The Green Papers: Minnesota 2013 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2013. Find 2014 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:5,314,879 (1.72% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:10(1.86% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
Capital:St. Paul
 

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Minnesota State and Local Government

Minnesota 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


Primaries are held for the Republican, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, and Independence parties.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 113th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Amy J. Klobuchar
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Class 2 Democratic Senator Al Franken
First elected: 2008 in a contested election resolved 30 June 2009 by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Sworn 7 July 2009.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Senator Al Franken
FEC S8MN00438; 30 Sep 13; Tot $6,040,791; Dsb $3,414,919
  Candidate Republican     state Representative James J. "Jim" Abeler
FEC S4MN00353; 30 Sep 13; Tot $56,423; Dsb $25,654
  Candidate Republican     St. Louis County Commissioner Christopher Ames "Chris" Dahlberg
FEC S4MN00379
  Candidate Republican     Michael "Mike" McFadden
FEC S4MN00346; 30 Sep 13; Tot $705,047; Dsb $194,406
  Candidate Republican     Monti Moreno
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Julianne E. Ortman
FEC S4MN00361; 30 Sep 13; Tot $119,466; Dsb $31,344
  Candidate Independent     Nikolay N. Bey
FEC S4MN00338; 02 Dec 13; Tot $0; Dsb $0

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Mark Dayton
First elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
  Candidate Republican     Robert "Rob" Farnsworth
  Candidate Republican     Scott Honour
  Candidate Republican     Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Marty Seifert
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Dave Thompson
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Kurt Zellers

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Yvonne Prettner Solon
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

113th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2014, 2016. No Term Limit. 113th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Democratic (5 Undetermined);
3 Republican (2 Undetermined, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Congressman Timothy J. "Tim" Walz
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Congressman Timothy J. "Tim" Walz
FEC H6MN01174; 30 Sep 13; Tot $479,728; Dsb $304,452
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Michael Wayne "Mike" Benson
FEC H4MN01153; 30 Sep 13; Tot $28,158; Dsb $13,451
  Candidate Republican     James "Jim" Hagedorn
FEC H0MN01045
  Candidate Republican     Aaron Miller
FEC H4MN01161; 30 Sep 13; Tot $56,127; Dsb $1,412

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman John Paul Kline, Jr.
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Thomas Edward "Tom" Craft
FEC H4MN02128; 30 Sep 13; Tot $22,231; Dsb $8,722
    Democratic-Farmer Labor     Sona Mehring - apparently not a candidate
25 April 2013: "I came to the tough conclusion that my work with CaringBridge was not done and I needed to end my candidacy for Congress."

FEC H4MN02110; 30 Sep 13; Tot $57,087; Dsb $56,402
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     former state Representative Michael E. "Mike" Obermueller
FEC H2MN02122; 30 Sep 13; Tot $204,382; Dsb $96,936
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Paula Mirare Overby
FEC H4MN02136
  Candidate Republican     David Adam Gerson
FEC H2MN02130; 30 Sep 13; Tot $48,142; Dsb $47,241
  Candidate Republican     Congressman John Paul Kline, Jr.
FEC H8MN06047; 30 Sep 13; Tot $1,110,535; Dsb $368,220

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 3 Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Erik Paulsen
FEC H8MN03077; 30 Sep 13; Tot $1,233,679; Dsb $400,718

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Congressman Betty McCollum
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Congressman Betty McCollum
FEC H0MN04049; 30 Sep 13; Tot $259,840; Dsb $218,777
  Candidate Independence     Steve Carlson

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison
FEC H6MN05183; 30 Sep 13; Tot $688,808; Dsb $559,129

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 6 Republican Congressman Michele M. Bachmann
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - 29 May 2013: "After a great deal of thought and deliberation, I have decided, next year, I will not seek a fifth ... term ... This decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former Presidential campaign ... "
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Judy Adams
    Democratic-Farmer Labor     James Joseph "Jim" Graves - apparently not a candidate
31 May 2013: Announced he is suspending his campaign indefinitely.

FEC H2MN06198; 30 Sep 13; Tot $232,813; Dsb $180,170
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     James Howard "Jim" Read
FEC H4MN06111
    Republican     Congressman Michele M. Bachmann - apparently not a candidate
29 May 2013: "After a great deal of thought and deliberation, I have decided, next year, I will not seek a fifth ... term ... This decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former Presidential campaign ... "

FEC H6MN06074; 30 Sep 13; Tot $1,726,250; Dsb $2,144,215
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Thomas Earl "Tom" Emmer, Jr.
FEC H4MN06087; 30 Sep 13; Tot $373,367; Dsb $98,530
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Philip B. "Phil" Krinkie
FEC H6MN06108; 30 Sep 13; Tot $338,247; Dsb $23,367
  Candidate Republican     state Senator John Carroll Pederson
FEC H4MN06095; 30 Sep 13; Tot $86,658; Dsb $46,656
  Candidate Republican     Anoka County Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah
FEC H4MN06103; 30 Sep 13; Tot $199,636; Dsb $15,304

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Congressman Collin Clark Peterson
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Congressman Collin Clark Peterson
FEC H2MN07014; 30 Sep 13; Tot $341,669; Dsb $148,698
  Candidate Republican     Scott Van Binsbergen
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Torrey N. Westrom

Incumbent - 113th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Congressman Richard Michael "Rick" Nolan
First elected: 2012
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     Congressman Richard Michael "Rick" Nolan
FEC H2MN08111; 30 Sep 13; Tot $384,940; Dsb $150,088
  Candidate Republican     Stewart Mills
FEC H4MN08083; 30 Sep 13; Tot $243,826; Dsb $9,384

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic-Farmer Labor Secretary of State Mark Ritchie
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - 5 June 2013: Announced he will not seek re-election. "My public service will take a different form. I don't know what it will be, but it won't be as Minnesota's next secretary of state. That will be for a new generation of leadership."
    Democratic-Farmer Labor     Rachel Larson Bohman - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     state Representative Debra Hilstrom
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     former state Representative Jeremy Kalin
  Candidate Democratic-Farmer Labor     state Representative Steve Simon
  Candidate Republican     Dennis Nguyen

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic-Farmer Labor Attorney General Lori Swanson
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic-Farmer Labor Auditor Rebecca Otto
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
  Candidate Republican     former Long Lake Mayor Randy Gilbert
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents
  Democratic-Farmer Labor (affiliate of Democratic): 3 incumbents, 14 candidates
  Republican: 3 incumbents, 26 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Independence (affiliates): 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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