Vicki Jensen

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Vicki Jensen
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Democratic Party

Prior offices
Minnesota State Senate District 24

Vicki Jensen is a former Democratic member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 24 from 2013 to 2017.

Jensen was a 2018 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Minnesota.[1] Jensen withdrew from the race in April 2018 after Dan Feehan received the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party nomination at the endorsement convention.[2]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Jensen served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Jensen served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2012
• Commerce, Vice chair
• Transportation and Public Safety

Campaign themes

2016

Jensen's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Our rural communities

  • Our rural communities rely on innovative solutions to address the challenges we face. We need a healthy business climate and a strong economy to remain vibrant. Along with attracting businesses, we also need a well educated workforce, affordable housing, preserved and updated infrastructure, a safe modern transportation system along with tax reforms.

Our main street business

  • My husband and I own and operate an independent insurance agency. As a business owner, I understand the need for health care reforms, workforce training and affordable housing.

Our family farms

  • My husband’s family farms in southwest Minnesota. Without enough land to support three families, we made the decision to open our insurance agency and move off the farm. Since then, I have worked to keep families on their farms so they can pass their legacy on to their children.

Our safety

  • Keeping people safe is a top priority. My railroad safety law requires the railroads to pay for state rail inspectors and train emergency responders so we are prepared in the event of an accident. As Vice-Chair of Commerce, I have worked on initiatives that protect us fro fraud and abuse from both private and public sources. I will continue to work on child protection and mental health reforms, along with expanding the office of Inspector General to investigate human services fraud.[3]
 ”
—Vicki Jensen[4]

2012

Jensen's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[5]

Innovate and Improve Education

  • Excerpt: "Education starts with the basics and the sooner kids get on the right track the more successful they will likely be. That’s why I support all day kindergarten and early childhood development. These are long term investments that make for stronger communities."

Strengthen Local Business

  • Excerpt: "Local business owners are risk takers who step out to create a product or service. When they are successful they will create jobs. I want to encourage reasonable risk and remove barriers to success."

Inspire Efficiencies in Government

  • Excerpt: "As a small business owner, and tri-chair of the city efficiency task force, I know there are many aspects of government which can, and should be run more like a business. Capturing efficiencies where ever possible saves money and encourages faith in the system."

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2018

See also: Minnesota's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

Congressional elections were held in Minnesota in 2018. The primary election was on August 14, 2018. The general election was on November 6, 2018. The filing deadline was on June 5, 2018.


2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

John Jasinski defeated incumbent Vicki Jensen in the Minnesota State Senate District 24 general election.[6][7]

Minnesota State Senate, District 24 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Jasinski 58.60% 21,885
     Democratic Vicki Jensen Incumbent 41.40% 15,463
Total Votes 37,348
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Vicki Jensen defeated Rich Bailey in the Minnesota State Senate District 24 Democratic primary.[8][9]

Minnesota State Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Vicki Jensen Incumbent 89.77% 1,430
     Democratic Rich Bailey 10.23% 163
Total Votes 1,593


John Jasinski ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 24 Republican primary.[8][9]

Minnesota State Senate, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png John Jasinski  (unopposed)

2012

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012

Jensen ran in the 2012 election for Minnesota State Senate District 24. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Vern Swedin (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Minnesota State Senate, District 24, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVicki Jensen 52.7% 19,248
     Republican Vern Swedin 47.3% 17,286
Total Votes 36,534

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Scorecards

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2017

In 2017, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 3 through May 22. The legislature held a special session from May 23 to May 26.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
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Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on their votes on labor issues.
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2016


2015


2014


2013


Taxpayers League of Minnesota

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota, a Minnesota-based taxpayer advocacy organization, releases a legislative scorecard for the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate once a year. The scorecard gives each legislator a score based on how they voted in the prior legislative term on tax issues and “their efforts to balance the state budget without a tax increase.” The organization also compiles a legislator’s individual "Lifetime Score."[12]

2013

Jensen received a score of 8 percent in the 2013 scorecard, ranking 35th out of all 67 Minnesota State Senate members.[13]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Post Bulletin, "Another Democrat running for 1st District seat," June 20, 2017
  2. ↑ Minnesota Post, "In southern Minnesota’s 1st District, Democrats unify ahead of competitive race on Trump turf, while GOP faces primary," April 23, 2018
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Vicki Jensen, "My Priorities," accessed September 21, 2016
  5. ↑ "vickijensen," Official Campaign Website
  6. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
  7. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
  10. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2012 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 25, 2012
  11. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014
  12. ↑ Taypayers League of Minnesota, "Legislative Scorecards," accessed May 15, 2014
  13. ↑ Taypayers League of Minnesota, "Legislative Scorecard, 2013," accessed May 15, 2014
Political offices
Preceded by
Julie Rosen (R) 		Minnesota State Senate District 24
2013- 2017 		Succeeded by
John Jasinski (R)


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