Mark Kennedy (politician)

Kennedy graduated from Pequot Lakes High School in 1975 and St. John's University in 1979. He began his career as a certified public accountant and went on to receive his M.B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 1983.{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Mark |title=curriculum vitae |url=https://www.cu.edu/doc/201902-07kennedy-cvpdf |website=CU website |access-date=November 17, 2021}}

Kennedy's business career included working for the Pillsbury Company, assisting with its acquisition of Häagen-Dazs and arranging for financing to support its international expansion. As a senior executive at Federated Department Stores, he helped the company position itself for growth to become, as Macy's, the world's leading department store. He was profiled in May 1992's Institutional Investor Magazine, which featured him as one of "America's top CFOs". At ShopKo Stores, he was responsible for merchandising, marketing and store management.

In 2000 Kennedy won the Republican nomination for the 2nd district and faced four-term Democratic incumbent David Minge. He had never run for political office before. In the second closest congressional race of that cycle, Kennedy defeated Minge by 155 votes.{{Cite web |title=MPR: Kennedy In, Minge Out in Second District |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200012/12_khoom_kennedy/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=news.minnesota.publicradio.org}}

Leading up to the 2002 elections, although Minnesota did not gain or lose any districts, Kennedy's 2nd district—an enormous 28-county district stretching from the southwestern corner of the state to the fringes of the Twin Cities—was dismantled. Its territory was split up among four neighboring districts. Kennedy's home outside Watertown was just inside the reconfigured 6th district, in the Twin Cities' northern suburbs.{{Cite web |title=MPR: Luther opts for 2nd District |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200205/13_scheckt_luther/index.shtml |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=news.minnesota.publicradio.org}}

In 2002 Kennedy initially expected to face the 6th district's three-term Democratic incumbent, Bill Luther. But the new 6th was somewhat more Republican than its predecessor, and Luther opted to move to the reconfigured 2nd district, where he eventually lost to John Kline. Kennedy instead faced Janet Robert, a lawyer and longtime Democratic activist. In one of the most expensive congressional races in Minnesota history, Kennedy was elected with 57% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=MPR: In third try, Kline unseats Luther; Kennedy survives challenge |url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200211/06_scheckt_congress/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=news.minnesota.publicradio.org}}

In 2004, Kennedy faced child safety advocate Patty Wetterling. He received 54% percent of the vote to Wetterling's 46%.{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Kennedy retains post in Minnesota - Nov 3, 2004 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/house.minnesota6/index.html |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=edition.cnn.com}}

{{see also|2006 United States Senate election in Minnesota}}

Kennedy did not seek reelection to the House in 2006. Instead he ran against DFL nominee and Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by DFL incumbent Mark Dayton. Also in the race were the Independence Party nominee, Robert Fitzgerald; the Green Party nominee, Michael Cavlan; and the Constitution Party nominee, Ben Powers.

Klobuchar won the election, receiving 58% of the vote to Kennedy's 38%.{{Cite web |title=Minnesota Secretary Of State - 2006 General Election Results |url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/2006/2006-general-election-results/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=www.sos.state.mn.us}}

Kennedy's support of the proposed surge in the Iraq War during the 2006 Senate election was described as "bold and smart" on the Brit Hume show on Fox News (Fox News, Brit Hume Show, 12-27-06). Anderson Cooper, an anchor on CNN, said that "Kennedy doesn't ignore the elephant in the room. To the contrary, he looks it straight in the eye" (CNN, Anderson Cooper 360°, 10-25-06).

A proponent of free trade, Kennedy voted for giving the president fast-track authority and for the Central America Free Trade Agreement.{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Mark_Kennedy.htm|title=Mark Kennedy on the Issues|publisher=Ontheissues.org|access-date=October 4, 2010}}

Kennedy supported the Bush tax cuts and voted for the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll332.xml|title=Final vote results for roll call 332|website=clerk.house.gov|access-date=15 December 2023}} and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005,{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll601.xml|title=Final vote results for roll call 601|website=clerk.house.gov|access-date=15 December 2023}} while co-sponsoring three other bipartisan bills that year that would expand stem cell research.{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Mark R. |title=Mark R. Kennedy |url=http://www.congress.gov/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}} His also sponsored a line-item veto,{{usbill|109|HJRES|71}} a lifetime ban on all members of Congress becoming lobbyists,{{usbill|109|HR|4658}} full deductibility of medical expenses,{{usbill|109|HR|4625}} no parole for sex offenders,{{usbill|109|hr|4621}} and Medicare Plan Enrollment Fraud Protection.{{usbill|109|HR|4406}}

Kennedy's record of bipartisanship included partnering with 20 Democrats to lead legislation and having more than half the Democrats in the House co-sponsor bills he introduced. Such bills included:

• the Teachers for Tomorrow's Careers Act with Rush Holt from New Jersey,{{usbill|109|HR|4622}}
• the Fair Care for the Uninsured Act with Dan Lipinski from Illinois,{{usbill|109|HR|765}}{{usbill|108|HR|583}}
• the Rural Access to Emergency Services Act with Earl Pomeroy from North Dakota,{{usbill|109|HR|2525}}
• the Clean Alternatives for Energy Independence Act with Mark Udall from Colorado,{{usbill|109|HR|4623}}
• the Emergency Wetlands Loan Act with Mike Thompson from California,{{usbill|109|HR|4315}}
• the Child Support Enforcement Act with Juanita Millender-McDonald from California,{{usbill|109|HR|4233}} and
• the SLAM Act (to increase penalties on those who traffic and sell methamphetamines) with Darlene Hooley from Oregon.{{usbill|109|HR|3513}}

Kennedy called himself "100% pro-life". He voted in favor of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. He voted to sustain Bush's veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 while co-sponsoring three other bipartisan bills that year that would expand stem cell research.{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Mark R. |title=Mark R. Kennedy |url=http://www.congress.gov/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}}

In 2007 Kennedy was appointed to the President's Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation (ACTPN).{{cite web |url=http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Who_We_Are/Advisory_Committee_Lists/asset_upload_file209_5865.pdf |title=Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations |website=www.ustr.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114193944/http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Who_We_Are/Advisory_Committee_Lists/asset_upload_file209_5865.pdf |archive-date=January 14, 2009}} Part of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, ACTPN considers trade policy issues in the context of overall national interest.

In 2008 Kennedy, along with former Representatives Tim Penny and Bill Frenzel of Minnesota, founded the [http://www.ecomn.org/ Economic Club of Minnesota (ECOM)],{{cite web|url=http://ecomn.org|title=Economic Club of Minnesota|publisher=Ecomn.org|access-date=October 4, 2010}} a nonpartisan platform for national and international leaders in business, government, and public policy to present their ideas on how Minnesota can better compete in an increasingly globalized economy. The Economic Club sponsors the Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award.{{Cite web |title=Champion of Free Trade Award |url=https://ecomn.org/annual-free-trade-award/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=Economic Club of Minnesota |language=en-US}}

Also, in 2008 he established the Frontiers of Freedom Lecture Series at the Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy at his alma mater, St. John's University.{{Cite web |title=The Mark Kennedy Frontiers of Freedom Lecture Series |url=https://www.csbsju.edu/mccarthy-center/events-and-programming/the-mark-kennedy-frontiers-of-freedom-lecture-series |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University |language=en}}

Kennedy became a member of the Economic Club of Washington in 2013.

In 2015 Kennedy was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations.{{Cite web |title=Mark Kennedy Elected to Council on Foreign Relations |url=https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/mark-kennedy-elected-council-foreign-relations |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=gwtoday.gwu.edu |language=en}}

In 2021 Kennedy was appointed as a United States Air and Space Forces Civic Leader supporting the Secretary of the Air Force.

From 2007 to 2010 Kennedy served as the global retail business development lead at Accenture, a global management consulting and technology services firm. In 2010 he formed Chartwell Strategic Advisors LLC. Kennedy's activities through Chartwell include speaking on applying 360° Vision to bridge differences between business and society; the political left and right; the United States and the world.

From 2011 to 2013 Kennedy served as an executive in residence at Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School in Baltimore, Maryland, teaching MBA courses on corporate statesmanship, global economic systems, as well as global immersion courses in Brazil and Turkey.

In January 2012 Kennedy accepted the position of director and professor at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.{{cite web|title=Kennedy to lead George Washington grad school program|url=http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/kennedy-to-lead-george-washington-grad-school-program/|work=Politics in Minnesota| date=January 17, 2012 }} During his tenure the school launched two new master's programs—one in Spanish with a Latin American focus and one focused on advocacy in the global environment{{Cite web|url=https://gspm.gwu.edu/masters-programs|title=Master's Programs | Graduate School of Political Management | College of Professional Studies | The George Washington University|website=Graduate School of Political Management | College of Professional Studies|accessdate=December 15, 2023}}—and was designated as the PR Education Program of the Year by PR Week.{{Cite news|url=http://www.prweek.com/article/1338428/pr-education-program-year-2015|title=PR Education Program of the Year 2015|access-date=September 12, 2017}}

Between 2012 and 2017, Kennedy has also been an adjunct faculty member at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Kennedy introduced the concept of "Shapeholders" to the field of business strategy—the political, regulatory, media, and activist actors that shape a firm's opportunities and risks. Kennedy teaches how to effectively engage shapeholders both at home and abroad to profitably advance business strategies while benefiting society.

On March 15, 2016, the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education announced that Kennedy had been selected as the twelfth President of the University of North Dakota.{{Cite web|url=http://und.edu/news/2016/03/presidential-announcement-mark-kennedy.cfm|title=State Board of Higher Education appoints Mark Kennedy UND president|publisher=University of North Dakota|access-date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323162857/http://und.edu/news/2016/03/presidential-announcement-mark-kennedy.cfm|archive-date=March 23, 2016|date=March 2016}} Kennedy, who had filed his application on January 2, 2016, was in February the third of six finalists to visit the school.{{Cite web|url=http://und.edu/president-search/campus-visits.cfm|title=Campus Visits|publisher=University of North Dakota|access-date=March 17, 2016}} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He succeeded president Robert Kelley, who retired in January 2016, and Ed Schafer, who served as interim President until Kennedy took office on July 1.{{Cite web|url=https://und.edu/president/bio.cfm|title=Biography|publisher=University of North Dakota|access-date=July 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206175349/http://und.edu/president/bio.cfm|archive-date=February 6, 2018|url-status=dead}} He was inaugurated on October 10, 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/University-of-North-Dakota-sets-inauguration-for-9958343.php|title=University of North Dakota sets inauguration for president|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=October 9, 2016}}

Notable achievements by UND during Kennedy's tenure include being ranked by U.S. News as one of the 25 Most Innovative Schools{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/innovative|title=Most Innovative Schools|date=September 11, 2017|website=U.S. News|access-date=September 12, 2017}} and being awarded the 2017 Big Sky Conference Presidents' Cup for outstanding student-athlete academic achievement while winning four conference championships in one year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigskyconf.com/news/2017/7/16/general-north-dakota-captures-first-big-sky-presidents-cup.aspx|title=North Dakota captures first Big Sky Presidents' Cup|website=Big Sky Conference|access-date=September 12, 2017}}

On May 9, 2017, Kennedy's book [https://cup.columbia.edu/book/shapeholders/9780231180566 Shapeholders: Business Success in the Age of Activism] was published by Columbia Business School.{{Cite book|url=https://cup.columbia.edu/book/shapeholders/9780231180566|title=Shapeholders: Business Success in the Age of Activism|last=Kennedy|first=Mark R.|date=May 2017|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231542784}}

On April 9, 2019, Kennedy was named the sole finalist for the position of President at the University of Colorado. On April 10, he stated in an email that he would accept the position.{{cite news |author= |title=UND President Mark Kennedy named the sole finalist for University of Colorado's next President |url= https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/UND-President-Mark-Kennedy-named-the-sole-finalist-for-University-of-Colorados-next-President-508378211.html|access-date=April 10, 2019 }}

In April 2019, the University of Colorado Board of Regents named Kennedy the sole finalist for the university presidency in a 9–0 vote.{{Cite web | url=https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/UND-President-Mark-Kennedy-named-the-sole-finalist-for-University-of-Colorados-next-President-508378211.html | title=UND President Mark Kennedy named the sole finalist for University of Colorado's next President | date=April 10, 2019 }} After several contentious public hearings, the Board of Regents elected him to the position in a partisan 5–4 vote.{{cite news |title=Mark Kennedy is the University of Colorado's next president after regents' 5-4 party-line vote |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/02/mark-kennedy-university-colorado-cu-president/ |access-date=September 22, 2021 |work=The Denver Post |date=May 2, 2019}} Members of the CU community expressed concerns that Kennedy had insufficient experience to lead CU, and many raised specific concerns about Kennedy's ability to lead the university on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.{{cite news |title=Buffeted By Backlash, CU Presidential Candidate Says He'll Be 'A Champion For Welcoming All' |url=https://www.cpr.org/2019/04/16/buffeted-by-backlash-cu-presidential-candidate-says-hell-be-a-champion-for-welcoming-all/ |access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Colorado Public Radio |date=April 16, 2019}} A Denver Post editorial observed, "We are displeased and a little sickened by the orchestrated opposition to Kennedy based not on his qualifications but on his political affiliation. The CU Faculty Council has set out to demonize Kennedy in a disturbing manner that bodes poorly for attracting top candidates for this role in the future. What sane individual with a résumé worthy of any world-class institution would willfully subject himself or herself to the kind of ridicule and public haranguing that Kennedy has faced in recent weeks?"{{Cite web |last=Board {{!}} |first=The Denver Post Editorial |date=May 1, 2019 |title=Editorial: Mark Kennedy is the wrong fit for the University of Colorado |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/01/editorial-mark-kennedy-is-the-wrong-fit-for-the-university-of-colorado/ |access-date=April 9, 2022 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}} Kennedy started as an employee on June 15 for a transition period with outgoing president Bruce Benson and became president on July 1.{{Cite web | url=https://www.cu.edu/news/cu-regents-name-mark-kennedy-president | title=CU Regents name Mark Kennedy president | date=May 2, 2019 }}

Kennedy’s presidency was marked by several historic milestones for the university in advancing diversity and inclusion, including hiring its first systemwide chief diversity officer,{{Cite web | url=https://diverseeducation.com/article/167152/ | title=University of Colorado Names Theodosia Cook New Chief Diversity Officer | date=February 14, 2020 }} the development of its first Indigenous lands recognition statement,{{Cite web | url=https://connections.cu.edu/stories/cu-develops-first-systemwide-indigenous-lands-acknowledgement-statement | title=CU develops first systemwide Lands Acknowledgement Statement | date=October 29, 2020 }} providing support for CU Denver fulfilling its role as newly named Hispanic Servicing Institution,{{Cite web |last1=Azralon |first1=Meghan |last2=Communications |first2=University |date=April 20, 2021 |title=University of Colorado Denver Invests $4 Million for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts |url=https://news.ucdenver.edu/university-of-colorado-denver-invests-4-million-for-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts/ |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=CU Denver News |language=en-US}} and expanding scholarships for less represented communities, including authorizing match funding for the Charles J. Blackwood, MD, Endowed Memorial Scholarship honoring the School of Medicine's first black graduate.{{Cite web |last=Medicine |first=School of |title=CU and Mile High Medical Society Celebrate New Scholarship Fund |url=https://news.cuanschutz.edu/medicine/new-scholarship-fund |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=news.cuanschutz.edu |language=en}} Kennedy drew criticism, however, for enacting changes to university policies that some believed might limit staff and faculty members' ability to publicly support vulnerable communities and to advocate for social change.{{cite news |title=Campus statements on "sensitive topics" like race, climate change must be run past president's office first, CU says |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/25/cu-free-speech-race-covid-university-of-colorado-sensitive-topics/|access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Denver Post |date=August 25, 2020}} CU Boulder’s Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies issued a public rebuke after Kennedy used the phrase "trail of tears" colloquially to describe the challenges CU would face if it did not expand online education opportunities. The written rebuke noted that Kennedy's use of this term, demonstrated “ignorance of these atrocities at best, and willful verbal harm at worst.” {{cite news |title=CCU faculty condemn Kennedy's 'trail of tears' comment|url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2020/09/03/cu-faculty-condemn-kennedy-trail-of-tears-comment/|access-date=November 16, 2021 |work=Daily Camera |date=September 3, 2020}} Kennedy issued a formal apology within an hour of concern being raised.{{Cite web |title=CU President Mark Kennedy |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=959838584427752&id=668410226903924 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}} In 2021, two actions occurred in Boulder, ranked as America's most liberal small town, that were not replicated at the other three communities hosting CU Campuses.{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2022 |title=The 10 Most Liberal Small Towns in the United States |url=https://journeyz.co/liberal-small-towns-united-states/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=Journeyz |language=en-US}} CU Boulder's Faculty Assembly cited the above examples and others in formally censuring Kennedy for “failure of leadership with respect to diversity, equity, and inclusion,” with 35 Assembly members supporting and 20 members opposing the motion (one abstaining). The other three campuses did not join the action.{{Cite web |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Boulder Faculty Assembly votes to censure CU President Mark Kennedy |url=https://www.colorado.edu/today/2021/04/29/boulder-faculty-assembly-votes-censure-cu-president-mark-kennedy |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=CU Boulder Today |language=en}} Kennedy received another rebuke from NAACP Boulder County, which in May 2021 conducted a vote of no confidence and urged the Regents to remove Kennedy from his position.{{cite news |last1=Langford |first1=Katie |title=NAACP Boulder County votes no confidence in CU President Mark Kennedy |url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/05/04/naacp-boulder-county-votes-no-confidence-in-cu-president-mark-kennedy |publisher=Boulder Daily Camera |date=May 4, 2021}} Again, neither the counties that represented CU’s other three campuses, nor the statewide organization, joined the action.

Eight months into Kennedy’s presidency saw the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges associated with navigating a global pandemic, [https://www.denverpost.com/2020/06/18/university-of-colorado-budget-coronavirus/ 36] Kennedy, working with the regents, advanced several key initiatives including shepherding a coordinated approach to expanding the university’s online offerings {{Cite web | url=https://connections.cu.edu/stories/signing-services-agreements-term-sheets-advances-cu-online | title=Signing of services agreements, term sheets advances CU Online | date=May 5, 2021 }} and strengthening its technological infrastructure.{{Cite web | url=https://connections.cu.edu/stories/transformation-and-innovation-program-strengthening-cu-technology-collaboratively | title=Transformation and Innovation Program: Strengthening CU technology collaboratively | date=December 17, 2020 }} The university’s other notable achievements during this time include keeping net tuition flat; [https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/09/university-colorado-tuition-2022-2023-increase/ 39] garnering $1.4 billion in sponsored research funding and gifts in 2020; [https://gazette.com/colorado_politics/cu-reports-taking-in-1-4-billion-in-research-funding-during-last-fiscal-year/article_3c33e00d-1c7d-5bca-9e3d-b02a63b14908.html 40] increasing graduation and retention rates; creating the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Innovation Fund; [https://connections.cu.edu/stories/dei-innovation-fund-will-augment-campuses-system-diversity-efforts 41] completing a strategic plan for the university;{{Cite web | url=https://www.cu.edu/strategic-planning/ | title=Strategic Plan }} and achieving the second highest fundraising year in the university’s history – $455 million in 2020.{{Cite web | url=https://connections.cu.edu/stories/cu-records-second-best-fundraising-year | title=CU records second-best fundraising year | date=August 6, 2020 }}

In January 2021, the University of Colorado Board of Regents switched partisan control for the first time in 40 years, with Democrats in the majority.{{cite news |last1=Gonzales |first1=Jason |title=Democrats take control of CU Board of Regents |url=https://co.chalkbeat.org/2020/11/3/21548108/colorado-election-2020-cu-board-of-regents-results |access-date=September 22, 2021 |work=Chalkbeat Colorado |date=November 3, 2020 |language=en}} On May 10, 2021, Kennedy announced that given changes in the board’s makeup and its focus, he was making plans to leave his position.{{cite web| url = https://www.cpr.org/2021/05/10/university-of-colorado-president-mark-kennedy-will-step-down/| title = University Of Colorado President Mark Kennedy Will Step Down {{!}} Colorado Public Radio| date = May 10, 2021}}{{Cite web | url=https://connections.cu.edu/stories/president-kennedy-board-regents-set-leadership-goals-2020-21 | title=President Kennedy, Board of Regents set leadership goals for 2020-21 | date=July 9, 2020 }} On June 1, 2021, the Board of Regents announced that administrator Todd Saliman would serve as interim president of the university effective July 1, 2021.{{Cite news | url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/01/todd-saliman-interim-university-of-colorado-president/ | title=Todd Saliman, CU's chief financial officer, named interim university president | newspaper=The Denver Post | date=June 2021 }} On June 17, 2021, the Board of Regents passed a resolution of appreciation for Kennedy, commending him for his service to the university and conferring upon him the title of president emeritus.[https://go.boarddocs.com/co/cu/Board.nsf/files/C3VTGV775B8F/$file/MRK%20resolution.pdf Resolution] boarddocs.com

Kennedy joined the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a non-partisan Washington DC–based think tank, as a Global Fellow focused on geopolitical strategic competition.{{Cite web |title=Mark Kennedy {{!}} Wilson Center |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/mark-kennedy |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=www.wilsoncenter.org |language=en}} Kennedy was named Director of the Wilson Center’s newly established Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition aimed at shaping conversations and proposing meaningful policy reforms to strengthen American leadership in the era of great power competition.

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• 2006 Race for U.S. Senate
• Amy Klobuchar (DFL), 58%
• Mark Kennedy (R), 38%
• Robert Fitzgerald (I), 3%
• 2004 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – 6th District
• Mark Kennedy (R) (inc.), 54%
• Patty Wetterling (DFL), 46%
• 2002 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – 6th District
• Mark Kennedy (R) (inc.), 57%
• Janet Robert (DFL), 35%
• Dan Becker (I), 7%
• 2000 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – 2nd District
• Mark Kennedy (R), 48%
• David Minge (DFL) (inc.), 48%
• Gerald Brekke (I), 3%

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• [https://go.boarddocs.com/co/cu/Board.nsf/files/C3VTGV775B8F/$file/MRK%20resolution.pdf/ Commendation] naming President Emeritus of University of Colorado
• [https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/mark-kennedy/ Wilson Center]
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