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Rick Nolan
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Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives

U.S. House Minnesota District 6

U.S. House Minnesota District 8
Successor: Pete Stauber
Predecessor: Chip Cravaack

Compensation

Net worth

$1,105,504

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 14, 2018

Education

High school

Brainerd High School

Bachelor's

University of Minnesota

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Business owner
Contact

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Rick Nolan (b. December 17, 1943, in Brainerd, MN) is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House, representing the 8th Congressional District of Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2019.[1][2]

Biography

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Upon graduating from Brainerd High School in 1962, Nolan attended St. John's University and then completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota in 1966. He pursued postgraduate work in public administration and policy formation at the University of Maryland and also in education at St. Cloud State College.[3]

Nolan served as a staff assistant to Walter Mondale in the U.S. Senate.[4] He also campaigned for Democratic presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy in 1968.[5]

After deciding not to run for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980, Nolan became president of the U.S. Export Corporation. He was subsequently appointed to the Minnesota World Trade Center (later becoming president) by Democratic Governor Rudy Perpich. The National Journal reported that opponents "criticized his $70,000 salary, which they considered high for a civil servant at the time, and the budget deficits the company ran up."[5][6][7]

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Nolan's academic, professional, and political career:[3]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Nolan was assigned to the following committees:[8]

2015-2016

Nolan served on the following committees:[9]

2013-2014

Nolan served on the following committees:[10]

Key votes

See also: Key votes

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Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018

For detailed information about each vote, click here.

Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

Issues

Presidential preference

Nolan endorsed Hillary Clinton in June 2014, but in April 2016, Nolan, a superdelegate, announced he was throwing his support behind Bernie Sanders and would vote for Sanders at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.[105][106]

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Nolan endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democrat primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[107]

See also: Endorsements for Bernie Sanders

Taxes and Spending

Nolan has stated that the "super-rich" should be targeted for tax increases.[108] He has also voiced support for the stimulus spending championed by President Obama. He has stated that, "It did in fact create good jobs in a whole wide range of areas, not the least of which is in the field of transportation."[109]

Veterans

Nolan voted in protest against the 2014 Veterans Affairs appropriations bill, which allocated $73.3 billion to veterans programs and military construction projects, "$1.4 billion more than what Congress budgeted" the previous year, because, he stated, "it under-funds veterans health and benefit programs."[110]

National security

American response in Syria

See also: United States involvement in Syria

More than 100 House lawmakers signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to call Congress back into session if he planned to use military force in Syria.[111]

Rep. Scott Rigell wrote in the letter in August 2013, “Engaging our military in Syria when no direct threat to the United States exists and without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers that is clearly delineated in the Constitution.”[111][112]

The members of Congress believed that Obama should have asked Congress for permission before engaging in Libya. The letter asked, “If the use of 221 Tomahawk cruise missles, [sic] 704 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, and 42 Predator Hellfire missiles expended in Libya does not constitute ‘hostilities,’ what does?”[112]

The letter stated, “If you deem that military action in Syria is necessary, Congress can reconvene at your request. We stand ready to come back into session, consider the facts before us, and share the burden of decisions made regarding U.S. involvement in the quickly escalating Syrian conflict."[112]

A total of 98 Republicans signed the letter. Nolan was one of 18 Democratic members to sign the letter.[112]

On August 29, 2013, 53 House Democrats signed a letter written by California Rep. Barbara Lee that called for a congressional resolution on strikes and cautioned that the situation in Syria "should not draw us into an unwise war—especially without adhering to our constitutional requirements."[112][113] The letter also called on the Obama administration to work with the U.N. Security Council “to build international consensus” condemning the alleged use of chemical weapons. Nolan was one of the 53 Democrats in the House to sign the letter.[112][113]

Comments on ISIS

See also: ISIS insurgency in Iraq and Syria

Nolan urged President Barack Obama not to make a decision to mobilize the military against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) without the consent of Congress. On August 29, 2014, Nolan stated, "American blood and treasury should not be made without the full consideration by all 535 members of the Congress of the United States."[114] He added, "When we get ourselves involved in that conflict, then we become a part of the problem and the solution becomes ours."[114]

Shortly after making these comments, Nolan issued a statement regarding ISIS. Nolan wrote, "I encourage them to employ the same intelligence resources – and the same selective, highly effective means they used to bring down Osama Bin Laden. Special operations of this kind do not involve U.S. troops on the ground, the killing of innocent people, or the re-involvement of the United States in another terribly destructive, expensive, open-ended conflict in that region.”[115]

Nolan's Republican challenger in the general election, Stewart Mills, disagreed with Nolan, stating, "Like it or not we have to play some role here. And for Congressman Nolan to take those positions, I think, leaves America in an even weaker position than we have been in the past. We can't lead from behind. We have to lead."[116]

According to a poll published in The Washington Post, the majority of voters' views aligned closer with Mills than Nolan on the issue of taking action in the Middle East. About 91 percent of voters believed ISIS to be a serious threat, and 71 percent supported the U.S. government ordering air strikes against the Sunni insurgents in Iraq.[117]

SNAP challenge

See also: United States Farm Bill 2013

In June 2013, more than two dozen House Democrats, including Nolan, took part in a SNAP challenge, feeding themselves for a week on the average benefit level of a SNAP recipient.[118] Participants agreed to eat all meals from a limited food budget comparable to that of a SNAP participant, approximately $1.50 per meal, or $4.50 a day.[119]

Elections

2018

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Peggy Flanagan defeated Donna Bergstrom, Judith Schwartzbacker, and Mary O'Connor in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peggy Flanagan
Peggy Flanagan (D)
 
53.8
 
1,393,096
Image of Donna Bergstrom
Donna Bergstrom (R)
 
42.4
 
1,097,705
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Judith Schwartzbacker (Grassroots Party)
 
2.7
 
68,667
Image of Mary O'Connor
Mary O'Connor (L)
 
1.0
 
26,735
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1,084

Total votes: 2,587,287
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Peggy Flanagan defeated Erin Maye Quade, Rick Nolan, James Mellin II, and Chris Edman in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Peggy Flanagan
Peggy Flanagan
 
41.6
 
242,832
Image of Erin Maye Quade
Erin Maye Quade
 
32.0
 
186,969
Image of Rick Nolan
Rick Nolan
 
24.6
 
143,517
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James Mellin II
 
1.1
 
6,398
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Chris Edman
 
0.7
 
4,019

Total votes: 583,735
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota

Donna Bergstrom defeated incumbent Michelle Fischbach and Theresa Loeffler in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Donna Bergstrom
Donna Bergstrom
 
52.6
 
168,841
Image of Michelle Fischbach
Michelle Fischbach
 
43.9
 
140,743
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Theresa Loeffler
 
3.5
 
11,330

Total votes: 320,914
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2016

See also: Minnesota's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as a race to watch. Incumbent Rick Nolan (D) defeated Stewart Mills (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. This was a rematch of the 2014 race, in which Nolan successfully defended his seat from Mills by 1.4 percent of the vote. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent in August.[120][121]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 8 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRick Nolan Incumbent 50.2% 179,098
     Republican Stewart Mills 49.6% 177,089
     N/A Write-in 0.2% 792
Total Votes 356,979
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Nolan was one of the initial 14 members of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program. The program was designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents heading into the 2016 election.[122]

2014

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See also: Minnesota's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 8th Congressional District of Minnesota held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Challengers Stewart Mills (R) and Ray "Skip" Sandman (G) were defeated by incumbent Rick Nolan (D) in the general election. None of the candidates faced challengers in the primary election on August 12, 2014.[123]

Minnesota's 8th was considered a battleground district in 2014. Nolan won his seat in 2012 with an 8.9 percent margin of victory, and President Barack Obama (D) won the district in 2012 by only 5.5 percent. Nolan was first elected in 2012, and representatives serving their first term are often more vulnerable than long-time incumbents. In addition, Minnesota's 8th district was redrawn in 2011, which could have significantly altered the ratio of Democratic and Republican voters. In 2013, Politico reported that Nolan was vulnerable in this competitive race.[124]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 8 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRick Nolan Incumbent 48.5% 129,090
     Republican Stewart Mills 47.1% 125,358
     Green Skip Sandman 4.3% 11,450
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 185
Total Votes 266,083
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2012

See also: Minnesota's 8th Congressional District elections, 2012

Nolan ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 8th District. He defeated Jeff Anderson and Tarryl Clark in the August 14 Democratic primary.[125] He defeated Chip Cravaack (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[1][126] The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent $2 million dollars on his campaign, and the Democratic-focused House Majority PAC spent another $1.5 million.[127]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 8 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRick Nolan 54.3% 191,976
     Republican Chip Cravaack Incumbent 45.4% 160,520
     NA Write-in 0.3% 1,167
Total Votes 353,663
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link)
Minnesota's 8th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRick Nolan 38.3% 20,839
Tarryl Clark 32.3% 17,540
Jeff Anderson 29.4% 15,978
Total Votes 54,357

Endorsements

The following organizations and individuals endorsed Nolan for the 2012 election:[128]

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Nolan's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

  • Rebuilding America and the Middle Class: As a small business owner, Rick knows what it takes to create good-paying jobs. Rick understands that to rebuild the middle class we’ve got to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. We must end nation-building abroad and focus on paying down our deficit, so we can invest in our communities infrastructure, health, and education.
  • The Environment: We must protect the environment in order to not just our economy and tourism, but to protect our traditions and way of life. Rick continues to work to protect our bodies of water from dangerous invasive species like Asian carp and passed programs that help farmers turn land over for conservation. Rick fights for funding to clean up pollution in the St. Louis River, Lake Superior coastal cleanup, and was called a “champion for the environment” by the League of Conservation Voters.
  • Veterans: We have a sacred obligation to protect and serve those who protect and serve us. Rick has been recognized with his work in Congress on VA reform, by working towards eliminating the backlog in veterans benefits claims, expanding treatment for PTSD and suicide prevention and allowing rural vets in our community to visit their local doctor instead of driving hours to get care.
  • Education: As a former teacher and proud member of the MEA (now Education Minnesota), Rick’s spent a lifetime fighting to expand early childhood education initiatives, so every child will be ready to meet their full potential. Rick will keep working to fully fund elementary and secondary education, and to supply every student and school with the 21st-century technology and resources necessary to succeed.
  • Healthcare: Tea Party conservatives are determined to undo and destroy any health care reform, and bring us back to a time when those who needed care were denied coverage for a pre-existing condition. Rick is determined to make sure that all Americans have access to affordable health care. No one should ever again face bankruptcy to pay a medical bill, or be forced to choose between medical treatment and the basic necessities of life. We need to increase preventative care and make sure that pre-existing conditions can never again be a reason to deny someone the medical services they need.

[129]

—Rick Nolan's campaign website, http://www.nolanforcongress.org/issues

2014

Nolan listed the following issues, among others, on his campaign website:[130]

  • Rebuilding America and the Middle Class: As a small business owner, Rick knows what it takes to create good-paying jobs. He knows that if we’re going to rebuild the middle class, we’ve got to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, and end nation-building overseas to pay down the deficit - so we can invest in infrastructure, manufacturing, mining, the environment, energy, research, health, and education.
  • Protecting Social Security & Medicare: Seniors have earned their Medicare and Social Security benefits. They’ve paid for them with every paycheck since their first day on the job. Rick will fight to protect Medicare from being turned over to the private insurance companies, which would mean higher costs and less treatment. Rick will always protect Medicare and Social Security from radical plans that would privatize or undermine them.
  • Minnesota’s Farmers: Rick Nolan is working to bring stability and security to family farmers and our rural communities. He was recently awarded the National Farmers Union Golden Triangle Award for his leadership on family farmer and rural issues. Rick has worked hard to pass crucial dairy reforms to prevent skyrocketing milk costs, extend conservation programs, and promote organic farming and Beginning Farmer and Rancher programs. Working on the Farm Bill in 2013, Rick successfully included programs to promote the benefits of wood products, to give Minnesota’s timber industry a needed boost.
  • The Environment: The environment, our air, lakes, rivers and forests, are crucial to our 8th district economy. The degradation of our air and water, along with global warming, threaten the very survival of our species here on earth. We must protect the environment in order to preserve our way of life and our tourism industry. Rick works to protect northern Minnesota’s tourism industry and our lakes, rivers, and streams from dangerous invasive species such as Asian carp, and has passed programs that help farmers turn land over for conservation. Rick will continue to fight for funding to clean up pollution in the St. Louis River and for Lake Superior coastal cleanup and management, and has been called a “champion for the environment” by the League of Conservation Voters.
  • Exports and Jobs: Rick has lived and traveled all over the world. Rick has worked to expand the Port of Duluth and its role in making Minnesota a leading export state. He has fought against “fast-tracking” the ongoing TPP trade negotiations, and will continue to stand up for fair trade and tax policies to encourage and protect good American jobs. He has voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, a job-creator that helps create and sustain nearly 200,000 jobs across the country, and helps finance nearly a dozen businesses in Minnesota’s 8th District alone. At the Minnesota World Trade Center Corporation, he worked with Governor Rudy Perpich to help create 328,000 jobs and put Minnesota on the map in the global economy.

[129]

—Rick Nolan, campaign website archive

2012

The campaign issues below were featured on Nolan's website.[131]

  • Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Excerpt: "With 8th District unemployment at over 10% (not counting the thousands of discouraged Minnesotans who have quit looking for jobs) we need a congressman who knows how to meet a payroll and balance a budget."[131]

  • Rebuilding America and Jobs

Excerpt: "Rebuilding America’s infrastructure – roads, bridges, wastewater treatment, mass transit and high-speed light-rail, would improve our quality of life, create millions of good paying jobs, and strengthen our economy. We can pay for this by ending the Bush tax cuts and loopholes for the rich, and by pulling back our military footprint in countries like Japan that pose no threat to us whatsoever."[131]

  • Medicare

Excerpt: "Don’t turn Medicare into a voucher system for insurance companies, which will mean higher costs and less treatment."[131]

  • Social Security

Excerpt: "Social Security is a compact with the American people that must be honored. Don’t turn it over to Wall Street. Stabilize the Social Security Fund for generations to come by requiring the very rich to pay Social Security taxes on a higher percentage of their income."[131]

  • Education for America’s Future

Excerpt: "Fix a broken college loan system that saddles many graduates with crushing debt they will spend most of their working lives attempting to repay. Higher education must be a right for all – not simply a privilege for the well off."[131]

  • Support the ERA for Women

Excerpt: "America has come a long way in advancing civil rights for all citizens. Yet women still face significant gender discrimination in a host of areas including education, employment, health care, pensions and social security benefits."[131]

  • Wars in the Middle East

Excerpt: "America is deeply involved in expensive wars with no apparent plan for winning them or concluding them. We need to devote those resources to jobs and the economy here at home. So bring the troops home now."[131]

Campaign finance summary


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Rick Nolan campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016U.S. House, Minnesota District 8Won $3,010,676 N/A**
2014U.S. House (Minnesota, District 8)Won $2,098,794 N/A**
Grand total$5,109,470 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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.

Personal Gain Index

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See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)

The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives
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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Nolan's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $696,008 and $1,515,000. That averages to $1,105,504, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2012 of $5,700,168.36. Nolan ranked as the 200th most wealthy representative in 2012.[132] Between 2011 and 2012, Nolan's calculated net worth[133] decreased by an average of 4 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[134]

Rick Nolan Yearly Net Worth
YearAverage Net Worth
2011$1,147,776
2012$1,105,504
Growth from 2011 to 2012:−4%
Average annual growth:−4%[135]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[136]

The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). Nolan received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Retired industry.

From 2011-2014, 28.54 percent of Nolan's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[137]

Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png
Rick Nolan Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $2,427,373
Total Spent $1,817,821
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Retired$211,115
Leadership PACs$154,750
Lawyers/Law Firms$119,409
Public Sector Unions$112,250
Transportation Unions$95,150
% total in top industry8.7%
% total in top two industries15.07%
% total in top five industries28.54%

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Nolan was a centrist Democratic follower as of July 2014.[138]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[139]

Nolan most often votes with:

Nolan least often votes with:


Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Nolan missed 753 of 5,833 roll call votes from January 1975 to September 2015. This amounted to 12.9 percent, which was higher than the median of 2.2 percent among representatives as of September 2015.[140]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress.

2013

Nolan ranked 102nd in the liberal rankings in 2013.[141]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Nolan voted with the Democratic Party 91.1 percent of the time, which ranked 145th among the 204 House Democratic members as of July 2014.[142]

2013

Nolan voted with the Democratic Party 91.3 percent of the time, which ranked 162nd among the 201 House Democratic members as of June 2013.[143]

2016 Democratic National Convention

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Minnesota," accessed November 7, 2012
  2. abc, "Congressman Rick Nolan Retiring," February 9, 2018
  3. 3.0 3.1 Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, "NOLAN, Richard Michael," accessed March 18, 2014
  4. 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Legislators Past & Present, "Nolan, Richard Michael," accessed March 18, 2014
  5. 5.0 5.1 National Journal, "Minnesota, 8th House District," November 1, 2012
  6. Congress, "NOLAN, Richard Michael, (1943 - )," accessed August 23, 2014
  7. Minnesota State Legislature, "Nolan, Richard Michael," accessed August 23, 2014
  8. U.S. House Clerk, "Official Alphabetical List of the House of Representatives of the United States One Hundred Fifteenth Congress," accessed February 2, 2017
  9. U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, "Committee Information," accessed February 18, 2015
  10. CQ.com, "House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress," accessed January 22, 2013
  11. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 434," accessed December 13, 2018
  12. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 284," June 21, 2018
  13. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 282," June 21, 2018
  14. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 434," accessed March 12, 2019
  15. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 549," October 3, 2017
  16. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 344," June 29, 2017
  17. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 342," June 29, 2017
  18. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 256," May 4, 2017
  19. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 405," September 26, 2018
  20. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 399," September 13, 2018
  21. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 313," June 28, 2018
  22. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 257," June 8, 2018
  23. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 216," May 22, 2018
  24. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 127," March 22, 2018
  25. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 69," February 9, 2018
  26. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 60," February 6, 2018
  27. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 44," January 22, 2018
  28. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 33," January 18, 2018
  29. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 708," December 21, 2017
  30. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 692," December 19, 2017
  31. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 670," December 7, 2017
  32. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 637," November 16, 2017
  33. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 589," October 26, 2017
  34. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 557," October 5, 2017
  35. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 528," September 14, 2017
  36. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 480," September 8, 2017
  37. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 441," September 6, 2017
  38. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 299," June 8, 2017
  39. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 249," May 3, 2017
  40. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 230," May 24, 2018
  41. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 49," January 30, 2018
  42. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 631," November 14, 2017
  43. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 435," July 27, 2017
  44. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 413," July 25, 2017
  45. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 437," July 28, 2017
  46. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 407," July 24, 2017
  47. Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 378," July 14, 2017
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Political offices
Preceded by
Chip Cravaack (R)
U.S. House of Representatives - Minnesota District 8
2013–2019
Succeeded by
Pete Stauber (R)


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Tom Emmer (R)
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