Debra L. Kiel (/kiːl/ KEEL;[1] born August 31, 1957) is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2025.
[5][6][7] She opposed increasing the state tobacco tax, saying people in her district would drive to North Dakota to buy cigarettes.
[8] As chair of the subcommittee on aging, Kiel introduced legislation to better protect seniors from retaliation when they report elder abuse and establish work groups to review crimes against vulnerable adults like those with dementia.
[15] In 2011, Kiel was one of four Republican representatives to vote against roughly $1 billion in budget cuts to local government aid and higher education.
[26] Kiel's great-grandfather, John Perry, a Crookston farmer, represented Polk County in the Minnesota House during the 1921-22 biennium.