Al Doty | |
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Member of the MinnesotaHouseofRepresentatives from the 12B district | |
In office January 3, 2007 –January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Greg Blaine |
Succeeded by | Mike LeMieur |
Personal details | |
Born | Minnesota | October 19,1945
Political party | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
Spouse | Donna |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Royalton,Minnesota |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota Morris University of Manitoba |
Profession | senior citizen advocate,educator,legislator |
Al Doty (born October 19,1945) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 12B,which includes portions of Crow Wing and Morrison counties. [1] A Democrat,he was first elected in 2006 when he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Greg Blaine. [2] He was re-elected in 2008,but was unseated by Republican Mike LeMieur in the 2010 general election. [3]
Doty taught social studies,coached wrestling,and was technology coordinator at Pierz High School in Pierz from 1968 until he retired in 1999. After retiring,he went to work as a senior citizen advocate for Horizon Health,Inc. in Pierz.
In 2004,Doty ran for the District 12B seat as an Independence Party candidate against Rep. Blaine and DFL-endorsed candidate Bob Keeton. Blaine won the election. [4] In March 2006,he was asked by the DFL Party to run as their candidate after Bob Keeton dropped out. He won the election by 582 votes. [5] In 2008,he was challenged by Little Falls city councilman Mike LeMieur. He was re-elected by a narrow margin of 76 votes. [6] In 2012,Doty ran for the Minnesota Senate in the redrawn District 9 and was defeated by Paul Gazelka. [7]
Doty served on the House Agriculture,Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee and on that committee's subcommittee for Veterans Affairs. He was also a member of the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture,Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division,and the Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Al Doty | 17,687 | 46.22% | ||
Republican | Paul Gazelka | 20,527 | 53.65% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Al Doty | 10,071 | 50.11% | -1.59% | |
Republican | Mike LeMieur | 9,995 | 49.73% | +1.52% | |
Write-ins | 33 | .16% | +.06% | ||
Margin of victory | 76 | .38% | -3.11% | ||
Turnout | 20,099 | 87% | +14% | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Democratic (DFL) | Al Doty | 8,615 | 51.7% | +14.25% | ||
Republican | Greg Blaine | 8,033 | 48.21% | -1.86% | ||
Write-ins | 16 | .1% | +.02% | |||
Margin of victory | 582 | 3.49% | ||||
Turnout | 16,664 | 73% | -25% | |||
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Greg Blaine | 9,933 | 50.07% | -6.83% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Bob Keeton | 7,430 | 37.45% | -5.64% | |
Independent | Al Doty | 2,460 | 12.4% | ||
Write-ins | 16 | .08% | +.07% | ||
Margin of victory | 2,530 | 12.56% | -1.25% | ||
Turnout | 19,839 | 98% | +20% | ||
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Note: The ±% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election.
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