Minnesota 2012 Election Center

Governor

Mark Brandt Dayton

Incumbent
Party: Democratic
Birthdate: Jan. 26, 1947
Birth Place: Minneapolis, MN
Next Election: 2014

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 44% (2010).

(Last updated by Doug Glass on August 24, 2012.)

Senate

Amy Jean Klobuchar

Incumbent
Party: Democratic
Birthdate: May 25, 1960
Birth Place: Plymouth, MN
Next Election: 2012

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 58% (2006).

(Last updated by Patrick Condon on October 8, 2012.)

Alan 'Al' Stuart Franken

Incumbent
Party: Democratic
Birthdate: May 21, 1951
Birth Place: New York, NY
Next Election: 2014

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 42% (2008).

(Last updated by Patrick Condon on October 8, 2012.)

House District 1

Timothy 'Tim' James Walz

Incumbent
Party: Democratic
Birthdate: April 6, 1964
Birth Place: West Point, NE
Next Election: 2012

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 49% (2010), 63% (2008), 53% (2006).

(Last updated by Martiga Lohn on October 8, 2012.)

House District 2

John Paul Kline

Incumbent
Party: Republican
Birthdate: Sept. 6, 1947
Birth Place: Allentown, PA
Next Election: 2012

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 63% (2010), 57% (2008), 56% (2006).

(Last updated by Martiga Lohn on October 8, 2012.)

House District 3

Erik Paulsen

Incumbent
Party: Republican
Birthdate: May 14, 1965
Birth Place: Bakersfield, CA
Next Election: 2012

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 59% (2010), 49% (2008).

(Last updated by Patrick Condon on October 8, 2012.)

House District 4

Betty Louise McCollum

Incumbent
Party: Democratic
Birthdate: July 12, 1954
Birth Place: Minneapolis, MN
Next Election: 2012

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 59% (2010), 69% (2008), 70% (2006).

(Last updated by Patrick Condon on October 8, 2012.)

House District 5

Keith Maurice Ellison

Incumbent
Party: Democratic
Birthdate: Aug. 4, 1963
Birth Place: Detroit, MI
Next Election: 2012

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 68% (2010), 71% (2008), 56% (2006).

(Last updated by Patrick Condon on October 8, 2012.)

House District 6

Michele Marie Bachmann

Incumbent
Party: Republican
Birthdate: April 6, 1956
Birth Place: Waterloo, IA
Next Election: 2012

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 53% (2010), 46% (2008), 50% (2006).

(Last updated by Brian Bakst on October 8, 2012.)

House District 7

Collin Clark Peterson

Incumbent
Party: Democratic
Birthdate: June 29, 1944
Birth Place: Fargo, ND
Next Election: 2012

Recent winning percentages for office currently held: 55% (2010), 72% (2008), 70% (2006).

(Last updated by Steve Karnowski on October 8, 2012.)

House District 8

Richard 'Rick' Michael Nolan

Challenger
Party: Democratic
Birthdate: Dec. 17, 1943
Birth Place: Brainerd, MN
Next Election: 2012

(Last updated by Martiga Lohn on September 2, 2012.)