6 rows · The Minnesota Attorney General election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent ...
Attorney General Candidate Political Party Popular Vote; Lori Swanson: Democratic-F.L. 1,075,536: 52.90%: Chris Barden: Republican: 839,033: 41.27%: Bill Dahn: Independence: …
Keith Ellison was elected Attorney General of the State of Minnesota in 2006, and reelected in 2010 and 2014. Attorney General Swanson has been an advocate for Minnesota citizens in areas like consumer protection, predatory lending, health care, utility rate hikes, telecommunications, public safety, and protecting senior citizens from financial fraud.
03/16/2010: Meehan, Kelly: Assistant Attorney General: Assistant Attorney General: View Statement: 01/23/2019: Merchant, David: Assistant Attorney General: Attorney: 03/12/2010: Middendorf, Kimberly: Assistant Attorney General: Administrative Law Judge: View Statement: 06/16/2015: Middleton, Jennifer: Assistant Attorney General: Attorney: View Statement: …
Minnesota Former Attorneys GeneralLori Swanson2007 – 2019Wallace B. Douglas1899 – 1904Henry W. Childs1893 – 1899Moses E. Clapp1887 – 1893William John Hahn1881 – 188726 more rows
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2019.
Keith Ellison (Democratic Party)Minnesota / Attorney general
Detroit, MIKeith Ellison / Place of birth
University of Minnesota Law School1987–1990Wayne State University1986University of MinnesotaU of D Jesuit High School and AcademyKeith Ellison/Education
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Michael Orville Freeman (born May 7, 1948) is an American attorney and politician serving as the county attorney for Hennepin County.
The Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Minnesota. The Office provides legal representation to over 100 state agencies, boards, and commissions and represents the State of Minnesota in state and federal court and administrative hearings.
$174,000/yearState executive salariesOffice and current officialSalaryAttorney General of Minnesota Keith Ellison$174,000/yearMinnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon$89,877Minnesota State Auditor Julie BlahaMinnesota Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen5 more rows
58 years (August 4, 1963)Keith Ellison / Age
Incumbent Lori Swanson won endorsement at the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) convention. She faced only token opposition in her party's primary from Leo F. Meyer, and easily won her party's nomination in the August 10 primary.
Edina attorney and psychologist Chris Barden earned the endorsement of the Republican Party of Minnesota at its state convention. He was challenged in his party's primary by Sharon Anderson, a perennial candidate who won her party's endorsement for Attorney General in 1994.
Activist Bill Dahn, who has no formal legal education, was the only candidate seeking the office of Attorney General as a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota.
Powers and duties. The Attorney General is the chief law officer for the State of Minnesota, and as such, represents the State of Minnesota parens patriae in state and federal judicial and administrative adjudication and rulemaking proceedings.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party: On April 15, 1944, the state Democratic Party and the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party merged and created the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). It is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.
In addition to his or her functional responsibilities, the Attorney General is an ex officio member of the Board of Pardons, the Executive Council, the Land Exchange Board, the Governing Board for the Minnesota Historical Society, the Records Disposition Panel, and the State Board of Investment.
He was also a noted community activist. Attorney General Ellison received his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1990. He is the proud father of four adult children: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Elijah, and Amirah. He is the first African American and the first Muslim American to be elected to statewide office in Minnesota.
Before being elected to Congress, Attorney General Ellison served four years in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
She was elected Minnesota Attorney General on November 7, 2006 and took office on January 2, 2007, becoming the first woman to serve as Minnesota's Attorney General. She also became the first William Mitchell College of Law grad to serve as the Minnesota Attorney General, ending the University of Minnesota Law School 's continued streak ...
In September 2016, Swanson sued Indivior PLC , a manufacturer of the opioid withdrawal medicine Suboxone, for unlawfully keeping out generic competition by tweaking the drug's structure to obtain a separate patent.
In 2009, Swanson filed a lawsuit against National Arbitration Forum (NAF), at that time the largest consumer arbitration organization in the country. NAF had been criticized by consumer advocacy groups, U.S. Senators, and Public Citizen for bias against consumers.
On February 1, 2017, Swanson joined the attorneys general of the states of Washington, New York, Virginia, and Massachusetts in bringing a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump.
Swanson convened a hearing on the proposed merger in the State Capitol, grilling executives of the three organizations about the impact of the merger on the 23,000 Fairview employees in Minnesota and the $1.2 billion in assets held by the non-profit Fairview. The hearing was hotly contested.
Her opponent, Matt Pelikan, had received 47% in the first round of balloting.
The hospital settled with Swanson by agreeing to make over $1 million in refunds to patients. In 2007, 2012, and 2017, she renewed agreements first reached by her predecessor in 2005 with all Minnesota hospitals to reform the manner in which they collect unpaid medical bills and charge uninsured patients.
The lawsuit was brought by the Attorney General and the Minnesota Commissioners of Pollution Control ("MPCA") and Natural Resources ("DNR"), acting as trustees for the State of Minnesota’s natural resources. On February 20, 2018, the parties entered into an Agreement and Order ("Agreement") to settle the lawsuit. ...
On February 20, 2018, the parties entered into an Agreement and Order ("Agreement") to settle the lawsuit. That same day, the Hennepin County District Court approved the Agreement and entered it as an order of the court.
The Agreement required 3M Company to pay $850 million to the State of Minnesota in the form of a restricted grant, which will be administered and implemented by MPCA and DNR.
The 2010 Minnesota Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the Minnesota Attorney General for a four-year term. Primary elections were held on August 10, 2010. Incumbent Lori Swanson of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won reelection to a second term.
The Attorney General of Minnesota is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. State of Minnesota. Thirty individuals have held the office of Attorney General since statehood. The incumbent is Keith Ellison, a DFLer.
The Attorney General is elected by the people on Election Day in November, and takes office on the first Monday of the next January. There is no limit to the number of terms an Attorney General may hold. To be elected Attorney General, a person must be qualified voter, permanently resident in the state of Minnesota at least 30 days prior to the election, and at least 21 years of age.
In the event of a vacancy in the office of the Attorney General, the Governormay appoint a succes…