Erik Paulsen Official Bio

Erik Paulsen

Erik Philip Paulsen is an American politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and as majority leader from 2003 to 2007. He lost his 2018 reelection bid to Democrat Dean Phillips. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Erik Paulsen has 529 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2008 Convention as a U.S. Representative Candidate. The year with the most videos was 2015 with 74 videos. Most appearances with Marsha Blackburn (5), Andy Barr (5), Ron DeSantis (5). Most common tags: House of Representatives, Minnesota, Federal Budget.

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Previously

U.S. Representative, R-MN 3rd January 6, 2009 - c. January 3, 2019 Videos: 526 U.S. Representative-Elect,
R-3 c. November 4, 2008 - January 6, 2009 Videos: 1 State Representative, Minnesota
R c. January 1, 1995 - January 3, 2009 Videos: 1 U.S. Representative Candidate,
R-3 c. January 1, 2008 - c. November 4, 2008 Videos: 1

Recent Appearances

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    In a 217-185 vote, the House passed a revised bill for government funding until February 8, 2019. The bill, which differed fr…

  • House Session, Part 2

    House Session, Part 2

    The House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including a bill to reauthorize the Coast Guard program and…

  • Minnesota 3rd Congressional District Debate

    Minnesota 3rd Congressional District Debate

    Candidates in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District race, incumbent Representative Erik Paulsen (R) and challenger Dean Phil…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House approved a bill to make some of the individual tax cuts passed in December 2018 permanent. It was the last bill in …

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House debated and passed two tax policy bills. One encourages retirement and family savings through the creation of unive…

  • Morning Hour

    Morning Hour

    The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

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Historical Member of Congress Record

Former District Map
Former Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

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Floor Activity

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