Jim Carlson (Minnesota politician)
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Jim Carlson is a Minnesota
politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate
who represented District 38, which includes southeastern Eagan
and most of Apple Valley
and Rosemount
in Dakota County
, which is in the southeastern Twin Cities
metropolitan area. A Democrat
, he was first elected in 2006. He was unseated by Republican
Ted Daley
in his 2010 re-election bid.
Carlson was a member of the Senate's Business, Industry and Jobs Committee, the Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications Committee, the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Committee, and the Transportation Committee. He also served on the Business, Industry and Jobs Subcommittee for Workforce Development, on the Finance subcommittees for the Transportation Budget and Policy Division and for the Transportation Budget and Policy Division-Transit Subdivision, on the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Subcommittee for Gaming, and on the Transportation Subcommittee for Airways, Waterways and Railways.
Carlson is a former employee of Ecolab
and 3M
, and graduated from the University of Minnesota
.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate
Minnesota Senate
The Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In terms of membership, it is the largest upper house of any state legislature. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House...
who represented District 38, which includes southeastern Eagan
Eagan, Minnesota
Eagan is a city south of Saint Paul in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. Eagan and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the fifteenth largest...
and most of Apple Valley
Apple Valley, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 45,527 people, 16,344 households, and 12,405 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,625.5 people per square mile . There were 16,536 housing units at an average density of 953.6 per square mile...
and Rosemount
Rosemount, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,619 people, 4,742 households, and 3,931 families residing in the city. The population density was 434.2 people per square mile . There were 4,845 housing units at an average density of 143.9 per square mile...
in Dakota County
Dakota County, Minnesota
Dakota County is the third most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is bordered by the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers on the north, and the state of Wisconsin on the east. Dakota County comprises the southeast portion of seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul, the thirteenth...
, which is in the southeastern Twin Cities
Twin cities
Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time...
metropolitan area. A Democrat
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is a major political party in the state of Minnesota and the state affiliate of the Democratic Party. It was created on April 15, 1944, with the merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer–Labor Party...
, he was first elected in 2006. He was unseated by Republican
Republican Party of Minnesota
The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. Elected by the party’s state central committee in June 2009, its chairman is Tony Sutton, and its deputy-chairman is Michael Brodkorb.-Early history:...
Ted Daley
Ted Daley
Theodore J. "Ted" Daley is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represents District 38, which includes most of Eagan and a small portion of Burnsville in Dakota County, which is in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area...
in his 2010 re-election bid.
Carlson was a member of the Senate's Business, Industry and Jobs Committee, the Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications Committee, the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Committee, and the Transportation Committee. He also served on the Business, Industry and Jobs Subcommittee for Workforce Development, on the Finance subcommittees for the Transportation Budget and Policy Division and for the Transportation Budget and Policy Division-Transit Subdivision, on the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Subcommittee for Gaming, and on the Transportation Subcommittee for Airways, Waterways and Railways.
Carlson is a former employee of Ecolab
Ecolab
Ecolab, Inc. is a St. Paul, Minnesota based sanitation supply company founded in 1923.The company provides sanitation and pest control supplies, foodservice equipment repair and parts, food safety services and consulting to restaurants, hospitals, food and beverage plants, laundries, schools,...
and 3M
3M
3M Company , formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, United States....
, and graduated from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
.
External links
- Senator Carlson Web Page
- Senator Carlson Campaign Web Site
- Follow the Money - Jim Carlson Campaign Contributions