The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year term)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
2002 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
1990 Census: 4,375,665(1.76% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 4,925,670(1.75% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 2,667,692
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 3,483,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 8 PM CST (0200 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: None; 4-year term, Current Governors  
 Independent  Governor Jesse Ventura
First elected: 1998 (under the banner of the Reform Party: left the Party February 2000)
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Democrat  Senator Mark Dayton
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Class 2Democrat  Senator Paul D. Wellstone
First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 5 Democrats, 3 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Congressman Gil Gutknecht
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Republican  Congressman Mark Kennedy
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Republican  Congressman Jim Ramstad
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Democrat  Congressman Betty McCollum
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Democrat  Congressman Martin Olav Sabo
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Democrat  Congressman Bill Luther
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Democrat  Congressman Collin C. Peterson
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Democrat  Congressman James L. Oberstar
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Minnesota has 87 counties and 8 congressional districts: 78 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 9 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca and Winona
  • CD # 2: Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Martin, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Swift, Watonwan, Wright and Yellow Medicine
  • CD # 4: Ramsey
  • CD # 6: Anoka and Washington
  • CD # 7: Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kitson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin
  • CD # 8: Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Cook, Crow Wing, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake, Mille Lacs, Pine and St. Louis

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Benton: CDs 7 and 8
  • Dakota: CDs 1, 3, 4 and 6
  • Hennepin: CDs 3 and 5
  • LeSueur: CDs 1 and 2
  • Morrison: CDs 7 and 8
  • Nicollet: CDs 1 and 2
  • Scott: CDs 1, 2 and 3
  • Sherburne: CDs 7 and 8
  • Stearns: CDs 2 and 7

CD # 5 is wholly within Hennepin County