Rita Albrecht

Rita Albrecht (born ) is an American public servant and former politician who was the mayor of Bemidji, Minnesota from 2012 to 2020. She was appointed to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources by governor Tim Walz in 2021.

Life Albrecht was born and was raised in Big Falls, Minnesota. She attended Little-fork-Big Falls K-12 school where her father was the elementary school principal.

Albrecht worked as a community planner before working as the northwest regional director in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources until 2019. In 2010, she was elected to the city council of Bemidji, Minnesota. She served as its mayor from 2012 to 2020.

During the 2020 Minnesota Senate election, Albrecht was the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party's nominee for the fifth district. She lost in the general election to incumbent Republican Justin Eichorn.