Barbara Goodwin

Barbara Goodwin
Minnesota State Senate District 41
Incumbent
In office
2011 - present
Term ends
January 3, 2017
Years in position	2
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$31,140.90/year
Per diem	$96/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 8, 2016
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives
2001 - 2007
Education
Bachelor's	Hamline University
Associate's	North Hennepin Community College
Personal
Birthday	January 25, 1949
Profession	Principal Planner, Children's Mental Health Collaborative
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Barbara Goodwin (b. January 25, 1949) is a Democratic member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 41 since 2013. She previously represented District 50 from 2011 to 2013. Prior to her time in the Senate, Goodwin was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007.

Barbara earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hamline University.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Goodwin served on the following committees:

Minnesota Committee Assignments, 2013
• Commerce
• Finance
• Judiciary, Vice-chair

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Goodwin served on these committees:

Minnesota Committee Assignments, 2011
• Finance
• Judiciary and Public Safety
• State Government Innovation and Veterans

Elections

2012

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012

Goodwin won election in District 41 in 2012 due to redistricting. She was unopposed in the August 14 Democratic primary and defeated Gina Bauman (R) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Minnesota State Senate, District 41, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Goodwin Incumbent	63%	25,842
	Republican	Gina Bauman	37%	15,200
Total Votes				41,042

2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Goodwin defeated Gina Bauman (R) and Rae Hart Anderson (I) in the general election on November 2.

Minnesota State Senate General Election, District 50, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Barbara Goodwin	52.2%	15,122
	Republican	Gina Bauman	41.4%	11,991
	Independent	Rae Hart Anderson	6.4%	1,859
Total Votes				28,972

Primary

Goodwin defeated incumbent Satveer Chaudhary in the August 10 Democratic primary by a margin of 5,470-2,354.

Across the country in 2010, state senate elections were held in 43 states. 1,167 state senate seats were at stake. In all 1,167 state senate districts with an election in 2010, only 19 challengers (12 Democrats and 7 Republicans) defeated an incumbent state senator. Goodwin was one of the 12 Democratic challengers who defeated an incumbent Democratic state senator.

Minnesota State Senate Primary, District 50, 2010
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Barbara Goodwin	69.9%	5,470
Satveer Chaudhary Incumbent	30.1%	2,354
Total Votes		7,824

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Goodwin raised $37,820 in contributions.

Her three largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
Public Fund	$14,262
50th Senate District Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party	$3,000
6th Senate District Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party	$1,000

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Personal

Goodwin and her husband David have two children.

External links

Suggest a link

• House website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2010
• Facebook profile

References

Political offices
Preceded by Geoff Michel (R)	Minnesota State Senate District 41 2013–present	Succeeded by NA
Preceded by Satveer Chaudhary (DFL)	Minnesota State Senate District 50 2011–2013	Succeeded by Melissa Halvorson Wiklund (DFL)