Jim Oberstar
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James Louis Oberstar was an American politician and congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011.
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Oberstar in 1991
Congressman Don Young hands over the gavel to incoming Transportation Chairman Jim Oberstar on December 6, 2006.
Oberstar in 2010
Oberstar (second from right), watching President George W. Bush sign the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003.
Bust of Oberstar located in the Duluth International Airport, now known as the "James L. Oberstar Terminal"Awards 1
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James Louis Oberstar was an American politician and congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of the state's local Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, he represented the northeastern eighth congressional district, which included the cities of Duluth, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, International Falls, and Hibbing, within an area of Minnesota known as the Iron Range. He chaired the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2007 until his departure, having been the ranking minority member since 1995. In November 2010, he was defeated by a margin of 4,407 votes by Republican Chip Cravaack. He had the longest tenure of any member of Congress from Minnesota.
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