Collin Clark Peterson was born on June 29, 1944, and is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 7th congressional district. He has been serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Farmer Labor Party, and is the dean of the Minnesota congressional delegation. He is also a member of the house Agriculture Committee. Minnesota’s [...]

Tarryl Clark is back in the ring this election for the 8th district’s seat at Congress, in an attempt to be the Democrat to make Chip Cravaack a one term representative.   Not an unfamiliar face in Minnesota politics, Clark served five years in the State Senate and most recently went head to head with [...]

Taking office in January 2011, Congressman Chip Cravaack pulled off an upset victory over Democratic incumbent and 18-term representative Jim Oberstar by only 4,400 votes. This made Cravaack the first Republican to hold the seat since 1947. His tenure in the House of Representatives has been met with controversy. His support of fellow Representative Michele [...]

Erik Paulsen has represented Minnesota’s 3rd congressional district since his election in 2008. Coming to power amid a field of Democratic candidates, Paulsen attempts to bring a “hard-working, reform-minded” platform to the US House of Representatives. Serving on the House Financial Services Committee and co-chairing the House Medical Technology Caucus, he has become a major [...]

Brian Barnes is running for the US House of Representatives in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional district against Erik Paulsen. Focusing on what he believes is Paulsen’s dedication to Washington special interests, Barnes states he will deliver on his message to put the state and country first. The candidate’s background is one of duty. As a teenager, [...]

Kathy Castor is one of the few Democrats representing the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives. She covers the 11th congressional district, representing the majority of Tampa and St. Petersburg. Castor first took office in 2007, joining the wave of Democrats seizing control of Congress after ten years of Republican rule. Before [...]

As the longest-serving Republican member of Congress, Charles William “Bill” Young has represented Florida’s 10th congressional district since 1971. During his tenure in the House of Representatives, Young has obtained a striking 3,570 earmarks, a number greater than any other member of the body. He believes that this is the way Congress has always conducted [...]