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Tim Faust

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Tim Faust
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Prior offices
Minnesota House of Representatives District 8B
Successor: Roger Crawford

Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B

Personal
Profession
Owner, Financial Planning Business

Tim Faust (b. October 1, 1959) is a former Democratic-Farmer-Labor member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 11B from 2006 to 2015.

Faust also served in the House from 2007 to 2011, representing District 8B.

Biography

Faust's professional experience includes working as the owner of a financial planning business and as an employee for Farmers Union and the Kanabec Cooperative.[1]

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
Agriculture Policy, Vice chair
Education Policy

Elections

2014

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Tim Faust was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Jason Rarick was unopposed in the Republican primary. Rarick defeated Faust in the general election.[2][3][4]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 11B General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJason Rarick 53.7% 7,545
     Democratic Tim Faust Incumbent 46.2% 6,488
     Write-in Write-in 0.2% 25
Total Votes 14,058

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Faust ran in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B. He defeated Nathan Johnson in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Ben Wiener (R) in the general election on November 6.[5]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 11B, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTim Faust 51.3% 9,396
     Republican Ben Wiener 48.7% 8,908
Total Votes 18,304
Minnesota House of Representatives, District 11B Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngTim Faust 68.9% 2,913
Nathan Johnson 31.1% 1,312
Total Votes 4,225

2010

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2010

Faust ran for re-election to the District 8B seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He was defeated by Roger Crawford (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[6]

2008

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Tim Faust won election to the District 8B Seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives, defeating Judy Soderstrom. [7]

Tim Faust raised $42,998 for his campaign.[8]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 8B (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Tim Faust (DFL) 10,258 50.63%
Judy Soderstrom (R) 9,951 49.12%
Write-In 51 0.25%

Campaign finance summary


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Tim Faust campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Minnesota State House, District 11BWon $28,944 N/A**
2010Minnesota State House, District 8BLost $37,635 N/A**
2008Minnesota State House, District 8BWon $42,998 N/A**
2006Minnesota State House, District 8BWon $38,231 N/A**
2004Minnesota State House, District 8BLost $26,036 N/A**
Grand total$173,844 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Minnesota

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2014

In 2014, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from February 25 to May 19.

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Legislators are scored by the organization on "their support for legislation forwarding an equitable and inclusive Minnesota."


2013


Taxpayers League of Minnesota

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota, a Minnesota-based taxpayer advocacy organization, releases a legislative scorecard for the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate once a year. The scorecard gives each legislator a score based on how they voted in the prior legislative term on tax issues and “their efforts to balance the state budget without a tax increase.” The organization also compiles a legislator’s individual "Lifetime Score."[9]

2013

Faust received a score of 15% in the 2013 scorecard, ranking 64th out of all 134 Minnesota House of Representatives members.[10]

Personal

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Faust is divorced with three children. He has been a Sunday school teacher, Little League baseball coach, and President of the Mora Chamber of Commerce.[1]

Recent news

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External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Mary Franson (R)
Minnesota House of Representatives District 11B
2013- 2015
Succeeded by
Jason Rarick (R)
Preceded by
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Minnesota State House District 8B
2007–2011
Succeeded by
Roger Crawford (R)


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