Candidate, Minnesota State Auditor, 2014

Candidate, Governor, 2010

State House Minority Leader, Minnesota State House of Representatives, 2003-2006

Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1994-2006

No caucus information on file.

Former Assistant Attorney General, Charities Division, Minnesota Attorney General's Office

Senior Advisor, Energy and the Economy, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton

Former Employee, H.B. Fuller Company Foundation

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Hennepin County

Law Clerk, Hennepin County Public Defender's Office

Founder, Minnesota 2020

Former Employee, Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign

Licensed Pilot, present

Former Student Body President, Macalester College

Awards:

Scholarship Recipient, Augustana College

Favorite Book:

Origins by: Amin Maalouf
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil by: John Berendt
The Defining Moment by: Jonathan Alter
Hot Flat and Crowded by: Thomas Friedman
The Spirit of St. Louis by: Charles A. Lindbergh
For Whom The Bell Tolls by: Ernest Hemingway

Favorite Movie:

The Great Debaters, Wall-E, Local Hero

Favorite Musician:

Bruce Springsteen, Brother Ali, Bob Dylan, The Kooks, Fastball, R.E.M., John Lennon, Johny Cash, Modest Mouse, Steely Dan, Tom Petty, Warren Zevon, Dandy Warhols

Favorite TV Shows:

Scrubs, At Issue (KSTP), Whose Line Is It Anyway?, West Wing, Law and Order (the original).

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Biking, Hiking, Creating think tanks, Going to my kids school events, Dairy Queen Heath Bar Blizzards, The Timberwolves and the Twins.

Pets (include names):

1 Dog: Eleanor