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Mark Brandt Dayton (born January 26, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Minnesota from 2011 to 2019. [1] He served as a United States Senator representing Minnesota from 2001 to 2007 and as Minnesota State Auditor from 1991 to 1995.
On election day, 6 November 1990, Democratic–Farmer–Labor nominee Mark Dayton won the election by a margin of 267,735 votes against his opponent Independent Republican nominee Bob Heinrich, thereby gaining Democratic–Farmer–Labor control over the office of state auditor.
The general election was contested by the major party candidates State Representative Tom Emmer (R–Delano), former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton , and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner. After a very close race, Dayton was elected governor. [1] Emmer would be elected to the United States House of Representatives four years later. [2]
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Mark Dayton: Democratic: Auditor of Minnesota (1991–1995) U.S. Senator from Minnesota (2001–2007) Governor of Minnesota (2011–2019) $1.6 billion Great-grandson of George Dayton, the founder of Target [29] Betsy DeVos: Republican: Chair of the Michigan Republican Party (1996–2000; 2003–2005) Secretary of Education (2017–2021) $1.25 ...
The race pitted incumbent Republican Senator Rod Grams against former Minnesota State Auditor Mark Dayton. Dayton won with 48.83% of the vote to Grams's 43.29%. Dayton declined to run for reelection in 2006 and ran successfully in 2010 and 2014 for governor of Minnesota.
Primary elections were held on August 12, 2014. Dayton and Smith won the Democratic primary and the Republicans nominated Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson and his running mate former state representative Bill Kuisle. In the general election, Dayton and Smith defeated them and several other minor party candidates with just over 50% of ...
Mark Dayton, incumbent governor [19] [20] Debra Hilstrom, state representative and candidate for Secretary of State in 2014 (running for Minnesota Attorney General) [21] [22] Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator (running for re-election) [23] Rick Nolan, U.S. representative [24] (running for Lieutenant Governor)