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Mike Goggin
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Minnesota State Senate District 21
Successor: Bill Weber
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Mike Goggin (Republican Party) was a member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 21. He assumed office in 2017. He left office on January 3, 2023.

Goggin (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 21. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2021-2022

Goggin was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Goggin was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Finance
• Agriculture, Rural Development, and Housing Policy, Vice chair
• Energy and Utilities
• Jobs and Economic Growth
• Veterans and Military Affairs

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

2022

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022

Mike Goggin did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 21

Incumbent Mike Goggin defeated Ralph Kaehler in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 21 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Goggin
Mike Goggin (R)
 
59.7
 
27,981
Image of Ralph Kaehler
Ralph Kaehler (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.2
 
18,871
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
37

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 46,889
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Ralph Kaehler advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 21.

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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mike Goggin advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 21.

Campaign finance

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.

Mike Goggin defeated incumbent Matt Schmit in the Minnesota State Senate District 21 general election.[1][2]

Minnesota State Senate, District 21 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mike Goggin 54.29% 22,901
     Democratic Matt Schmit Incumbent 45.71% 19,282
Total Votes 42,183
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Matt Schmit ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 21 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 21 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Matt Schmit Incumbent (unopposed)


Mike Goggin ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 21 Republican primary.[3][4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 21 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mike Goggin  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

Goggin's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Jobs: Tax increases, reckless spending, government mandates, and burdensome regulations are killing job creation. Cities in out-state Minnesota, the agricultural communities, and small towns are getting hit the hardest. Many who are employed are underemployed and not able to reach their full earning potential. We need to quit raising taxes on job providers, cut the bureaucratic red tape, and stop the burdensome mandates.

Transportation: Transportation funding should be a priority in the State Budget. Roads and bridges should be considered first--they are critical infrastructure that all Minnesota families, workers, and businesses depend on. We can make improvements without raising taxes and fees.

Healthcare & MNsure: Minnesotans deserve better healthcare options. A 2014 report indicated that Minnesota’s healthcare premiums are increasing at a higher rate than 48 other states, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, the state’s largest insurer, recently announced it will no longer sell health plans for individuals and families, affecting 103,000 Minnesotans. MNsure has been a disaster from the start: higher costs, fewer choices, and folks left to navigate a dysfunctional state bureaucracy to try to get health insurance. MNsure either needs to be reformed or repealed and replaced. Governor Dayton and DFL legislators have refused to fix MNsure, despite the non-partisan Legislative Auditor’s report stating the obvious: that the MNsure failures outweigh benefits. There needs to be more freedom in choosing a doctor, the plan, the coverage, and cost that work best for each individual and we need more competition in the market place to bring costs down and the quality of care up.

Education: Our children need access to excellent teachers and schools. We need to ensure teacher quality in the classroom and establish graduation standards so that students are prepared for the future. I oppose one-size-fits-all mandates handed down by bureaucrats in State Government. The funding gap between rural and metro students is unacceptable. There is no excuse for Minneapolis to be getting twice as much in funding per pupil than Zumbrota, Lake City, or anywhere else in the state.

Agriculture: The policies of Governor Dayton and the DFL leadership in the State Legislature has left the Agriculture community behind. The Senate DFL has placed their most liberal environmentalist members on committees in overseeing the budgets of the Agriculture/Environment issue areas. I will work to make sure the interests of our Agriculture community have a voice at the Capitol. State Government continues to impose burdens and restrictions on our farmers. Property taxes for Agricultural lands are increasing more than anywhere else and other tax increases are taking their toll, too. Agriculture is a staple economic industry in our State and District and it's time we have somebody who can bring these District priorities to the Capitol.[5]

”
—Mike Goggin[6]

Campaign finance summary

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Mike Goggin campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Minnesota State Senate District 21Won general$76,018 N/A**
2016Minnesota State Senate, District 21Won $50,894 N/A**
Grand total$126,912 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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

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2022

In 2022, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 31 to May 23.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their support for the organization's principles, which it defines as "provid[ing] a basis for a constitutionally limited government established to sustain life, liberty, justice, property rights and free enterprise."
Legislators are scored on their votes on labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
    2. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
    5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    6. ↑ Goggin for Senate, "Issues," accessed September 21, 2016

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		Minnesota State Senate District 21
    2017-2023    		 Succeeded by
    Bill Weber (R)


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