Tom Bakk

Tom Bakk


Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2013
Preceded by	Dave Senjem
Minnesota Senate Minority Leader
In office January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2013
Preceded by	Dave Senjem
Succeeded by	David Hann
Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 3rd district 6th (2003–2013)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 7, 2003
Preceded by	redrawn district
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 6A district
In office January 3, 1995 – January 6, 2003
Preceded by	David Peter Battaglia
Succeeded by	district redrawn
Personal details
Born	(1954-06-08) June 8, 1954 Virginia, Minnesota^[1]
Political party	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Laura
Children	4
Residence	Cook, Minnesota^[1]
Alma mater	Mesabi Community College (A.A.) University of Minnesota Duluth (B.A.)
Occupation	legislator
Religion	Lutheran

Thomas M. "Tom" Bakk (born June 8, 1954) is a Minnesota politician and the Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 3, which includes portions of Cook, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis counties in the northeastern part of Minnesota. He is a retired labor official.^[1]

Education

Bakk completed his secondary education at Cook High School in Cook, Minnesota, and went on to receive an A.A. from Mesabi Community College and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Bakk represented District 6A in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.^[1]

Minnesota Senate

Bakk was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006, 2010 and 2012. He is the chair of the Senate's Rules and Administration Committee and also serves on the Taxes Committee, which he chaired from 2007 to 2010. He previously served on the Rules and Administration subcommittees for Committees and Conference Committees.^[1]

After the 2010 election, Bakk was elected by his caucus to serve as the minority leader during the 2011–2012 session.^[2] He was the first DFLer to serve as minority leader since party identification returned to the Minnesota Legislature in 1973. After the DFL regained a majority in the 2012 election, Bakk was elected by his caucus to serve as majority leader, a position he assumed when the Legislature convened on January 8, 2013.^[3]

2010 Minnesota gubernatorial campaign

Bakk at a DFL gubernatorial debate in November 2009

Bakk campaigned in the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election. He led in early fundraising among the DFL candidates, raising $146,000 in 2008. He began 2009 with a little more than $131,000. He ended his campaign in March 2010.^[4]

Electoral history

Minnesota Senate 3rd district election, 2012^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DFL	Tom Bakk (incumbent)	28,427	64.59
	Republican	Jennifer Havlick	15,509	35.24

Minnesota Senate 6th district election, 2010^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DFL	Tom Bakk (incumbent)	21,728	62.94	-8.39pp
	Republican	Jennifer Havlick	12,742	36.91	+8.50pp

Minnesota Senate 6th district election, 2006^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DFL	Tom Bakk (incumbent)	25,275	71.33	-0.93pp
	Republican	Jennifer Havlick	10,065	28.41

Minnesota Senate 6th district election, 2002^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DFL	Tom Bakk	24,934	72.26
	Independence	Tom Norman	9,467	27.44

Personal life

Bakk and his wife, Laura, have four children.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bakk, Thomas M. "Tom"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
↑ Shaw, Charley (November 4, 2010). "Tom Bakk elected Senate minority leader". Politics in Minnesota. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ "Bakk chosen as Minnesota Senate majority leader". Duluth News Tribune. November 8, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ Scheck, Tom (March 20, 2010). "Sen. Bakk drops out of race for governor". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
↑ "Results for State Senator District 3". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ "State Senator District: 06". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ "State Senator District 06". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ "State Senator District 06". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

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Minnesota Senate
New district Redistricting	Senator from the 3rd district 6th (2003–2013) 2003–present	Incumbent
Minnesota House of Representatives
Preceded by David Peter Battaglia	Member of the House of Representatives from the 6A district 1995–2003	District redrawn
Party political offices
Preceded by Dave Senjem	Minority Leader of the Minnesota Senate 2011–2013	Succeeded by David Hann
Preceded by Dave Senjem	Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate 2013–present	Incumbent

Members of the Minnesota Senate

89th Minnesota Legislature (2015–17) President: Sandy Pappas (DFL) Majority Leader: Tom Bakk (DFL) Minority Leader: David Hann (R)

LeRoy Stumpf (DFL) Rod Skoe (DFL) Tom Bakk (DFL) Kent Eken (DFL) Tom Saxhaug (DFL) David Tomassoni (DFL) Roger Reinert (DFL) Bill Ingebrigtsen (R) Paul Gazelka (R) Carrie Ruud (R) Tony Lourey (DFL) Torrey Westrom (R) Michelle Fischbach (R) John Pederson (R) Dave Brown (R) Gary Dahms (R) Lyle Koenen (DFL) Scott Newman (R) Kathy Sheran (DFL) Kevin Dahle (DFL) Matt Schmit (DFL) Bill Weber (R) Julie Rosen (R) Vicki Jensen (DFL) Dave Senjem (R) Carla Nelson (R) Dan Sparks (DFL) Jeremy Miller (R) Bruce Anderson (R) Mary Kiffmeyer (R) Michelle Benson (R) Sean Nienow (R) David Osmek (R) Warren Limmer (R) Jim Abeler (R) John Hoffman (DFL) Alice Johnson (DFL) Roger Chamberlain (R) Karin Housley (R) Chris Eaton (DFL) Barb Goodwin (DFL) Bev Scalze (DFL) Chuck Wiger (DFL) Terri Bonoff (DFL) Ann Rest (DFL) Ron Latz (DFL) Julianne Ortman (R) David Hann (R) Melisa Franzen (DFL) Melissa Halvorson Wiklund (DFL) Jim Carlson (DFL) Vacant Susan Kent (DFL) Katie Sieben (DFL) Eric Pratt (R) Dan Hall (R) Greg Clausen (DFL) Dave Thompson (R) Bobby Joe Champion (DFL) Kari Dziedzic (DFL) Scott Dibble (DFL) Jeff Hayden (DFL) Patricia Torres Ray (DFL) Dick Cohen (DFL) Sandy Pappas (DFL) John Marty (DFL) Foung Hawj (DFL)

Democratic–Farmer–Labor (38) Republican (28) Minnesota Legislature Minnesota Senate Minnesota House of Representatives

Minnesota Senate Majority Leaders

Charles N. Orr Archie H. Miller John M. Zwach Stanley W. Holmquist Nick Coleman Roger Moe John Hottinger Dean Johnson Larry Pogemiller Amy Koch David Senjem Tom Bakk

Minnesota Senate Minority Leaders

Novak Schultz Thuet Grittner Coleman Krieger Aschbach Ulland Taylor Benson Johnson Day Senjem Bakk Hann

Current statewide elected officials and legislative leaders of Minnesota

Executive	Mark Dayton, Governor Tina Smith, Lieutenant Governor Steve Simon, Secretary of State Rebecca Otto, State Auditor Lori Swanson, Attorney General

Senate	Sandy Pappas, President Tom Bakk, Majority Leader David Hann, Minority Leader

House of Representatives	Kurt Daudt, Speaker Joyce Peppin, Majority Leader Paul Thissen, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Chief Justice Barry Anderson David Stras David Lillehaug Natalie Hudson Margaret Chutich Anne McKeig

Court of Appeals	Edward Cleary, Chief Judge Randolph Peterson Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks Renee Worke Kevin Ross Matthew Johnson Heidi Schellhas Francis Connolly Michelle Ann Larkin Larry Stauber Louise Dovre Bjorkman John Rodenberg Carol Hooten Michael Kirk Denise Reilly Peter Reyes Lucinda Jesson Tracy Smith Diane Bratvold

U.S. Senators	Amy Klobuchar Al Franken

Current Senate Majority Leaders of the United States

United States Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)

AL Greg Reed (R) AK John Coghill (R) AZ Steve Yarbrough (R) AR Jim Hendren (R) CA Bill Monning (D) CO Mark Scheffel (R) CT Bob Duff (D) DE David McBride (D) FL Bill Galvano (R) GA Bill Cowsert (R) HI J. Kalani English (D) ID Bart Davis (R) IL James Clayborne Jr. (D) IN Brandt Hershman (R) IA Michael Gronstal (D) KS Terry Bruce (R) KY Damon Thayer (R) LA Danny Martiny (R) ME Garrett Mason (R) MD Catherine E. Pugh (D) MA Harriette L. Chandler (D) MI Arlan Meekhof (R) MN Tom Bakk (D) MS Terry C. Burton (R) MO Mike Kehoe (R) MT Matthew Rosendale (R) NE Galen Hadley (I) NV Michael Roberson (R) NH Jeb Bradley (R) NJ Loretta Weinberg (D) NM Michael Sanchez (D) NY John J. Flanagan (R) NC Harry Brown (R) ND Rich Wardner (R) OH Tom Patton (R) OK Mike Schulz (R) OR Diane Rosenbaum (D) PA Jake Corman (R) RI Dominick J. Ruggerio (D) SC A. Shane Massey (R) SD Tim Rave (R) TN Mark Norris (R) TX Dan Patrick (R) UT Ralph Okerlund (R) VT Philip Baruth (D) VA Tommy Norment (R) WA Mark Schoesler (R) WV Mitch Carmichael (R) WI Scott L. Fitzgerald (R) WY Eli Bebout (R) DC Phil Mendelson (D)

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