Scott Mortensen
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Scott Mortensen was one of three DFL
candidates for the Minnesota
Sixth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2006 election. He dropped out of the primary race by March 2006.
Mortensen ran on a platform of exiting Iraq
; impeaching President Bush
for deceiving the public in making the case for invading Iraq; protecting Social Security, raising or eliminating the income ceiling on Social Security contributions, and introducing an income floor for contributions; providing universal healthcare for all Americans and pressuring pharmaceutical makers to lower prices of prescription drugs; reversing No Child Left Behind and raising funding for student grants and loans; reversing the Patriot Act and protecting privacy rights; and pursuing agreements for fair trade rather than merely free trade.
In his 2005 October Quarterly report to the FEC, Mortensen's campaign committee reported raising $1975.
Mortensen's opponents in the DFL primary race were Elwyn Tinklenberg
, a former member of the independent Jesse Ventura
's administration with a more conservative platform and Patty Wetterling
, the DFL candidate for the Sixth District House race in 2004. Four candidates (Michele Bachmann
, Jay Esmay, Jim Knoblach, and Phil Krinkie) ran for the Republican nomination for the seat, which was vacated by Mark Kennedy so he could run for the U.S. Senate. A fifth, Cheri Yecke, dropped out. The Minnesota Sixth District covers the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities and extending northwest to include St. Cloud
. Bachmann won the general election.
Mortensen is an Internet auto sales manager and a former assistant minister.
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is a major political party in the state of Minnesota and the state affiliate of the Democratic Party. It was created on April 15, 1944, with the merger of the Minnesota Democratic Party and the Farmer–Labor Party...
candidates for the Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
Sixth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2006 election. He dropped out of the primary race by March 2006.
Mortensen ran on a platform of exiting Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
; impeaching President Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
for deceiving the public in making the case for invading Iraq; protecting Social Security, raising or eliminating the income ceiling on Social Security contributions, and introducing an income floor for contributions; providing universal healthcare for all Americans and pressuring pharmaceutical makers to lower prices of prescription drugs; reversing No Child Left Behind and raising funding for student grants and loans; reversing the Patriot Act and protecting privacy rights; and pursuing agreements for fair trade rather than merely free trade.
In his 2005 October Quarterly report to the FEC, Mortensen's campaign committee reported raising $1975.
Mortensen's opponents in the DFL primary race were Elwyn Tinklenberg
Elwyn Tinklenberg
Elwyn "El" Tinklenberg is an American politician, and was the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nominee and Independence Party of Minnesota endorsee for U.S. Congress in Minnesota's 6th District elections in 2008...
, a former member of the independent Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
James George Janos , better known as Jesse Ventura, is an American politician, the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003, Navy UDT veteran, former SEAL reservist, actor, and former radio and television talk show host...
's administration with a more conservative platform and Patty Wetterling
Patty Wetterling
Patty Wetterling is a U.S. advocate of children's safety, particularly focused on protecting children from abduction and abuse. Her advocacy began after her son Jacob was abducted in 1989...
, the DFL candidate for the Sixth District House race in 2004. Four candidates (Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
Michele Marie Bachmann is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing , a post she has held since 2007. The district includes several of the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, such as Woodbury, and Blaine as well as Stillwater and St. Cloud.She is currently a...
, Jay Esmay, Jim Knoblach, and Phil Krinkie) ran for the Republican nomination for the seat, which was vacated by Mark Kennedy so he could run for the U.S. Senate. A fifth, Cheri Yecke, dropped out. The Minnesota Sixth District covers the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities and extending northwest to include St. Cloud
St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 65,842 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Stearns County...
. Bachmann won the general election.
Mortensen is an Internet auto sales manager and a former assistant minister.