LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School - JD (1990)

• Wayne State University - BA, economics (1986)

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  5th Congressional District of Minnesota
  Keith Maurice Ellison, 69.07%

  Democratic-Farmer-Labor
  Frank Nelson Drake, 22.29%

  Republican
  Dennis Schuller, 8.50%

  Legal Marijuana Now

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  5th Congressional District of Minnesota
  Keith Maurice Ellison, 70.79%

  Democrat
  Doug Daggett, 23.97%

  Republican
  Lee Bauer, 5.08%

  Independence Party

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  5th Congressional District of Minnesota
  Keith Maurice Ellison, 74.47%

  Democrat
  Chris Fields, 25.22%

  Republican

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  5th Congressional District of Minnesota
  Keith Maurice Ellison, 67.66%

  Democrat
  Joel Demos, 24.13%

  Republican
  Lynne Torgerson, 3.74%

  Independent
  Tom Schrunk, 3.30%

  Independence Party
  Michael James Cavlan, 1.08%

  Undetermined

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  5th Congressional District of Minnesota
  Keith Maurice Ellison, 70.88%

  Democrat
  Barb Davis White, 22.00%

  Republican
  Bill Mcgaughey, 6.92%

  Independence Party

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  5th Congressional District of Minnesota
  Keith Maurice Ellison, 55.56%

  Democrat
  Alan Fine, 21.34%

  Republican
  Tammy L. Lee, 21.01%

  Independence Party
  Jay Pond, 1.96%

  Green

• 1983 (Nov. 2, 1982 election)

  5th Congressional District of Minnesota
  Martin Olav Sabo, 65.55%

  Democrat
  Keith Maurice Ellison, 29.35%

  Republican
  Kathryn Anderson, 3.91%

  Undetermined
  Thomas Wicklund, 1.19%

  Libertarian

Employment History

• Minnesota Office of the Attorney General (Jan. 2019-)

  Attorney General

• Democratic National Committee (Feb. 2017-Nov. 2018)

  Deputy Chair

Associated Organizations

• DPAC

• Everybody Counts Everybody Matters PAC

• Ellison for Congress (Minnesota)

Awards

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (Aug. 2013)

Publications

• My Country, 'Tis of Thee: My Faith, My Family, Our Future

Official Signature

Contact Information

• 
  Email, work:
  keith.ellison@ag.state.mn.us
• 
  Email, work:
  attorney.general@ag.state.mn.us

Main Office
1400 Bremer Tower
445 Minnesota St., Suite 1400
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Phone: (651) 296-3353
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Privately Financed Travel

38 trips taken between 2007 - 2018 costing $99,255

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 4/4/2009-4/9/2009: transportation, food and lodging in Jeddah and Riyadh from Saudi Arabia

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• In hiring, Dems emphasize education over GOP offices

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 1, 2018
  When it comes to filling their staff rosters, congressional members of both parties have the pick of the litter. But, as yet another sign of the sharply divided times we live in, Democratic lawmakers surround themselves by staff with far more formal education than do Republicans, according to a new LegiStorm tool. read more

• House Republicans pay out more in 2014 staff bonuses

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on March 3, 2015
  The House GOP gave higher bonuses to staff than Democrats in 2014, but Democrats took the top spot and six of the top 10 slots in doling out higher fourth quarter salaries on average per staffer. read more

• In 2013, Congress took more trips from private interests than any year since 2007 reforms

  Posted by Katie Barrows on Feb. 3, 2014
  Lawmakers and their staff broke a record for taking the most privately funded trips since 2007, when reforms came into effect after a major lobbying scandal. read more