Minnesota 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Minnesota 2005 Off Year Elections

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Minnesota
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	10	(1.86% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	8	(1.84% of 435)
2000 Census:	4,925,670	(1.75% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	3,547,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	3,265,324
Capital:	St. Paul

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Minnesota State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Mark Dayton • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - 9 February 2005: Senator Dayton announces that he will not seek re-election.
	Republican	(pending) • Possible candidates: Norm Coleman; Congressman Mark R. Kennedy (CD 6)

Class 2	Republican	Senator Norm Coleman • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Tim Pawlenty • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
	Democratic-Farmer Labor	(pending) • Possible candidate: State Senator Steve Kelley
	Independence	(pending) • Possible candidate: Peter Hutchinson

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Carol Molnau • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Republican (3 Undetermined, 1 Open); 4 Democratic (4 Undetermined)

CD 1	Republican	Congressman Gil Gutknecht • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2	Republican	Congressman John Kline • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 3	Republican	Congressman Jim Ramstad • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 4	Democratic	Congressman Betty McCollum • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 5	Democratic	Congressman Martin Olav Sabo • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 6	Republican	Congressman Mark R. Kennedy • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - 2005 February 11: Congressman Kennedy announced that he would seek the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Mark Dayton.

CD 7	Democratic	Congressman Collin C. Peterson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 8	Democratic	Congressman James L. Oberstar • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Attorney General Mike Hatch • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Auditor Patricia "Pat" Anderson • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

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.

	• Constitution
	• Democratic
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor
	• Green
	• Independence
	• Libertarian
	• Not readily classifiable
	• Republican