Mark Dayton

A Senator from Minnesota. Born in Minneapolis, Minn. , January 26, 1947. Graduated cum laude Yale University 1969. Unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1982. Legislative assistant to Senator Walter Mondale. Minnesota state auditor, 1991-1994. Elected to United States Senate in 2000, and served from January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2007. Not a candidate for reelection in 2006. Elected governor of Minnesota in 2010, and took the oath of office on January 3, 2011.