LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• St. Olaf College - BA, mathematics (1987)

Office History

Election Results

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
  Dean Benson Phillips, 56.00%

  Democrat
  Erik Philip Paulsen, 44.00%

  Republican

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
  Erik Philip Paulsen, 56.70%

  Republican
  Terri E. Bonoff, 43.01%

  Democratic-Farmer-Labor

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
  Erik Philip Paulsen, 62.14%

  Republican
  Sharon Sund, 37.78%

  Democrat

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
  Erik Philip Paulsen, 58.10%

  Republican
  Brian Barnes, 41.79%

  Democrat

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
  Erik Philip Paulsen, 58.80%

  Republican
  Jim Meffert, 36.57%

  Democrat
  Jon Oleson, 4.56%

  Independence Party

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
  Erik Philip Paulsen, 48.48%

  Republican
  Ashwin Madia, 40.85%

  Democrat
  David Dillon, 10.56%

  Independence Party

Employment History

• Total Spectrum (Feb. 2020-)

  Consultant

Associated Organizations

• ICE PAC

• Friends of Erik Paulsen (Minnesota)

Awards

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• Visionary Award (California Life Sciences) (May 2018)

• Legislative Recognition Award (American Ambulance Association) (June 2017)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Defender of Housing (National Association of Home Builders) (Sept. 2016)

• Friend of the National Parks Award (National Parks Conservation Association) (July 2015)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Best of Congress Award (Working Mother Magazine) (July 2012)

Official Signature

Contact Information

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  Email, work:
  epaulsen@totalspectrumsga.com

Main Office
122 C St. NW, Suite 540
Washington, District of Columbia 20001
Phone: (202) 546-0900
Fax: (202) 546-1814
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Privately Financed Travel

12 trips taken between 2009 - 2016 costing $112,306

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 1/24/2014: Permit to visit Volcanoes National Park and mountain gorillas from Rwanda ($750.00)
• 8/27/2015: Transportation via military helicopter Wonga Wongue National Park from Gabon

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Sen. Eric Schmitt picks up his first registered lobbyist

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 15, 2023
  Freshman Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) has finally added an ex-lobbyist to his staff. read more

• GOP likes the friendly skies more than Democrats

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on May 3, 2016
  Republicans in Congress took nearly three times as many privately funded trips as Democrats did in the first quarter of this year. read more

• Paulsen adult daughter travels in style to Africa

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on March 28, 2016
  A Minnesota congressman's trip to Africa is the most expensive privately financed trip of the year so far because he also had the nonprofit sponsor pick up the tab for his adult daughter. read more

• Obama takes the field, Democrats and Republicans take to Twitter

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 12, 2015
  As Democrats and Republicans competed for the lead in a contest with a historical tie, President Barack Obama dropped by to whip votes to break a different kind of logjam. read more

• Snow doesn't stop staffers from cold-weather states

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Feb. 18, 2015
  As many staffers reveled in an extended long weekend on Tuesday, some of their northern state colleagues were out of luck. read more

• Republicans outpace Democrats in statements mourning Nunnelee

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Feb. 11, 2015
  In today's polarized Congress, partisanship can extend even beyond this life. read more

• Capitol Hill loses another staffer to Uber

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 30, 2014
  As Uber Technologies Inc. surges into cities across the globe - sometimes igniting protests from taxi drivers - the app-based ridesharing service continues to poach from Capitol Hill and other high-powered political positions. read more

• Ways and Means Republican gets extra coverage with insurer

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Nov. 15, 2013
  Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) has gained some extra insurance on the House Ways and Means Committee by hiring a new legislative director. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on April 5, 2012
  Although Republican Norm Coleman is no longer a sitting senator from Minnesota, his son is sitting in Congress on another Minnesotan's staff. read more

• Israel jaunts set record for most costly trips

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on Sept. 12, 2011
  The American Israel Education Foundation has spent a record amount to send members of Congress and their staff to Israel in 2011, even before all the numbers are in. read more

• Former staffers in the running for 2010

  Posted by LegiStorm on Feb. 11, 2010
  The 2010 campaign season is starting to heat up, and around the country former congressional aides are aiming to move into the ranks of members of Congress. read more