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2010 Minnesota Elections
Elections were held in Minnesota on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections took place on August 10, 2010. Federal United States House All eight seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election in 2010. All eight incumbents will be seeking re-election. United States Senate Minnesota's two senators are not up for election in 2010. State Statewide offices in Minnesota, including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Auditor are up for election in 2010. Governor Incumbent Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, is retiring from office after two terms. Candidates seeking to replace Pawlenty include State Rep. Tom Emmer, R- Delano; ; Former Sen. Mark Dayton, DFL-Minnesota; and activist Tom Horner for the Independence Party. Secretary of State Incumbent DFL Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is seeking re-election after an eventful first term in office, in which he oversaw the very tight election and subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 12th-largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd-most populous, with about 5.8 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"; it has 14,420 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres each. Roughly a third of the state is Forest cover by state and territory in the United States, forested. Much of the remainder is prairie and farmland. More than 60% of Minnesotans (about 3.71 million) live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", which is Minnesota's main Politics of Minnesota, political, Economy of Minnesota, economic, and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Severson
Daniel Mark Severson (born August 31, 1954) is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 14A, which includes portions of Benton County, Minnesota, Benton and Stearns County, Minnesota, Stearns counties in the north central part of the state. He is a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot, business owner, and substitute teacher. Early life, education, and military service Severson graduated from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, St. Cloud in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in Physics. He was a Navy fighter pilot, officer and commander from 1978 to 2000. Severson enlisted in the Navy in 1978 at the age of 21. Severson was in the Navy for 22 years, most of those years as a Strike-Fighter Pilot. Minnesota House of Representatives Elections In 2002, after redistricting, Severson ran for the newly redrawn Minnesota House District 14A and won defeating DFL nominee Dennis Molitor 49%-47%. In 2004, he won re-election to a second t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
