Teresa Daly is an American

United States

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 politician. She is a city councilwoman, and former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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.

She graduated from Bloomington Jefferson High School

Bloomington Jefferson High School

For schools with a similar name, see Jefferson High School.Thomas Jefferson Senior High School is one of the two high schools in Bloomington, MN, USA Independent School District No. 271. It is located on at 102nd Street and France Avenue on the suburb's southwest side. About 1,600 students attend...

 and Macalester College

Macalester College

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, and then went on to receive her Master's Degree

Master's degree

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 in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

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. For 12 years, she served as Senior Vice President for Right Management Consultants. She is currently the President of the Association of Career Professionals International.

In 2002, she was elected to the Burnsville, Minnesota

Burnsville, Minnesota

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 City Council, and in 2004, she was the DFL

Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

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 candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Minnesota

Minnesota

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's 2nd congressional district, as a challenger against Republican incumbent John Kline

John Kline (politician)

John Paul Kline is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. The district includes most of the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities, including Apple Valley, Inver Grove Heights, Burnsville and Eagan. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:Kline was born...

. She lost the election by 57% to 40% (with 3% for independent Doug Williams), a smaller-than-average margin for challengers to House incumbents in the 2004 election, although a slightly larger margin than that by which the same 2nd district voters voted for President Bush

George W. Bush

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 over John Kerry

John Kerry

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. After the election, she announced her intention not to run for Congress again and abandoned her campaign website.

Electoral history

• 2004 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - 2nd District
  • John Kline
    John Kline (politician)
    John Paul Kline is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. The district includes most of the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities, including Apple Valley, Inver Grove Heights, Burnsville and Eagan. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education and career:Kline was born...
    
    (R) (inc.), 56%
  • Teresa Daly (DFL), 40%