Tom Bakk
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| Minority Leader of the Minnesota Senate | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | David Hann |
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In office January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Dave Senjem |
| Succeeded by | David Hann |
| Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate | |
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In office January 8, 2013 – January 2, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Dave Senjem |
| Succeeded by | Paul Gazelka |
| Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 3rd district 6th (2003–2013) |
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Assumed office January 7, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Douglas Johnson |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 6A district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 6, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | David Peter Battaglia |
| Succeeded by | David Dill |
| Personal details | |
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June 8, 1954 Virginia, Minnesota |
| Political party | Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Laura |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Cook, Minnesota |
| Alma mater |
Mesabi Community College (A.A.) University of Minnesota Duluth (B.A.) |
Thomas M. "Tom" Bakk (born June 8, 1954) is a Minnesota politician and the minority leader of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 3, which includes portions of Cook, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis counties in the northeastern part of Minnesota.
Bakk completed his secondary education at Cook High School in Cook, Minnesota, and went on to receive an A.A. from Mesabi Community College and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is a retired labor official.
Bakk represented District 6A in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003.
Bakk was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2002 and was re-elected in every subsequent election thereafter. He was the chair of the Senate's Rules and Administration Committee and has also served on the Tax Committee, which he chaired from 2007 to 2010. He previously served on the Rules and Administration subcommittees for Committees and Conference Committees.
After the 2010 election, Bakk was elected by his caucus to serve as the minority leader during the 2011–2012 session. He was the first DFLer to serve as minority leader since party identification returned to the Minnesota Legislature in 1973. After the DFL regained a majority in the 2012 election, Bakk was elected by his caucus to serve as majority leader, a position he assumed when the Legislature convened on January 8, 2013. After the DFL lost a majority following the 2016 election, Bakk was elected by his caucus to again serve as minority leader.
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