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Collin Peterson
Collin Peterson
A centrist Democrat, Peterson is in his 9th term representing northwestern Minnesota, a politically mixed area where he has achieved solid support by helping to found the "Blue Dog" coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats while strongly backing programs to boost agriculture and sportsmen's interests. He has been elevated to the chair of the powerful Agriculture Committee in the Democrat controlled 110th Congress.
Peterson, of Detriot Lakes, has found a winning political posture in the Seventh District and appears unshakeable.
Party: DFL
Elected: 1990
Birthdate: June 29, 1944
Birthplace: Fargo, N.D.
Home: Detroit Lakes
Family: Divorced; 2 children
Employment history: certified public accountant, 19661990; Minnesota state senator, 19771986
Military service: Army National guard, 19631969
Education: Moorhead State University
Websites: collinpeterson.house.gov
petersonforcongress.com
Elected: 1990
Birthdate: June 29, 1944
Birthplace: Fargo, N.D.
Home: Detroit Lakes
Family: Divorced; 2 children
Employment history: certified public accountant, 19661990; Minnesota state senator, 19771986
Military service: Army National guard, 19631969
Education: Moorhead State University
Websites: collinpeterson.house.gov
petersonforcongress.com
Collin Peterson stories from Star Tribune
- Nov. 11: Pawlenty wounds buck, but hunting party fails to find itGov. Tim Pawlenty got a buck Saturday at the Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener, but still came up empty-handed.
- Health care: A blitz from both sides In TV ads, e-mail blasts and nightly door-knocking campaigns, from the grass roots to legislative circles, the ground war over a health care overhaul is raging in Minnesota.
- D.J. Tice: An abortion battle? Now that's the status quoThe rift in the House over health care reform shows that much remains as it ever was in politics.
- Health care bill clears the House
- Minn. delegation split on health care bill
- State pork producers request emergency federal aid
- Collin Peterson's Blue Dogs bark at 'public option'
- Ethanol plant in Lamberton holds grand opening
- Readers Write for Sunday, Aug. 16
- Nick Coleman: Sometimes, America, you feel like a nut
