Patricia Torres Ray

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Patricia Torres Ray
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 62nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2007
Preceded by Wes Skoglund
Personal details
Born March 25, 1964 (1964-03-25) (age 47)
Pasto, Colombia
Political party Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse(s) Jackson Ray
Children 2
Residence Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alma mater University of Minnesota
Profession consultant, legislator

Patricia Torres Ray (born March 25, 1964, in Pasto, Colombia) is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represents District 62, which includes portions of southeastern Minneapolis in Hennepin County, which is in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.[1]

A Democrat, Ray succeeded the retiring Wes Skoglund in 2007. She is the first Hispanic American to be elected to the Minnesota Senate. She currently serves on the Senate's Education, Jobs and Economic Growth, and State Government Innovation and Veterans committees.[2]

On March 31, 2010, state senator and 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial candidate John Marty announced that Ray would be his running mate for lieutenant governor.[3] The team subsequently withdrew from the race at the 2010 DFL State Convention.[4]

Ray met her husband, Jack, when he was a University of Minnesota student in Columbia on a work study internship. They were married in 1987, and she immigrated to Minnesota with him, learned English, and became a U.S. citizen. She studied at the University of Minnesota, earning a B.A. in Urban Studies and a M.P.Aff. from the Humphrey Institute. She and Jack have 2 sons, Tomás (1994) and Carlos (1996).[5]

[edit] Electoral history

  • 2010 election for Minnesota State Senate, District 62
    • Patricia Torres Ray (D), 79.64%
    • Patrick Elgin (R), 20.16%
  • 2006 election for Minnesota State Senate, District 62
    • Patricia Torres Ray (D), 81%
    • Dan Mathias (R), 19%
  • 2006 election for Minnesota State Senate, District 62 - DFL Primary
    • Patricia Torres Ray (D), 84%
    • Bob Larson (D), 9%
    • Kyla Baldwin-Zingler (D), 7%

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Torres Ray, Patricia". Leg.state.mn.us. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15249. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  2. ^ "Senator Patricia Torres Ray DFL District 62". Senate.leg.state.mn.us. 1964-03-25. http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15249. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  3. ^ "Marty picks running mate: state Sen. Patricia Torres Ray". MinnPost. 2010-03-31. http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2010/03/31/17033/marty_picks_running_mate_state_sen_patricia_torres_ray. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  4. ^ http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2010/08/10/20400/primary_election_day_how_we_got_to_this_point
  5. ^ "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Torres Ray, Patricia". Leg.state.mn.us. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15249. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 

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Members of the Minnesota State Senate
   
  1.    LeRoy A. Stumpf (DFL)
  2.    Rod Skoe (DFL)
  3.    Tom Saxhaug (DFL)
  4.    John Carlson (R)
  5.    David Tomassoni (DFL)
  6.    Thomas M. Bakk (DFL)
  7.    Roger Reinert (DFL)
  8.    Tony Lourey (DFL)
  9.    Keith Langseth (DFL)
  10.    Gretchen Hoffman (R)
  11.    Bill Ingebrigtsen (R)
  12.    Paul Gazelka (R)
  13.    Joe Gimse (R)
  14.    Michelle Fischbach (R)
  15.    John Pederson (R)
  16.    Dave Brown (R)
  17.    Sean Nienow (R)
  1.    Scott Newman (R)
  2.    Amy Koch (R)
  3.    Vacant
  4.    Gary Dahms (R)
  5.    Doug Magnus (R)
  6.    Kathy Sheran (DFL)
  7.    Julie Rosen (R)
  8.    Al DeKruif (R)
  9.    Mike Parry (R)
  10.    Dan Sparks (DFL)
  11.    John Sterling Howe (R)
  12.    David Senjem (R)
  13.    Carla Nelson (R)
  14.    Jeremy Miller (R)
  15.    Warren Limmer (R)
  16.    Gen Olson (R)
  17.    Julianne Ortman (R)
  1.    Claire Robling (R)
  2.    Dave Thompson (R)
  3.    Chris Gerlach (R)
  4.    Ted Daley (R)
  5.    James Metzen (DFL)
  6.    Dan Hall (R)
  7.    Geoff Michel (R)
  8.    David Hann (R)
  9.    Terri Bonoff (DFL)
  10.    Ron Latz (DFL)
  11.    Ann Rest (DFL)
  12.    Chris Eaton (DFL)
  13.    Benjamin Kruse (R)
  14.    Mike Jungbauer (R)
  15.    Michelle Benson (R)
  16.    Barb Goodwin (DFL)
  17.    Pam Wolf (R)
  1.    Ray Vandeveer (R)
  2.    Roger Chamberlain (R)
  3.    John Marty (DFL)
  4.    Charles Wiger (DFL)
  5.    Ted Lillie (R)
  6.    Katie Sieben (DFL)
  7.    Linda Higgins (DFL)
  8.    Kari Dziedzic (DFL)
  9.    D. Scott Dibble (DFL)
  10.    Jeff Hayden (DFL)
  11.    Patricia Torres Ray (DFL)
  12.    Ken Kelash (DFL)
  13.    Dick Cohen (DFL)
  14.    Sandy Pappas (DFL)
  15.    Mary Jo McGuire (DFL)
  16.    John Harrington (DFL)



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