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    Obermueller, Mike

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    House 2009-2010 (District 38B)

    Party when first elected:  Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    Counties Served:  Dakota

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 4/21/1973 (uncertain)
    Birth Place: Marshfield, Wisconsin
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death:
    Gender: Male
    Religion: Catholic
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Eagan
    Occupation (when first elected): Attorney; Winthrop and Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis

    EDUCATION

    Glenwood City High School, Wisconsin; Secondary; Graduate
    Loras College, Iowa; B.A.; Media and Public Address, Political Science Emphasis; Magna Cum Laude, 1996
    University of Iowa, Law School; J.D.; Law, With High Distinction, 2001

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Sara
    Children: Two children: (sons)
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    He was adopted and raised on a dairy farm.

    He was listed as being 35 years old in 2008 so his birth year must be around 1973.

    He successfully sought the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party endorsement to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 2012 election. (He faced no primary opponent.) His opponent was Republican United States Representative John Kline. He lost the general election.

    He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 2006 elections.

    He was a member of St. Thomas Becket Catholic Church in Eagan, Minnesota.

    Religion provided by the St. Paul Pioneer Press Voter's Guide, 2008.

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    Total Days Served: 728

    SESSIONS SERVED

    86th Legislative Session (2009-2010)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/6/2009
    Body: House
    District: 38B
    Elected: 11/4/2008
    Residence: Eagan
    Term of Office: 1/5/2009 to 1/2/2011
    Oath Date: 1/6/2009
    Counties Represented: Dakota
    Occupation: Attorney; Winthrop and Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Finance: Energy Finance and Policy Division Minutes
    • Finance: Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division Minutes
    • Finance: Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division: Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division Minutes
    • K-12 Education Policy and Oversight Minutes
    Ran in next election? Yes. Defeated in general election
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    The Library maintains newspaper clippings on individual legislators during their terms. Clippings are available from 1973 to the present in a variety of formats: 1973-1999, microfiche available at the Library; 2000-2009, scanned in yearly compilations and digitally available on the legislative network; 2009-present, archived in a searchable database maintained by the Library and available on the legislative network.
    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

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