Gary Dahms

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Gary Dahms
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Republican Party

Minnesota State Senate District 15
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Prior offices
Minnesota State Senate District 16
Successor: Andrew Lang

Compensation

Base salary

$51,750/year

Per diem

$86/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Minnesota

Personal
Birthplace
Clements, Minn.
Religion
Christian: Methodist
Profession
Insurance Agent
Contact

Official website

Official Facebook

Official Twitter

Campaign website

Campaign Facebook

Campaign Twitter

Personal Facebook 

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Gary Dahms (Republican Party) is a member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 15. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 5, 2027.

Dahms (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 15. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Gary Dahms was born in Clements, Minnesota, and lives in Redwood Falls. Dahms graduated from Redwood Falls High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural business administration from the University of Minnesota. His career experience includes working as an insurance agent at American Family Insurance and owning and operating Dahms Insurance Agency. Dahms served as president of the Redwood Area Education Foundation.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Dahms was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Dahms was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Dahms was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
• Capital Investment
• Commerce and Consumer Protection, Chair
• E-12 Education Finance
• E-12 Education Policy
• Rules and Administration

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Dahms served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Dahms served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
• Commerce
• Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Dahms served on the following committees:

Issues

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Dahms endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[3]

See also: Endorsements for Marco Rubio

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 15

Incumbent Gary Dahms defeated Anita Gaul in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 15 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Dahms
Gary Dahms (R)
 
71.2
 
25,780
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Anita Gaul (D)
 
28.8
 
10,417
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
20

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 36,217
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 15

Anita Gaul advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 15 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Anita Gaul
 
100.0
 
3,315

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,315
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 15

Incumbent Gary Dahms defeated Larvita McFarquhar in the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 15 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Dahms
Gary Dahms
 
92.2
 
7,636
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Larvita McFarquhar
 
7.8
 
647

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,283
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 16

Incumbent Gary Dahms defeated Joshua Prine and Steve Preslicka in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 16 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Dahms
Gary Dahms (R)
 
73.6
 
29,696
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Joshua Prine (Independent)
 
14.0
 
5,654
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Steve Preslicka (Legal Marijuana Now Party)
 
12.1
 
4,880
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
97

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 40,327
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gary Dahms advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 16.

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

The Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election was canceled. Steve Preslicka advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for Minnesota State Senate District 16.

Campaign finance

2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Gary Dahms defeated James Kanne in the Minnesota State Senate District 16 general election.[4][5]

Minnesota State Senate, District 16 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Gary Dahms Incumbent 67.34% 26,086
     Democratic James Kanne 32.66% 12,651
Total Votes 38,737
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


James Kanne ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 16 Democratic primary.[6][7]

Minnesota State Senate, District 16 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png James Kanne  (unopposed)


Incumbent Gary Dahms ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 16 Republican primary.[6][7]

Minnesota State Senate, District 16 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Gary Dahms Incumbent (unopposed)

Endorsements

In 2016, Dahms' endorsements included the following:[8]

  • Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Leadership Fund
  • MCCL State PAC
  • NFIB/MN SAFE Trust
  • Minnesota Gun Owners
  • Minnesota Farm Bureau PAC

2012

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012

Dahms won election in District 16 in 2012 due to redistricting. He defeated Ted L. Suss (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

Minnesota State Senate, District 16, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGary Dahms Incumbent 53.1% 20,922
     Democratic Ted Suss 46.9% 18,496
Total Votes 39,418

2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Dahms had no opponent in the primary. He defeated Al Kruse (DFL) in the general election.[11]

Minnesota State Senate, District 21 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Gary Dahms (R) 16597 62.26%
Al Kruse (DFL) 10021 37.59%
Write-In 38 0.14%

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Gary Dahms did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Dahms' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Education

  • Equity in student funding so we can provide a quality education for all of our children.

Healthcare

  • Lowering costs and improving choices in healthcare. Provide proper funding for the handicapped and disabled.

Agriculture

  • Ag policy solutions that work for our farmers.

Economic Development

  • We must create a business friendly environment in Minnesota that encourages research and development, job growth, business expansion, and the attraction of new businesses.

Tax Reform

  • Tax relief for families, farmers and businesses by reforming our burdensome tax structure.

Government

  • Find practical solutions to the problems facing Minnesota families, businesses, and local governments to the extent that state government can help and not cause greater difficulties.[12]
 ”
—Gary Dahms[13]

2012

Dahms' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[14]

Budget

  • Excerpt: "As legislators we have to balance the budget, and raising taxes should not be the solution; decreasing spending should be."

Economic Development

  • Excerpt: "We must create a business environment in Minnesota that encourages research and development, job growth, business expansion and the attraction of new businesses."

Education

  • Excerpt: "Education in rural Minnesota needs to be cutting edge in order to provide an education for our students which will enable them to compete in a global economy."

Government

  • Excerpt: "We need to decrease the size of government by making it more efficient and accountable."

Agriculture

  • Excerpt: "We support today's agriculture of innovation and diversification. We must protect our food, fiber, feed, flowers, and fuel producers to allow our rural economy to thrive."

Campaign finance summary

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Gary Dahms campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Minnesota State Senate District 15Won general$110,701 $108,021
2020Minnesota State Senate District 16Won general$139,816 N/A**
2016Minnesota State Senate, District 16Won $114,152 N/A**
2012Minnesota Senate, District 16Won $57,459 N/A**
2010Minnesota Senate, District 21Won $41,410 N/A**
Grand total$463,537 $108,021
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Dahms and his wife, Barb, have two children.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Gary Dahms 2022 campaign website, "Bio," accessed March 30, 2023
    2. ↑ Facebook, "Gary Dahms," accessed March 30, 2023
    3. ↑ MPR News, "Rubio nets backing from two dozen state legislators," February 25, 2016
    4. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
    5. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
    8. ↑ Dahms for Senate, "Endorsements," accessed September 21, 2016
    9. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State of Minnesota Canvassing Report," accessed May 25, 2014
    10. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014
    11. ↑ Secretary of State Official general election results
    12. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    13. ↑ Dahms for Senate, "Issues," accessed September 21, 2016
    14. ↑ "dahmsforsenate," Official Campaign Website

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