Senator, Minnesota State Senate, District 37, 2023-present

Senator, Minnesota State Senate, District 34, 1995-2023

Senator, Minnesota State Senate, District 37, 2022

Candidate, Minnesota State Senate, District 37, 2022

Assistant Majority Leader, Minnesota State Senate, 2019-2021

Candidate, Minnesota State Senate, District 34, 2020

President Pro Tempore, Minnesota State Senate, 2017-2018

Assistant Minority Leader, Minnesota State Senate, 2005-2006, 2015-2016

Primary Candidate, Minnesota Secretary of State, 1998

Representative, Minnesota State House, 1988-1995

Member, Elections Committee

Ranking Minority Member, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee

Member, Rules and Administration

Member, Subcommittee on Data Practices

Former Member, Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Committee, Minnesota State Senate

Former Ranking Minority Member, Division on Judiciary, Minnesota State Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, Minnesota State Senate

Former Member, Legacy Subcommittee, Minnesota State Senate

Former Member, Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, Minnesota State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Data Practices, Minnesota State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Elections, Minnesota State Senate

Former Corrections Officer, Hennepin County Workhouse

Employed, Real Estate Sales and Investment

Director of College Campuses, Al Quie Gubernatorial Campaign, 1978

Former Member, City of Crystal Human Rights Commission

Member, Ducks Unlimited

Former Member, Hennepin County Corrections Advisory Commission

Member, Legislative Issues Committee, North Hennepin Chamber of Commerce

Member, New Hope Evangelical Free Church of America