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The 2006 Minnesota U.S. Senate election will take place on November 7, 2006. The incumbent, Senator Mark Dayton, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, announced he is retiring from the Senate thus leaving the seat open. Some analysts predict that this race will be the costliest and closest Senate election in 2006. There are currently at least 6 declared candidates vying for the seat. Recent polling (from Rasmussen and Zogby/Wall Street Journal) shows Amy Klobuchar as the frontrunner in the race. Image File history File links free clipart image of ballot box and ballot File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... The contents of this page have been moved to http://en. ... Mark B. Dayton (born January 26, 1947) is a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party US Senator from Minnesota who took office in 2001. ... The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is a political party in the US state of Minnesota. ... Seats up for election. ... John Zogby (born 1948) is a noted American political pollster. ... The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with an average daily circulation of 1,800,607 (2002). ...

Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidates

The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is a political party in the US state of Minnesota. ...

Announced

• Amy Klobuchar - The Hennepin County Attorney. Klobuchar is the only DFL candidate that has ever been elected to or has held public office. As of 30 June, 2005 Klobuchar had more cash-on-hand than any other candidate, nearly $1,100,000. She has received public endorsements by 60 percent of the DFL legislators in Minnesota. Some consider her the favorite for the DFL endorsement process in May, 2006. [1]
• Patty Wetterling - A children's safety advocate and failed DFL candidate for the Minnesota 6th Congressional District in 2004. In that election, Wetterling lost to the incumbent, Mark Kennedy, who is now the presumptive nominee for the GOP nomination in this Senate race. Wetterling has raised almost $750,000, but has spent almost half of it. Most of her contributions were very small, but she has received more than 11,000 contributions as of August, 2005.
• Ford Bell - A philanthropist and veterinarian. Bell is the heir to the founder of General Mills, but has stated that he will not spend his own money in the race.

Amy Klobuchar Amy Klobuchar (born May, 1960 in Plymouth, Minnesota) is the county attorney of Hennepin County, Minnesota and a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) candidate in the US Senate election 2006. ... Patty Wetterling is an advocate of childrens safety particularly focused on protecting children from abduction and abuse. ... Elections to the 109th United States House of Representatives were held on November 2, 2004. ... Look up veterinarian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... General Mills NYSE: GIS is a Fortune 500 corporation, mainly concerned with food products, that is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. ...

Republican Candidates

The Republican Party of Minnesota, as its name implies, is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. ...

Announced

• Rep. Mark Kennedy - The current U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 6th District and presumptive GOP nominee in this election.
• Harold Shudlick (Republican) - Retired Minister

A Congressman or Congresswoman (generically, Congressperson) is a politician who is a member of a Congress. ... Kennedy (left) with President George W. Bush Mark Kennedy (born April 11, 1957 in Benson, Minnesota), is an American politician. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ...

Other Political Parties

• Michael Cavlan (Green) - Nurse, Independent Journalist
• Robert Fitzgerald (Independent) - Public Access TV Show Director

The Green Party of Minnesota is a political party with liberal and environmental policies. ... Robert Stuart Fitzgerald (1910 - 1985) was a translator of ancient Greek and Latin. ...