Mark Kennedy (politician)
Mark Kennedy (born April 11 1957 in Benson, Minnesota), is an American politician. Kennedy has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001. He represented the 2nd District of Minnesota during the 107th Congress (2001-2003). The reapportionment following the 2000 Census resulted in Kennedy running for and winning the 6th District seat (map) in 2003. He received his B.A. at St. John's University and his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Kennedy has announced that he is running in the 2006 U.S. Senate election for the seat being vacated by Mark Dayton and is likely to win the Republican nomination now that former Sen. Rod Grams has announced he will not be running.