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	Mark Dayton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mark B. Dayton (born January 26, 1947) is a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party US Senator from Minnesota who took office in 2001.
		Dayton's ex-wife, Alida Rockefeller Messinger, is the sister of fellow US Senator Jay Rockefeller making them brothers-in-law.
		Dayton, an heir to the Dayton's Department Store fortune, financed his 2000 Senate campaign with $12 million of his own money, but stated he would not do the same for future campaigns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Dayton (443 words)

	Mark Dayton is committed to effective government
		Mark Dayton jokes that as an empty-nester left in charge of a pet boa constrictor, it’s good for him to get out of the house.
		Dayton, 53, is one of four prominent DFLers squaring off in the September primary for the right to challenge Sen. Rod Grams in November.
		Dayton draws a political variant on camels passing through the eyes of needles and the odds for the rich.
	www.erstarnews.com /2000/august/9dayton.html (940 words)

	The only poll that matters is one on Nov. 7, says Mark Dayton
		Dayton called Grams’ proposal to allow private investment of Social Security funds “a radical and reckless proposal.” “I would say the system as it is now should be maintained — the (Social Security) surplus used to reduce the national debt,” said Dayton.
		Dayton proposes the use “buying pools” — groups of smaller employers banding together to gain better group insurance rates — and tax credits as a means of helping to offset the cost of providing health insurance.
		Dayton said his personal political philosophy was shaped by the experiences he had as a young teacher in New York City and as a social worker in Boston after his graduation from Yale University.
	www.ecm-inc.com /election2000/stories/october/16dayton.html (986 words)

	USATODAY.com - Dayton says polls, political attacks factors in decision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mark Dayton said Friday his low poll numbers and an expectation of vicious political attacks were factors in his decision not to seek re-election next year.
		Dayton, 58, also said that he did not want to be a drag on the Democratic ticket in Minnesota next year.
		Dayton argued that a Democratic candidate will be in a good position to win in Minnesota next year, because of the Bush administration's record on Iraq, Social Security, and the federal budget deficit.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-02-11-dayton-race_x.htm?csp=34 (708 words)

	Dayton 'never made his mark' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dayton, who was once married to the sister of Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) — they have two grown sons and remain good friends, he says — disputes the notion that he blindsided Minnesota Democrats by abruptly announcing in February that he wouldn’t run for reelection.
		Dayton defended his decision last October to close his Washington office until after the November elections, which he said at the time was based on a top-secret intelligence report on national security presented by Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).
		Dayton, whose net worth is still between $5 million and $20 million, estimates that he’d have to raise at least $15 million if he ran again and would be outspent by his Republican opponent by 2-1.
	www.hillnews.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/100605/daton.html (1107 words)

	Dayton shocks his party
		Dayton, who was considered one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents, caught most Democrats and political observers completely off-guard and left his state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party with an open seat to defend in terrain that has become more difficult in recent years.
		Dayton hung up after reading his statement and declined further comment, although he told Mike Erlandson, an aide to Rep. Marty Sabo (D-Minn.) who is the DFL chairman, that he was “at peace” with his decision.
		Dayton gave no indication that he was considering retirement during a breakfast interview with The Hill last week, where he predicted he would need to raise at least $15 million to mount a competitive race.
	www.hillnews.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/021005/dayton.html (1052 words)

	Shot In The Dark: Dayton Little
		A separate government official said Dayton and other senators were shown a CIA document that projected a worst-case scenario of a terrorist attack based on an uncorroborated piece of intelligence that did not contain any specifics.
		Dayton said it would be illegal for him to disclose specifics of the threat.
		Mark Dayton is not my favorite senator, and as I've noted before, I didn't vote for him--I proudly cast my ballot for Dancin' Jim.
	www.shotinthedark.info /archives/004247.html (557 words)

	Sen. Mark Dayton hopes to tap into political capital generated on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dayton plans to issue a mailing next year bearing the addresses of Democratic supporters who contacted the pioneering political Web site, Moveon.org, in support of former Vice President Walter Mondale during his brief run for the U.S. Senate.
		Dayton, who spent $21 million of his own money in his three statewide campaignss, is looking to contributions to fund a possible 2006 reelection bid.
		More seriously, Dayton said the biggest obstacle to raising campaign contributions right now is the uncertainty whether contributions made for the 2006 campaign would limit contributing in 2004.
	www.hometownsource.com /capitol/2003/October/15dayton.html (371 words)

	Mark Dayton releases FBI file
		The release of Mark Dayton’s FBI file by the his senate campaign Friday suggests Dayton’s name did grace the Nixon’s Administration’s enemy list and that an IRS investigation of Dayton’s finances may have resulted from his being on the list.
		Dayton is informed in the letter that a review of the Special Service Staff files revealed it held information pertinent to him.
		Dayton was audited by the IRS in 1972.
	www.ecm-inc.com /election2000/stories/october/29gramsdayton.html (897 words)

	USATODAY.com - Minnesota senator won't seek re-election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dayton, 58, was elected to his seat in 2000, defeating conservative Sen. Rod Grams.
		Dayton served as an aide to former Sen. Walter F. Mondale, and was state auditor for four years in the 1990s.
		Dayton came to the Senate offering himself as a liberal alternative to the conservative Grams, and he often demonstrated a plainspoken style to go with it.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-02-09-minn-senator_x.htm (585 words)

	wcco.com - Dayton Will Not Run For Re-Election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Dayton was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, defeating Republican Senator Rod Grams.
		Dayton began his political career working for then-Sen. Walter Mondale when he was a senator.
		Dayton ran for U.S. Senate in 1982 and won in the primary.
	wcco.com /topstories/local_story_040125120.html (482 words)

	Mark Dayton News
		Mark Dayton the retiring one-term Senator who Amy Klobuchar is trying to replace, gave his official blessing/endorsement to Klobcuhar at Saturday's rally with Sen.
		Senator Mark Dayton wants business executives to pay their fair share of taxes when they use the corporate jet for their own personal use.
		Mark Dayton - who was once a high school science teacher - talks to pupils in a Central Middle School science classroom about the evaporation of water and the safe use of a Bunsen burner.
	www.topix.net /us-senate/mark-dayton (676 words)

	GlobalFreePress- Dep. INN - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During the hearing, Dayton told leaders of the Sept. 11 commission, that, based on the commission's report, a NORAD chronology made public a week after the attacks was grossly misleading.
		Using the chronology, Dayton argued that if the FAA had promptly sent a systemwide message about the hijackings, the pilot of the fourth plane seized, United Airlines Flight 93, might have been able to secure the cockpit doors and land the plane.
		Dayton said NORAD also falsely claimed that during the hijackings, it had F-16 Combat Air Patrol planes in place at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia and an AWAC command ship in the air to protect the nation's capital.
	inn.globalfreepress.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=612 (772 words)

	Senator Mark Dayton Won’t Seek Re-election » Outside The Beltway \| OTB
		Mark Dayton has decided not to seek re-election, according to a broadcast report.
		Dayton, a freshman facing a tough 2006 re-election fight, made the decision days after a Star Tribune Minnesota Poll showed his approval rating had plummeted to 43 percent and amid mounting concerns about his political viability.
		Dayton, a department store heir who tapped $12 million from his own fortune to finance his 2000 campaign, also faced a fundraising hurdle.
	www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/2005/02/senator_mark_dayton_wont_seek_re-election (757 words)

	Power Line: Profiles in disgrace
		Dayton, 57, isn't up for reelection this year but has inadvertently found himself in the cross hairs in a brutal election battle fought against a backdrop of muddled terror threats and juvenile name-calling.
		Dayton gives the teachers a rousing talk, telling them that the toughest job he ever had was as a public school teacher in New York City and amusing them with a reference to keg parties at Yale, where the president of his fraternity was one George W. Bush.
		You might expect Dayton to understand what it means to be the victim of imperfect intelligence, and of the responsibility to take action that errs on the side of safety for those whose safety is in your hands, but you would of course be mistaken.
	powerlineblog.com /archives/009397.php (2111 words)

	MPR: Dayton won't seek re-election as Minnesota U.S. senator
		Mark Dayton had been seen for some time as vulnerable in a run for a second term.
		Dayton indicated that he was not the strongest candidate to represent the DFL, and cited his dislike of political fundraising.
		Dayton was widely considered to be the most vulnerable senator in the upcoming election cycle, that's in part because of a relatively meager campaign war chest.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2005/02/09_khoom_dayton (814 words)

	911Truth.org ::::: The 9/11 Truth Movement
		Mark Dayton has become the first U.S. senator to challenge the rush to consensus that "The 9/11 Commission Report" settles the open questions of Sept. 11, 2001.
		This is the simple point that Sen. Mark Dayton made yesterday at Senate hearings on the 9/11 Commission Report: now that it has accepted the Kean Commission findings, NORAD must explain its old timeline, and anyone responsible for pushing a false account, whether intentionally or not, must be held accountable.
		Dayton said NORAD officials "lied to the American people, they lied to Congress and they lied to your 9/11 commission to create a false impression of competence, communication and protection of the American people." He told Kean and Hamilton that if the commission's report is correct, President Bush "should fire whoever at FAA, at NORAD...
	www.911truth.org /article.php?story=20040731213239607 (2137 words)

	United States Senator Mark Dayton Has a Novel Idea: Members of Congress Should Receive a Drug Prescription Plan No ...
		Dayton has been trying to find ways to pay tribute to Wellstone through his own progressive work in the Senate.
		Particularly galling to Dayton is a Bush administration/drug industry proposal to have Medicare offer "drug discount cards" until the new Medicare program is phased in (which is not going to be as good as Congress's, trust us).
		DAYTON: The discount drug card is basically that, as I understand it, nothing more than what is already available in the market, where you can buy or obtain a discount drug card which gets savings of 10 to 15 percent or so.
	www.buzzflash.com /interviews/03/09/18_dayton.html (2886 words)

	The New York Times > Washington > Senator Mark Dayton Will Not Run for Re-Election
		Dayton, a Democrat from Minnesota, said in a news conference that he did not believe he could be an effective senator as well as a successful candidate in a race that increasingly requires more fund-raising.
		Dayton, a department store heir who used $12 million of his own money to wage his 2000 Senate campaign, said he did not as of right now have enough money for another race.
		Dayton's popularity within his own state recently had been dropping, with the Minnesota Poll, published by The Star Tribune, showing his approval rating declining by 15 percent in one year, to 43 percent from 58 percent.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/02/09/politics/09cnd-dayton.html?ex=1265691600&en=c8e537842cc32665&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt (686 words)

	Mark Dayton, U.S. Senator from Minnesota: Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, Mark decided medicine was not the right fit for him so after graduation he took a job teaching at P.S. 65, a tough school on New York's Lower East Side, and lived part of the time with a family on welfare.
		Mark never dreamed that a quarter-century later, he would inhabit his own office in the same building as Senator Mondale once did.
		Mark also successfully led the opposition to corporate attempts to use public pension funds to prop up their financially ailing operations.
	www.senate.gov /member/mn/dayton/general/about/biography.cfm (992 words)

	Commonwealth Conservative » Mark Dayton won’t face re-election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It appears that Minnesota Sen. Mark Dayton will not be seeking re-election to the US Senate.
		Dayton’s popularity began to sink after he made a controversial decision last fall to temporarily close his Senate office for several weeks during Congress’ pre-election recess out of fear of a terrorist attack.
		Heaped with ridicule by Republicans, Dayton defended his decision, which was based on a review of a classified CIA report about a doomsday scenario on Capitol Hill.
	vaconservative.com /archives/2005/02/09/mark-dayton-wont-face-re-election (303 words)

	Power Line: Senator Dayton on Theology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Minnesota's Mark Dayton may be the least distinguished member of the U.S. Senate.
		In the truest tradition of liberal asshattedness of Minnesota lawmakers, Mark Dayton announced to the American public that he is truly a putz, a...
		After yesterday's performance by our intellectually- and historically-challenged Senator, Mark Dayton, Minnesotans have felt the need to abjectly apologize to the rest of the nation in general, and to the military specifically.
	www.powerlineblog.com /archives/003793.php (536 words)

	MPR: Dayton closes Washington office over safety concerns
		Dayton says he waited until now to close the office because he's been in D.C. since he received the report.
		Dayton acknowledged that his actions might be going too far.
		Dayton says he would not advise Minnesotans to come to Capitol Hill, and he would not bring his two sons to Capitol Hill before the election.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2004/10/12_ap_daytonthreat (760 words)

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