Dan Severson

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On May 16, 2011, Severson announced that he would seek the Republican party's endorsement for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Amy Klobuchar. [19] However, he lost the endorsement at the party convention and withdrew in favor of State Representative Kurt Bills. Klobuchar was re-elected in a landslide, winning all but two counties.

2014 Secretary of State campaign

Severson ran for secretary of state again in 2014. After winning the party endorsement ahead of former state senator John Howe, Severson was unopposed in the primary election. He lost the general election to Democratic state representative Steve Simon by 901,450 votes (47.04%) to 879,022 (45.87%).[ citation needed ]

2020 U.S. House of Representatives campaign

Severson moved to Florida in 2015. In October, 2019 Congressman Francis Rooney announced his retirement from congress, Severson declared his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 19th congressional district in the 2020 elections. [20] During his campaign, Severson made a tweet including the hashtag "#WWG1WGA", a slogan used by followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory. [21] He came in seventh place in the GOP primary, with just 3.1% of the vote.

2022 Lee County School District campaign

After losing the U.S. House of Representatives race, Dan also ran for but lost in a more modest local school board election [22]

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  11. ↑ Carlyle, Erin (March 19, 2009). "Minn. legislators propose constitutional ban on gay marriage". City Pages. Minneapolis. Rep. Dan Severson (R-Sauk Rapids) introduced a bill this week to amend the Minnesota constitution so that marriage between a man and a woman is the only legally recognized domestic union in the state.
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  19. ↑ Washington Post - May 16, 2011: "Former Minn. GOP state Rep. Severson to challenge Democratic US Sen. Klobuchar in 2012"
  20. ↑ "Dan Severson ready to represent conservative region in Congress". November 12, 2019.
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  22. ↑ https://www.lee.vote/Portals/Lee/Results/ArchivedResults/11-8-2022%20Results%20SUMMARY.pdf?ver=OD_RkOucAKsAZK9mwJotiQ%3d%3d [ bare URL ]
Dan Severson
Dan Severson head shot 2.jpg
Member of the MinnesotaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 14A district
In office
January 7, 2003 –January 3, 2011
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Minnesota Secretary of State
2010, 2014 		Succeeded by
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