Michael Erlandson (born April 14, 1964) is an American businessman and former politician who is currently a principal at Aurora Strategic Advisors, a public affairs company based in Minneapolis, MN. Prior to Aurora he was Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs and Vice President of Government Affairs for Supervalu Corporation, based in

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. Prior to joining Supervalu, he served as chief of staff to U.S. Congressman Martin Olav Sabo from 1993 until Sabo retired in 2007. He also served as chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) from 1999 to 2005. Erlandson ran for Sabo's 5th Congressional District seat in 2006, but finished second in a contested primary to

Keith Ellison Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to ...

. Ellison went on to win in November. In addition to leading Supervalu's Communications and Government Affairs Departments, Erlandson was their federal political action committee (ValuPAC) chairman. He served on and managed their foundation board and helped create their enterprise environmental steering committee. Erlandson has appeared on national television and radio shows including: NBC's Today Show, Hardball, ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CNN, C-SPAN, and NPR. He was named one of Twin Cities next generation of business & community leaders by The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and was a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Transportation Policy Project. Erlandson grew up in the

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suburb of Fridley. He graduated from

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in Collegeville in 1986 and from

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's Kennedy School Senior Managers in Government Program in 1997. He is married, has two children and lives in

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. During his leadership of the State Democratic Party (DFL) and prior to joining Supervalu, Erlandson hosted a radio show on Air American Minnesota called "The Mike Erlandson Show," and continues to be appear on local public affairs programs including regular appearances on KSTP TVs At Issue with Tom Hauser (Sunday's at 10am).

Electoral history

* 2006 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - 5th District (Democratic Primary) **

(DFL), 41% ** Mike Erlandson (DFL), 31% ** Ember Reichgott Junge (DFL), 21% ** Paul Ostrow (DFL), 5%

References

External links

Minnesota Public Radio profile

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presumably originated at the Erlandson Campaign web page. * Living people 1964 births Harvard Kennedy School alumni Minnesota Democrats People from Fridley, Minnesota Politicians from Minneapolis State political party chairs of Minnesota {{Minnesota-politician-stub