Bruce Lundeen

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Bruce Lundeen
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Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Personal
Profession
Business owner
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Bruce Lundeen (Republican Party) ran for election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 62. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Lundeen was a 2018 Republican candidate for District 62A of the Minnesota House of Representatives; a 2017 candidate for Ward 10 representative on the Minneapolis City Council; a candidate for Minnesota State Senate District 62 in 2014 and 2016 and District 61 in 2011; and a Green Party candidate for the Minneapolis City Council in 2009.

Biography

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Lundeen studied at North Carolina State University and earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His professional experience includes serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968 to 1972 and working as a tour boat captain and as the owner of his own refrigeration, air conditioning, and heating company, Bruce Arnold Mechanical.[1][2]

Elections

2020

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 62

Omar Fateh defeated Bruce Lundeen in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Omar Fateh
Omar Fateh (D)
 
89.0
 
33,103
Image of Bruce Lundeen
Bruce Lundeen (R)
 
10.6
 
3,947
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
150

Total votes: 37,200
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62

Omar Fateh defeated incumbent Jeff Hayden in the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Omar Fateh
Omar Fateh
 
54.9
 
11,109
Image of Jeff Hayden
Jeff Hayden
 
45.1
 
9,140

Total votes: 20,249
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62

Bruce Lundeen advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 62 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bruce Lundeen
Bruce Lundeen
 
100.0
 
443

Total votes: 443
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A

Hodan Hassan defeated Bruce Lundeen in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Hodan Hassan
Hodan Hassan (D)
 
90.4
 
13,107
Image of Bruce Lundeen
Bruce Lundeen (R)
 
8.8
 
1,281
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
113

Total votes: 14,501
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A

Hodan Hassan defeated Osman Ahmed, Omar Fateh, Margarita Ortega, and Jen Kader in the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Hodan Hassan
Hodan Hassan
 
28.4
 
2,207
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Osman Ahmed
 
20.7
 
1,607
Image of Omar Fateh
Omar Fateh
 
20.6
 
1,602
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Margarita Ortega
 
19.7
 
1,531
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Jen Kader
 
10.6
 
822

Total votes: 7,769
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A

Bruce Lundeen advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 62A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bruce Lundeen
Bruce Lundeen
 
100.0
 
218

Total votes: 218
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017) and Mayoral election in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, held a general election for mayor, all 13 seats on the city council, both elected members of the board of estimate and taxation, and all nine members of the park and recreation board on November 7, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 15, 2017.

Incumbents ran for re-election to all but two of the city council seats. Ward 3 Councilman Jacob Frey filed to run for mayor instead, and Ward 8 Councilwoman Elizabeth Glidden opted not to run for re-election.[3] Incumbent Lisa Bender defeated Saralyn Romanishan, David Schorn, and Bruce Lundeen in the general election for the Ward 10 seat on the Minneapolis City Council.[4]

Minneapolis City Council, Ward 10 General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lisa Bender Incumbent 64.34% 4,883
Saralyn Romanishan 20.57% 1,561
David Schorn 9.34% 709
Bruce Lundeen 5.48% 416
Write-in votes 0.26% 20
Total Votes 7,589
Source: Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services, "2017 Minneapolis Election Results," accessed November 22, 2017


Campaign themes

2020

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2018

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What is your political philosophy?

A democratic republic form of government where the people elect representatives to govern form them. These people who are elected are given pay and the time to study all the implications and potential consequences of law.[13]

—Bruce Lundeen[2]

2017

Lundeen's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

TRAFFIC and TRANSIT
The current projected cost of the Southwest LRT Greenline is a fundamentally unworkable $145 BILLION, and if there were a real need for such a transit line it is up Broadway Ave through Crystal and Robbinsdale and ending in Brooklyn Center.

The Bottineau Southwest LRT will only serve government elites and high income private sector executives living in the SW suburbs, while the taxpayer, as usual, will be left footing the bill for another DFL boondoggle.

The Twin Cities congestion standing is 17th in the nation, up from 35th. The era of the automobile is not over yet, this is poor government policy promoted by the Met Council.

While there is always a need for a political body that can make unpopular decisions, the Metropolitan Council has is abusively overreached its authority by inappropriate social engineering.

TAXES
In fifteen years annual property taxes on single family homes has increased by a factor of three or more, and much more on multi-housing rental. It would seem the so-called ECONOMIC ENGINE”' is not downtown Minneapolis, but the PROPERTY TAX PAYER, whether a homeowner or a renter.

The role of government should be limited to insuring safety of the population, dealing with foreign powers, and guaranteeing property rights (and by extension human rights).

Millennials and Gen 'Z'ers' are paying more attention to how we are using their credit cards! It is the young people of today who will be paying back the exorbitant spending of today!

SAFETY
Everyone has a sense of their personal security and an awareness of their vulnerabilities. Police are and will remain first responders in accidents, emergencies, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks should they occur. It is DIABOLICAL to unequivocally characterize Police as racist, unaccountable, or capable of only brutality or murder.

The two recent Police shootings were a tragedies of epic proportion. Provocateurs who inflame populist scrutiny of Police use of force events will cause the public to be underserved or worse. We cannot allow the role of Police or the Courts to be detracted in the greater picture of public safety. Who else are you going to call in an emergency?[13]

—Bruce Lundeen's campaign website, (2017)[14]

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