Background
Erlandson, Mike was born on April 14, 1964.
Erlandson, Mike was born on April 14, 1964.
Erlandson ran for Sabo"s 5th Congressional District seat in 2006, but finished second in a contested primary to Keith Ellison.
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Prior to Aurora he was Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs and Vice President of Government Affairs for Supervalu Corporation, based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Prior to joining Supervalu, he served as chief of staff to United States. Congressman Martin Olav Sabo from 1993 until Sabo retired in 2007. He also served as chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) from 1999-2005.
In addition to leading Supervalu"s Communications and Government Affairs Departments, Erlandson was their federal political action committee (ValuPAC) chairman.
He served on and managed their foundation board and helped create their enterprise environmental steering committee. Erlandson has appeared on national television and radio shows including: National Broadcasting Company’s Today Show, Hardball, American Broadcasting Company’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Cable News Network, Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, and National Public Radio. Erlandson grew up in the Twin Cities suburb of Fridley.
He graduated from Saint John"s University in Collegeville in 1986 and from Harvard University"s Kennedy School Senior Managers in Government Program in 1997. During his leadership of the State Democratic Party (DFL) and prior to joining Supervalu, Erlandson hosted a radio show on Air American Minnesota called "The Mike Erlandson Show," and was a regular on local public affairs programs.
2006 Race for United States. House of Representatives - 5th District (Democratic Primary)
Keith Ellison (DFL), 41%
Mike Erlandson (DFL), 31%
Ember Reichgott Junge (DFL), 21%
Paul Ostrow (DFL), 5%.
He was named one of Twin Cities next generation of business & community leaders by The Minneapolis/Saint Paul Business Journal and was a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Transportation Policy Project.
Married Dawn Erlandson.