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 Ciresi has not yet announced his candidacy. Mike Ciresi is a world-reknown trial lawyer who has amassed a fortune that makes him a political threat in any race he enters. But it doesn't guarantee victory, as a failed Senate bid in 2000 shows. Ciresi's legal career spans three decades. He successfully sued over defective birth-control devices and represented the government of India after the Union Carbide chemical leak in Bhopal. Ciresi is usually described as intensely focused. His trial fees was a sore subject during the 2000 campaign and are likely to come up again in the 2006 Senate bid. "If the media stopped using my first name as 'wealthy trial lawyer' I'd be a lot better," he said in 2000. "It's a fact, I'm a trial lawyer, I'm proud to have been a trial lawyer, trial lawyers have done tremendous things for working men and women in this country and for businesses in this country. And it's a fact that I'm wealthy, but that doesn't define who I am."

Candidate Bio

Mike Ciresi
Political affiliation:
DFL Party
Born:
April 18, 1946, Saint Paul, MN
Personal:
Married (Ann), three children (Caroline, Dominic, Adam)
Resides in Mendota Heights.
Occupation:
Lawyer. Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi.
Education:
 College of St. Thomas, B.S. 1968 University of Minnesota Law School, J.D. 1971; Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, Southwestern University School of Law (2001)
Major political experience:
Candidate for U.S. Senate in 2000.

Debates

Audio KSTP/LWV Senate debate (10/29/06)
Audio Senate debate from Moorhead (10/10/06)
Audio Major party Senate candidate debate on TPT. (9/19/06)
Audio Midday Senate debate at the state fair (9/1/06)
Audio Senate debate at Farmfest (8/2/06)
Audio Senate debate in Mounds View (3/3/06)
Audio DFL Senate candidates on Midday (3/3/06)

Candidate Pages
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Minnesota Senate candidates clash on Iraq, taxes

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Senate candidates sharply disagree about economy

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