Rick Nolan

Rick Nolan, 2012

Richard "Rick" Michael Nolan (born December 17, 1943 in Brainerd , Minnesota ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . From 1975 to 1981 he represented the sixth and from 2013 to 2019 the eighth Congressional constituency of Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives .

Family, education and work

Rick Nolan is the son of Mary and Hank Nolan, who was a postal worker. He attended Brainerd High School until 1962 and studied at Saint John's University in Collegeville and at the University of Minnesota , which he left in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts in High School Social Studies (in Germany roughly comparable: social studies for high schools). He later studied public administration at the University of Maryland and education at St. Cloud State College . After completing his studies, Nolan worked both as a businessman and in school service. The family runs a sawmill near Crosby. Between 1968 and 1972 he taught social studies in Royalton .

Nolan lives in Crosby . He has four children with his wife Mary. Together they planted over 100,000 trees.

Political career

Nolan joined the Democratic Party , which in Minnesota merged in 1944 to be called the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party . From 1966 to 1969 he was a member of the political staff of the Democrat Walter F. Mondale . From 1969 to 1973 he was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives . In the 1974 election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth congressional constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded John M. Zwach on January 3, 1975 . In the 1972 election , Nolan had already run against Zwack, but still lost with 49 to 51 percent. In the 1974 election, Nolan also benefited from the aftermath of the Watergate affair , which severely damaged the Republican Party . Reelected twice, Nolan was a member of three Congresses through January 3, 1981. There he represented the western and northern suburbs of Minneapolis and large parts of the rural center and southwest of the state. In the 1980 election , Nolan decided not to run again.

From 1981 to 1986 he was President of the US Export Corporation ; from 1987 to 1994 he served as President of the Minnesota World Trade Center in Saint Paul . From then on he was a private businessman until he returned to politics in 2011 and ran against the Republican mandate holder Chip Cravaack in the 2012 election in the eighth congressional electoral district of his state . Nolan prevailed with around 55 to 45 percent of the vote and took up his mandate on January 3, 2013. He was confirmed in the 2014 and 2016 elections.

In February 2018, Nolan announced that he would not be applying for his mandate again in the 2018 election , but would rather withdraw from politics in order to spend more time with family. His congressional district was for years the focus of both parties and was Nolan's announcement to one of the few opportunities for Republicans in for them as difficult current mid-term election in Donald Trump's presidential conquer a congressional mandate from the Democrats. The district in the north-east of the state has long been considered a stronghold of the Democrats, but has become competitive with the influx of Republican-leaning voters into the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, which are on the southern edge of the state . In the 2016 presidential election , Republican Donald Trump won this district by 15 percent and, for the first time since the Great Depression , captured a number of traditional Democratic strongholds in the Iron Range, which is characterized by mining, industry and trade unions . Nolan's successor was therefore considered completely open.

Instead, Nolan announced a day before the end of the submission deadline in June 2018 that he was running as a lieutenant governor alongside previous attorney general of Minnesota Lori Swanson , who ran as governor of Minnesota in the Democratic primary . Both were defeated by former Congressman Tim Walz and his lieutenant governor candidate Peggy Flanagan in the primary on August 21, 2018.

Nolan's mandate was won by Republican Pete Stauber , who replaced him on January 3, 2019.

Positions

Nolan stands in the tradition of progressivism and belonged to the Congressional Progressive Caucus . In the 1970s he campaigned for general, compulsory health insurance. Unlike many of his party friends, he is strongly committed to the mining industry, which is an important economic factor in his constituency. He criticized the Citizens-United decision of the Supreme Court and calls for a limitation and disclosure of campaign contributions.

Web links

Commons : Rick Nolan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rick Nolan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Rick Nolan's Biography. In: Vote Smart (English)
• Nolan, Rick. In: Our Campaigns (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rick Nolan's Biography. In: Vote Smart.
2. ^ Brady Slater: Nolan's days in office grow short. In: Duluth News Tribune , December 4, 2018.
3. ↑ Rick Nolan's Biography. In: Vote Smart.
4. ↑ General Election 1972: MN District 6. In: Our Campaigns.
5. ↑ General Election 1974: MN District 6. In: Our Campaigns. See also the map of Minnesota's congressional electoral districts between 1973 and 1982.
6. ↑ Alex Friedrich, Dan Kraker, Mark Zdechlik: Nolan defeats Cravaack in 8th District. In: Minnesota Public Radio , Nov. 6, 2012.
7. ↑ Sam Brodey: What Rick Nolan's retirement means for the race in Minnesota's 8th District. In: MinnPost , Feb.12 , 2018. See Minnesota Congressional Constituencies Map 2003-2013 ; Nolan's 8th Congressional constituency has remained largely unchanged since then, see the 2013 map .
8. ↑ Christopher Magan: Attorney General Lori Swanson, Rep. Rick Nolan join up governor run, a day before filing deadline. In: Twin Cities , June 4, 2018; Ella Nilsen: Live results for Minnesota primary elections. In: Vox.com , August 21, 2018.
9. ^ Brady Slater: Nolan's days in office grow short. In: Duluth News Tribune , December 4, 2018.
10. ↑ Maya Rao: US Rep. Rick Nolan frustrated as he exits Congress, calling it 'dysfunctional'. In: The Star Tribune , December 27, 2018.