Rod Grams
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| In office January, 1995 – January, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | David Durenberger |
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| Succeeded by | Mark Dayton |
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| Born | February 04, 1948 (age 59) Princeton, Minnesota |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Christine Gunhus |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Rod Grams (born February 4, 1948) served the state of Minnesota as both a member of the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Grams was born in Princeton, Minnesota. He attended Brown Institute, 1966 – 1968, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, 1970 – 1972, and Carroll College, 1974 – 1975.
He has worked as a television news anchor and producer in Montana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota.
He was the president of a construction and residential development company in Minneapolis.
He served in the U.S. House from January 3, 1993 to January 3, 1995 in the 103rd congress. He successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1994 and was elected and served until 2000 in the 104th, 105th, and 106th congresses. In 2000, he was opposed by Mark Dayton, (DFL), and lost.
Grams ran for a second term in the U.S. Congress in the 2006 U.S. House election, challenging the popular Jim Oberstar in Minnesota's 8th congressional district. Although some internal campaign polls showed the race within a couple of percentage points, Oberstar, the most senior incumbent DFLer from Minnesota won handily.
[edit] Electoral history
- 2006 Race for U.S. Representative - 8th District
- Jim Oberstar (DFL) (inc.), 64%
- Rod Grams (R), 34%
- Harry Welty (UP), 2%
- 2000 Race for U.S. Senate
- Mark Dayton (DFL), 49%
- Rod Grams (R) (inc.), 43%
- Jim Gibson (I), 6%
- 1994 Race for U.S. Senate
- Rod Grams (R), 49%
- Ann Wynia (DFL), 44%
- Dean Barkley (I), 5%
- 1994 Race for U.S. Senate (Republican Primary)
- Rod Grams (R), 58%
- Joanell Dyrstad (R), 35%
- Harold Stassen (R), 5%
- 1992 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - 6th District
- Rod Grams (R), 44%
- Gerry Sikorski (DFL) (inc.), 33%
- Dean Barkley (I), 16%
| Preceded by David Durenberger |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Minnesota 1995 – 2001 Served alongside: Paul Wellstone |
Succeeded by Mark Dayton |
| Preceded by Gerry Sikorski |
United States Representative from Minnesota's 6th congressional district 1993 – 1995 |
Succeeded by Bill Luther |
