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Tom Saxhaug

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Tom Saxhaug
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Prior offices
Minnesota State Senate District 5

Education

Bachelor's

Saint Olaf College

Personal
Religion
Christian: Presbyterian

Tom Saxhaug (b. February 22, 1948) is a former Democratic-Farmer-Labor member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 5 from 2003 to 2017. Saxhaug began serving as a Majority Whip in the 2013 legislative sesison.

Saxhaug served as a Grand Rapids City Councilman from 1994 to 1996 and a member of the Itasca County Board of Commissioners from 1996 to 2002.

Biography

Saxhaug earned his bachelor's degree from St. Olaf College. His professional experience includes working as an insurance agent.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Saxhaug served on the following committees:

2013-2014

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

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
Finance

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Saxhaug served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Saxhaug served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Justin Eichorn defeated incumbent Tom Saxhaug in the Minnesota State Senate District 5 general election.[1][2]

Minnesota State Senate, District 5 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Justin Eichorn 50.69% 20,240
     Democratic Tom Saxhaug Incumbent 49.31% 19,687
Total Votes 39,927
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Tom Saxhaug ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 5 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tom Saxhaug Incumbent (unopposed)


Justin Eichorn defeated Pedie Pederson in the Minnesota State Senate District 5 Republican primary.[3][4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 5 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Justin Eichorn 73.26% 1,485
     Republican Pedie Pederson 26.74% 542
Total Votes 2,027

2012

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012

Saxhaug won election for the 5th District seat in 2012 after redistricting. He defeated Laverne H. Pederson in the August 14 primary and defeated incumbent John Carlson (R) in the November 6 general election.[5]

Minnesota State Senate, District 5, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTom Saxhaug Incumbent 52.4% 21,301
     Republican John Carlson Incumbent 47.6% 19,362
Total Votes 40,663
Minnesota State Senate, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngTom Saxhaug Incumbent 72.4% 3,981
Laverne H. Pederson 27.6% 1,518
Total Votes 5,499

2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Saxhaug won re-election to the 3rd District seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. Dan McGuire ran for the seat on the Republican ticket. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.

Minnesota State Senate, District 3 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Tom Saxhaug (DFL) 18269 57.76%
Dan McGuire (R) 13320 42.11%
Write-In 41 0.13%

2006

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2006

On November 7, 2006, Saxhaug won re-election to the 3rd District Seat in the Minnesota State Senate, defeating Ted Lovdahl (R).[6]

Minnesota State Senate, District 3 (2006)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Tom Saxhaug (DFL) 21,226 65.05%
Ted Lovdahl (R) 11,351 34.79%
Write-In 52 0.16%

Campaign finance summary


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Tom Saxhaug campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Minnesota State Senate, District 5Won $49,572 N/A**
2010Minnesota State Senate, District 3Won $35,564 N/A**
2006Minnesota State Senate, District 3Won $40,554 N/A**
2002Minnesota State Senate, District 3Won $46,099 N/A**
Grand total$171,789 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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2017

In 2017, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 3 through May 22. The legislature held a special session from May 23 to May 26.

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2015


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2013


2012


2011

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."[7]

2012

Saxhaug received a score of 0 percent in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 58th out of all 67 Minnesota State Senate members.[8]

2011

Saxhaug received a score of 15 percent in the 2011 scorecard, ranking 41st out of all 67 Minnesota State Senate members.[9]

Personal

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Saxhaug and his wife, Nancy, have two children.

Recent news

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
David Tomassoni (DFL)
Minnesota State Senate District 5
2013–2017
Succeeded by
Justin Eichorn (R)
Preceded by
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Minnesota State Senate District 3
2003–2013
Succeeded by
Thomas Bakk (DFL)


Current members of the Minnesota State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Bobby Champion
Majority Leader:Erin Murphy
Minority Leader:Mark Johnson
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Rob Kupec (D)
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Paul Utke (R)
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Jeff Howe (R)
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Susan Pha (D)
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Ann Rest (D)
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Tou Xiong (D)
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Ron Latz (D)
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