David Bly

David Bly
Minnesota House of Representatives District 20B
Incumbent
In office
January 8, 2013 - Present
Term ends
January 6, 2015
Years in position	0
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$31,140.90/year
Per diem	$66/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives District 25B
2007-2011
Personal
Profession	Teacher

{tnr}}David Bly (b. January 8, 1952) is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 20B since 2013. He previously represented District 25B from 2007 to 2011.

Rep. Bly received a BA from St. Olaf College in English and an MA from St. Mary's University. He currently works as a Negotiator and Union Leadership Building Representative for the Northfield Teachers Union.

Bly previously worked as an English Teacher at Northfield Public Schools from 1987-2007. He is single and has 2 children.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

Minnesota Committee Assignments, 2013
• Education Policy
• Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance
• Housing Finance and Policy, Vice-chair
• Judiciary Finance and Policy

Elections

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Blyran won re-election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 20B. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Brian Wermerskirchen (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 20B, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	David Bly	57%	11,700
	Republican	Brian Wermerskirchen	43%	8,843
Total Votes				20,543

2010

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Bly ran for re-election to the District 25B Seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He was defeated by Kelby Woodard (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.

2008

On November 4, 2008, David Bly won election to the District 25B Seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives, defeating Tim Rud.

David Bly raised $47,140 for his campaign.

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 25B (2008)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
David Bly (DFL)		12,642	53.33%
Tim Rud (R)		11,028	46.52%
Write-In		35	0.15%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2008

Listed below is the largest contributor to David Bly's 2008 campaign.

Donor	Amount
Public Fund	$6,838

External links

Suggest a link

• David Bly's campaign website
• Minnesota House of Representatives - Rep. Bly
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2004, 2002

References

Political offices
Preceded by Lyle Koenen (DFL)	Minnesota State House District 20B 2013–present	Succeeded by NA
Preceded by -	Minnesota State House District 25B 2007–2011	Succeeded by Kelby Woodard (R)