John Duffy Huot is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party . He represents District 56B in the Minnesota House of Representatives, covering parts of Dakota County including the cities of Apple Valley and Rosemount in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Elected in 2018 after an unsuccessful 2016 run against incumbent Anna Wills, he has been reelected every two years since and currently serves his fourth term as Speaker Pro Tempore. Huot resides in Rosemount with his wife Angela and their three children.

Notable achievements include authoring legislation to fine unruly youth sports attendees as a football and basketball referee, securing emergency funding for the Minnesota Zoo during the COVID-19 pandemic, advocating for better conditions for volunteer EMTs amid declining numbers, increasing funding for the Minnesota Attorney General’s office to hire more prosecutors, and supporting the elimination of the statute of limitations on reporting sexual assault—drawing from his personal experience of childhood abuse by a priest. He was the only DFL legislator to vote against a ban on no-knock warrants in a 2022 committee hearing.

Education and Political Experience

Education:

- Emergency Medical Technician certification from Century College.

- Real estate training from Kaplan University.

Political Experience:

- Minnesota House of Representatives, District 57B ; District 56B .

- Committees: Commerce Finance and Policy, Health Finance and Policy, Taxes.

- Sponsored 86 bills and cosponsored over 350, focusing on education policy, property and local taxes, education finance, state government, health care, and economic recovery.

- Occupation: Emergency medical technician, realtor, business consultant; previously a football coach.