Andy Dawkins

Who is Andy Dawkins?

Andy Dawkins is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from Saint Paul. A Democrat, Dawkins was first elected in 1986 to represent District 65A, and was re-elected every two years until he opted not to seek re-election in 2002. In 1993, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for mayor of Saint Paul against Norm Coleman. He married Ellen Anderson, a Minnesota state senator from St. Paul in 1995.

After leaving the legislature in 2003, Dawkins led the department of Neighborhood Housing and Property Improvement for the city of Saint Paul for several years. In 2006, he went to work as an attorney at the law firm of Mansfield, Tanick, and Cohen.