John J. Carlson is a Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate

Minnesota Senate

The Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In terms of membership, it is the largest upper house of any state legislature. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House...

 who represents District 4, which includes portions of Beltrami

Beltrami County, Minnesota

Beltrami County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 44,442. Its county seat is Bemidji. Portions of the Leech Lake and Red Lake Indian reservations are in the county. The northernmost portion of the Mississippi River flows...

, Cass

Cass County, Minnesota

Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 28,567. Its county seat is Walker. A portion of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation is in the county.-Geography:...

, Crow Wing

Crow Wing County, Minnesota

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, Hubbard

Hubbard County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,376 people, 7,435 households, and 5,345 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 12,229 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...

 and Itasca

Itasca County, Minnesota

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 counties in the northern part of the state. A Republican

Republican Party of Minnesota

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, he is the owner of John Carlson Agency, an insurance service provider. He is also an adjunct professor in the Business Department of Bemidji State University

Bemidji State University

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 in Bemidji

Bemidji, Minnesota

Bemidji is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was at 13,431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beltrami County. Bemidji is the most major city in North Central Minnesota and the largest commercial center between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Duluth,...

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Carlson was first elected in 2010. He is currently a member of the Capital Investment, the Environment and Natural Resources, the Higher Education, and the State Government Innovation and Veterans committees. His special legislative concerns include redesigning of government services, jobs and economy, and education reform.

Carlson graduated from Akeley High School in Akeley

Akeley, Minnesota

Akeley is a city in Hubbard County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 432 at the 2010 census.Minnesota State Highways 34 and 64 are two of the main arterial routes in the community.-Demographics:...

, then attended Bemidji State University, receiving his B.S.

Bachelor of Science

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 in Business Administration. He later earned his Certified Management Accountant

Certified Management Accountant

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 (CMA) designation from the Institute of Management Accountants

Institute of Management Accountants

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 based in Montvale, New Jersey

Montvale, New Jersey

Montvale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,844.Montvale was incorporated as a borough on August 31, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township and Washington Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis" craze then...

. He worked for many years as an accountant and later chief financial officer at Northern Medical Imaging in Bemidji before starting his insurance business.

External links

• Senator John Carlson Web Page
• Project Vote Smart - Senator John Carlson Profile
• John Carlson Campaign Web Site