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Elwyn is running for U.S. Congress in Minnesota 6th against Rep. Michele Bachmann.

Elwyn Tinklenberg, 57, was born in Princeton and grew up on a farm in Pease, Minnesota, a small, Dutch, farming community in central Minnesota, where he learned the values of faith, pragmatism and hard work.

He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota at Duluth and attended seminary at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He served as a United Methodist Minister in Blaine, Minnesota from 1977 to 1986.

While serving on the city council for 4 years and as Mayor of in Blaine from 1987 to 1996, Tinklenberg quickly gained a reputation as an expert in the field of transportation, eventually serving as Governor Jesse Ventura’s Commissioner of Transportation from 1999 to 2002. Charged with managing the day-to-day operations of the department’s 5,500 employees and $2 billion annual budget, he worked directly with the legislature to secure funding for the state’s first light rail, the development of a regional commuter plan, and a (short-term) doubling of the state transportation budget. In 2003 he served on the Board of Directors for the American Public Transportation Association.

In 2006, Tinklenberg ran for congress in Minnesota’s sixth district. He eventually lost out on a opportunity to run in the general election when he was narrowly defeated by Patty Wetterling in a bid for DFL endorsement. Elwyn has received the DFL endorsement for 2008!

Tinklenberg lives in Blaine with his wife Terri. He is the father of two sons and one daughter with his late wife, the step-father of three children and has seven grandchildren.

Tinklenberg for Congress

Tinklenberg for Congress