Political Science Starr
Congressional Research
You will need to research one of the 11 members of the United States Congress from Minnesota or
Wisconsin, and the district they represent. For your assigned person and district, complete a power
point and be ready to introduce your representative to the class. Be sure to be complete with your
responses to get full credit on the assignment.
Suggested websites
U.S. House of Representative official site: Minnesota Public Radio site:
http://www.house.gov http://www.minnesotapublicradio.org
U.S. Senate official site U.S. Census Bureau:
http://www.senate.gov http://www.census.gov
Congressional Information Personal Background District Information
Be sure to include: Be sure to include: Be sure to include:
-Year first elected to the U.S. -Political background -Geography
Congress -Other career background -Boundaries
-Who did they defeat? -Education -Major Cities
-Party Affiliation -Personal profile: basic -Industries & Businesses
-Committee Assignments biographical stuff -Average Income
-What issues do they support? -Interesting or unusual facts -Population profile
-Ave age, Ave price of
homes, Ave level of
educ.
-Voting history Who do they
usually support?
*For extra credit, include a video of your representative into your power point presentation.
U.S. Senators
Amy Klobuchar Democrat (Sr.)
Al Franken Democrat
U.S. Representatives
Michelle Bachmann 6th District
Keith Ellison 5th District
John Kline 2nd District
Betty McCollum 4th District
Chip Cravaack 8th District
Erik Paulsen 3rd District
Collin C. Peterson 7th District
Timothy J. Walz 1st District
Ron Kind (WI) 3rd District
*As of April 12th, 2011