I’m Keith Klawitter, and I’m running to represent our community in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

I’ve spent my life in rural Minnesota. I graduated from Hector High School and later from Golden Valley Lutheran College and the University of Minnesota, Morris. I moved to Morgan in 1978 to teach, and it’s been home ever since.

I taught English, coached football, basketball, and track, and directed school plays in Morgan and Franklin for over 30 years before retiring in 2010. If you grew up around here, there’s a good chance we’ve crossed paths.

Since retiring from teaching, I’ve stayed working and stayed connected to this community. I drove feed truck for HarvestLand (now Farmward) and sweet corn truck for Del Monte. I’ve helped with sugar beet harvest for a local Morgan farmer and spent five seasons driving for Transystems hauling beets from the pile sites to the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative in Renville. I also officiate football and basketball, umpire softball and baseball, and I’m looking forward to my third season working maintenance at Dacotah Ridge.