Minnesota 2013 General Election

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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Minnesota
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. 113^th 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

		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*		*Senator Al Franken* • FEC S8MN00438; 30 Sep 13; Tot $6,040,791; Dsb $3,414,919

		Republican		state Representative James J. "Jim" Abeler • FEC S4MN00353; 30 Sep 13; Tot $56,423; Dsb $25,654
		Republican		St. Louis County Commissioner Christopher Ames "Chris" Dahlberg • FEC S4MN00379
		Republican		Michael "Mike" McFadden • FEC S4MN00346; 30 Sep 13; Tot $705,047; Dsb $194,406
		Republican		Monti Moreno
		Republican		state Senator Julianne E. Ortman • FEC S4MN00361; 30 Sep 13; Tot $119,466; Dsb $31,344

		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

		Republican		Robert "Rob" Farnsworth
		Republican		Scott Honour
		Republican		Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson
		Republican		former state Representative Marty Seifert
		Republican		state Senator Dave Thompson
		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

113^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2014, 2016. No Term Limit. 113^th 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

		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*		*Congressman Timothy J. "Tim" Walz* • FEC H6MN01174; 30 Sep 13; Tot $479,728; Dsb $304,452

		Republican		state Representative Michael Wayne "Mike" Benson • FEC H4MN01153; 30 Sep 13; Tot $28,158; Dsb $13,451
		Republican		James "Jim" Hagedorn • FEC H0MN01045
		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

		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
		Democratic-Farmer Labor		former state Representative Michael E. "Mike" Obermueller • FEC H2MN02122; 30 Sep 13; Tot $204,382; Dsb $96,936
		Democratic-Farmer Labor		Paula Mirare Overby • FEC H4MN02136

		Republican		David Adam Gerson • FEC H2MN02130; 30 Sep 13; Tot $48,142; Dsb $47,241
		*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

		*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

		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*		*Congressman Betty McCollum* • FEC H0MN04049; 30 Sep 13; Tot $259,840; Dsb $218,777

		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

		*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

		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
		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
		Republican		former state Representative Thomas Earl "Tom" Emmer, Jr. • FEC H4MN06087; 30 Sep 13; Tot $373,367; Dsb $98,530
		Republican		former state Representative Philip B. "Phil" Krinkie • FEC H6MN06108; 30 Sep 13; Tot $338,247; Dsb $23,367
		Republican		state Senator John Carroll Pederson • FEC H4MN06095; 30 Sep 13; Tot $86,658; Dsb $46,656
		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

		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*		*Congressman Collin Clark Peterson* • FEC H2MN07014; 30 Sep 13; Tot $341,669; Dsb $148,698

		Republican		Scott Van Binsbergen
		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

		*Democratic-Farmer Labor*		*Congressman Richard Michael "Rick" Nolan* • FEC H2MN08111; 30 Sep 13; Tot $384,940; Dsb $150,088

		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~~
		Democratic-Farmer Labor		state Representative Debra Hilstrom
		Democratic-Farmer Labor		former state Representative Jeremy Kalin
		Democratic-Farmer Labor		state Representative Steve Simon

		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

		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.