was listed as Ember Reichgott. From 1994-1996 her last name was listed as Reichgott Junge. From 1997-2000 Reichgott was listed as her middle name and her last name was listed as Junge.She ran as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsed candidate for Minnesota Attorney General in the 1998 primary election which she lost to Mike Hatch.She sought and lost the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement to Keith Ellison for the 5th Congressional House District in May 2006. Although she lost the endorsement, she still ran in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary which was won by Ellison.
The photos in this collection were scanned from the files of the Minnesota Senate Photographer with the generous help of the Minnesota Digital Library.