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Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District is one of the most affluent in the state, encompassing the suburbs of Hennepin County to the north, west, and south of Minneapolis. With blue-collar Brooklyn Park to the north, middle-income Bloomington to the south, and high-income Plymouth and Wayzata to the West, it features a mixed characteristic. Politically, it voted for George Bush in 2004, but with only 51 percent of the votes cast. It may lean Republican, but it tends to lean moderate Republican. Rep. Jim Ramstad hasn't had a serious threat to his seat in years. In 2006, he turned aside a challenge from DFLer Wendy Wilde by a 65-to-35 percent margin.
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District Information
Median age: 39
School age:20%
Age 65+: 10 %
Percent below poverty: 3.5%
Per capita income: $32,613
Median housing value: $161,241
Percent unemployed: 2%
Percent minority:12%
Percent college graduate: 25%
Percent less than high school diploma:4%
The Money Race
| Candidate | Funds |
| Jim Ramstad | $872,705 |
| Wendy Wilde | $50,973 |
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2004: 3rd District |
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Campaign
2004: 3rd District election results |
The Republicans vying for a spot on Minnesota's
6th Congressional District ballot hauled in comparable amounts of
campaign cash and, in some cases, looked to the same donors,
according to reports that were due Friday.
(04/15/2005)
The Minnesota Senate has beaten back an attempt to force a vote on a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. The failed tactic came as thousands of gays, lesbians, and their supporters rallied on the Capitol grounds in opposition to the gay marriage ban.
(04/07/2005)
DFLers Patty Wetterling and Amy Klobuchar are
moving forward with their prospective Senate campaigns, with
Wetterling sending out a fund-raising letter and Klobuchar setting
up a campaign Web site.
(03/18/2005)
U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht said Friday he
would run for re-election to the House, ending the possibility of a
primary fight between two Republican congressmen for the U.S.
Senate seat being vacated by Mark Dayton.
(03/04/2005)
Phil Krinkie, a GOP state representative with a
penny-pinching reputation, on Friday joined a swelling field for
Minnesota's 6th District congressional seat.
(02/25/2005)
Child safety advocate Patty Wetterling, who ran
for Congress last year, is shifting her 2006 campaign focus to a
possible Senate bid.
(02/25/2005)
The 2006 election is more than 20 months off,
but Monday at the Capitol it seemed like the campaign has already
started.
Two Republican lawmakers declared themselves candidates for the
6th District Congressional seat, the latest in a chain reaction set
off last week when U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton announced he won't seek a
second term.
(02/14/2005)
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