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Ashwin Madia
Ashwin Madia
Madia, a first-time office seeker, secured the DFL endorsement after an unusually cantankerous battle with state Sen. Terri Bonoff. While Bonoff was considered the early favorite to win the endorsement, Madia, of Plymouth, was aggressive in pursuing party delegates by telephone and by knocking on doors, stepping in at a time when a large number of DFL activists were itching for change. The question will be whether that sentiment extends to the general electorate.
Madia is an Iraq War veteran, having served as captain in the Marines. He left his law practice to focus full-time on the race. His parents came to the United States from India.
Age: 30
Family: Single
Education: University of Minnesota. New York University Law School
Career: Attorney with Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi. Left his law practice to campaign full-time
Website: www.madiaforcongress.com
Ashwin Madia stories from Star Tribune
- Letter of the day: Two candidates remembered to 'talk' to every voterELISE KNOPF, MINNEAPOLIS;
- Letters to the editor for Friday, Nov. 7If the people of Minnesota spoke Tuesday, it was not for change. Rather, the citizens of our (perhaps formerly) great state chose stasis and incumbency instead of progress and vision.
- Paulsen vows to carry on as moderate in the Third After an acrimonious race, the GOP winner sets a much less partisan tone for voters who have long supported a moderate Republican.
- Paulsen triumphs over Madia in Third District
- It's a House party for Democrats
- Bitter 3rd race leaves bad taste with voters
- 2008 Minnesota congressional races
- Vets issues potent in congressional races
- Editorial: No pick in Third; Tinklenberg in Sixth
- Third Dist. candidates say they'll buck their own parties