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  Knutson, Coya Gjesdal
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NameCoya Gjesdal Knutson
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Oklee, Minnesota , United States
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Born August 22, 1912
DiedOctober 10, 1996 (84 years)
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InfoKNUTSON, Coya Gjesdal, a Representative from Minnesota; born Cornelia Genevive Gjesdal in Edmore, Ramsey County, N.Dak., August 22, 1912; attended the public schools of Edmore; Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., B.S., 1934; postgraduate work at State Teachers College in Moorhead and Julliard School of Music, New York City; taught high school in Penn, N.Dak., and Plummer and Oklee, Minn., 1941-1943; member of Red Lake County Welfare Board 1948-1950; delegate, Democratic National Conventions 1948, 1952, and 1956; served in the State house of representatives 1951-1954; member of the Youth Study Commission in 1953 and 1954; elected as a Democrat-Farmer-Labor to the Eighty-fourth and to the Eighty-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1959); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress and for election in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; author of articles for farm magazines and interested in children's television programs; liaison officer, Department of Defense in Office of Civil Defense, 1961-1970; unsuccessful candidate for nomination February 8, 1977, to the Ninety-fifth Congress in a special election primary; died October 10, 1996.

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  02/08/1977 MN District 7 - Special DFL Primary Lost 12.73% (-65.72%)
  11/08/1960 MN District 9 Lost 47.82% (-4.36%)
  09/13/1960 MN District 9 - DFL Primary Won 51.02% (+9.90%)
  11/04/1958 MN District 9 Lost 49.26% (-1.47%)
  09/09/1958 MN District 9 - D Primary Won 56.21% (+12.43%)
  11/06/1956 MN District 9 Won 52.67% (+5.35%)
  11/02/1954 MN District 9 Won 51.22% (+2.44%)
  09/14/1954 MN District 9 - DFL Primary Won 45.07% (+20.89%)
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MN US President - D Primary - Mar 20, 1956 D C. Estes Kefauver