Tina Smith

TINA SMITH, Democrat, of Minneapolis, MN; born March 4, 1958; education: B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1980; M.B.A., Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1984; professional history: marketer, General Mills, 1984; small business owner; vice president for external affairs, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS); chief of staff, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak; chief of staff, Governor Mark Dayton; lieutenant governor, Minnesota, 2014; election history: appointed to the U.S. Senate on December 13, 2017, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Senator Al Franken, sworn in on January 3, 2018; elected to the U.S. Senate, by special election, on November 6, 2018, for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2021; reelected to the U.S. Senate on November 3, 2020.