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Erik Paulsen
Erik Paulsen
Paulsen worked for U.S. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz and for retiring incumbent Jim Ramstad, first in Washington and then back in Minnesota as director of Ramstad’s state office. Elected to the Legislature in 1994, Paulsen, of Eden Prairie, was chosen for several leadership positions, including House Majority Leader. Unlike the DFL endorsement battle, Paulsen’s path to the party endorsement was clear. He faced no Republican opposition to the seat.
Even with the Ramstad connections, though, Paulsen’s task will be to establish himself as the best fit for the suburban western Hennepin County District. It is the state’s most affluent district and is closely divided politically. President Bush won the district in 2004 with 51 percent of the vote. But Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar carried it with 55.5 percent in 2006.
Age: 43
Family: Wife, Kelly, four daughters
Education: St. Olaf College. BA Mathematics
Career: Business analyst, Target Corp.
Website: www.paulsenforcongress.com
Erik Paulsen stories from Star Tribune
- Speech is at 7 p.m., but "pre-buttals" will come firstActivists of all stripes in the nation's bitter health care debate aren't even waiting for President Obama's prime time address to spin and weigh in on it.
- Readers Write for Sunday, Aug. 16A note to President Obama, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Reps. Tim Walz, John Kline, Erik Paulsen, Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison, Michele Bachmann, Collin Peterson and Jim Oberstar: All arguments about health care reform -- both for and against -- can be stopped with one action.
- No shortage of calls and e-mails to Minnesota's delegation in health care debateThe health care issue has moved constituents to voice their views, prompting the delegation to seek dialogue, not diatribe.
- Health insurers fighting overhaul plan with cash
- Paulsen leans to conservative side in his balancing act
- State's GOP to elect new House minority leader
- Paulsen will again benefit from GOP plan to help vulnerable House members
- Keeping campaign funds (almost) all in the family
- Africa, Mideast first congressional tour for Minnesota's Paulsen
- 2010 EARMARK REQUESTS