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| House1: 435 seats | Senate: 33 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOP | Dems | Total | GOP | Dems | Total | |
| Confirmed primary challenges | 63 | 32 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Possible primary challenges | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Open seats* | 7 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 92 |
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
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Contents
2012 election
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2012 fundraising data for MN-03
available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.Race status
Incumbent: Erik Paulsen Incumbent running? Yes Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent. Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Erik Paulsen Republican Confirmed candidate FEC Source January 11, 2012 Jim Meffert Democratic Out of race FEC Source July 20, 2011 2010 Candidate Sharon Sund Democratic Confirmed candidate Media Story Source August 13, 2011 Brian Barnes Democratic Confirmed candidate Media Story Source October 15, 2011 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner TBD TBD
2010 election
Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Erik Paulsen Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source March 24, 2010 Jim Meffert Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source February 8, 2009 Terri Bonoff Democratic Out CQ Politics Source February 6, 2009 Jim Hovland Democratic Out Swing State Project Source March 24, 2009 Paul Rosenthal Democratic Out Swing State Project Source March 24, 2009 Maureen Hackett Democratic Out Campaign Website Source November 17, 2009 Ashwin Madia Democratic Out Blog Entry Source November 17, 2009 2008 Candidate (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner Erik Paulsen, Jim Meffert Erik Paulsen
2008 election
Incumbent: James Ramstad
CandidatesName Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Erik Paulsen Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 24, 2009 Ashwin Madia Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 24, 2009 David Dillon Other Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 24, 2009 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner Ashwin Madia, Erik Paulsen Erik Paulsen 2008 Presidential election results
Republican Democratic 2000 50% George W. Bush 46% Al Gore 2004 51% George W. Bush 48% John Kerry 2008 46% John McCain 52% Barack Obama District map and incumbent offices
Erik Paulsen's district offices - 250 Prairie Center Drive, Suite 230, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(952) 405-8510 (Phone) (Fax)
District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
See the incumbent's page for more contact info.
Articles and resources
See also
- Index for all the Minnesota congressional districts and candidates.
- The full House 2012 elections report.
- The RaceTracker homepage.
External articles
Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "MN-03" (link) Want this data? All information is open-source and free (as in beer and speech). Most data is available via API, RDF, CSV or other methods. See details or email us.
Campaign contribution methodology: Information is updated daily from the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org), which downloads their data from the Federal Election Commission on the first weekday of each work week. Candidates must have filed a report with the FEC to show up in the widget and inactive candidates are screened out by CRP. - 250 Prairie Center Drive, Suite 230, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
