Minnesota 2007 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: Minnesota 2007 Off Year Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.

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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. 110^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Amy Klobuchar • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

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

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Tim Pawlenty • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with the Governor.

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Carol Molnau • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Democratic (5 Undetermined); 3 Republican (2 Undetermined, 1 Open)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Timothy J. "Tim" Walz • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman John P. Kline • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3 {map}	Republican	Congressman Jim Ramstad • First elected: 1990 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - 17 September 2007: Announced that he will not seek re-election.

CD 4 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Betty McCollum • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 5 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 6 {map}	Republican	Congressman Michele M. Bachmann • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 7 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Collin C. Peterson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 8 {map}	Democratic	Congressman James L. "Jim" Oberstar • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	Secretary of State Mark Ritchie • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	Attorney General Lori Swanson • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

	Democratic-Farmer Labor	Auditor Rebecca Otto • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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): 6 incumbents
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor (affiliate of Democratic): 3 incumbents
	• Republican: 6 incumbents
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 an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.