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Mark Dayton

former Minnesota Governor, U.S. Senator

A Senator from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Minn., January 26, 1947; graduated cum laude Yale University 1969; unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1982; legislative assistant to Senator Walter Mondale; Minnesota state auditor, 1991-1994; elected to United States Senate in 2000 for the term ending January 3, 2007; not a candidate for reelection in 2006. Mark Dayton is now Minnesota's 40th Governor. He was born in Minneapolis and raised in a house in Long Lake, where his father still lives today. He has two grown sons, Eric (29) and Andrew (26), and lives in St. Paul

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Shawntera Hardy

• Deputy Chief of Staff (Mar '15→Apr '16)

Michele Kelm-Helgen

• senior aide (past)

Naor Reuven Bitton Pro-Israel propagandist

• Legislative affairs intern (Jan '14→May '14)

Jessica Pung

• paid intern ('05→?)

Board Memberships

Governor's Task Force on Academic Health at the University of Minnesota Task Force established by Governor Walz to make recommendations about academic health professions education, research, and care delivery

• Task force special advisor

Governors' Biofuels Coalition

• Coalition Chair ('12→?)

In the office of

Walter F Mondale Vice President under Jimmy Carter

• Legislative Assistant (past)

Government Positions

Executive Office Of The State Of Minnesota

• Governor (Jan 3 '11→Jan '19)*

Donors

Cory Hoeppner Managing Director in RBC CM’s Midwest/Large Client/Housing Groups

• Donation/Grant

Mark Dayton for Minnesota

• Authorized Campaign Committee

Mark Dayton for Minnesota 2006

• Principal Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

1 / 15

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 17 contributions · 267,400 USD ('89→Jan 14 '09)

Dscc/Non-Fed Unincorp Assoc

• 2 contributions · 141,000 USD ('01→Oct 3 '02)

DNC-Non-Federal Individual

• 6 contributions · 113,400 USD ('92→Aug 26 '96)

Dscc Non-Federal Building Fund

• 1 contribution · 100,000 USD ('02)

Dscc Non-Federal Individuals

• 1 contribution · 50,000 USD ('96)

Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party

• 18 contributions · 48,354 USD ('95→'09)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 6 contributions · 42,800 USD ('89→Jul 19 '16)

Hillary Victory Fund

• 1 contribution · 25,000 USD (Jul 19 '16)

Minnesota Victory '96

• 1 contribution · 20,000 USD (Jun 8 '95)

Fund for a Democratic Majority A political action committee set up by Ted Kennedy

• 3 contributions · 15,000 USD (Apr 28 '89→Jun 6 '91)

Campaign Donors

1 / 9

Mary Lee Dayton Founder, Women's Foundation of Minnesota -- Wayzata Minnesota

• 6 contributions · 7,000 USD ('00→'04)

Bruce B Dayton Minnesota Retailer and Arts Patron

• 3 contributions · 5,000 USD ('02→'03)

Thomas Petters Minneapolis businessman, convicted of running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme

• 4 contributions · 5,000 USD ('03→'04)

Lois E Quam

• 3 contributions · 4,500 USD ('00→'04)

Katherine D Nielsen

• 4 contributions · 4,500 USD ('00→'03)

Lee MacPhail Former president of the American League, general manager of the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles

• 7 contributions · 4,500 USD ('00→'04)

Darin Opperman Wayzata, Minnesota

• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD ('03)

Vance K Opperman President and CEO of Key Investment, Inc., a private investment company.

• 2 contributions · 4,000 USD ('03)

Michael S. Berman President, The Duberstein Group, Inc.

• 3 contributions · 4,000 USD ('02→'05)

Burton D Cohen Founding Publisher, MSP Communications

• 10 contributions · 3,250 USD ('00→'04)

Memberships

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 3 '01→Jan 3 '07)

Family

Jay Rockefeller Former Democratic US Senator from West Virginia

• brother-in-law (past)

John D Rockefeller III Asia Society; eldest son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

• father-in-law

Kenneth Dayton One of five brothers who inherited a department store from their father and turned it into the Target retail empire

• uncle

Alida Rockefeller Dayton

• wife ('78→'86)

Andrew Dayton Co-founder and co-owner of North Corp; Askov Finlayson boutique, Minneapolis

• son

Eric Dayton Askov Finlayson boutique, Minneapolis Minnesota

• son

Ruth Stricker Dayton Trustee, Macalester College

• mother

Bruce B Dayton Minnesota Retailer and Arts Patron

• father

Douglas Dayton Founded Target in 1960

• uncle

Schools

Blake school Private Minnesota prep school

• High School (?→'65)

Yale University Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut - founded in 1701

• BA (?→'69)