MISWA, Minn. – Former Congressman Rick Nolan, who represented northern Minnesota’s MN-8 for three terms and earlier from the old MN-6, died at age 80. Nolan had heart issues. Nolan started his career as a social studies teacher in Royalton, Minnesota. He served on the staff of Sensy9rn Walter Mondale. He was elected to the Minnesota House in the 1960s and then to Congress. In 2018 he ran for the Democratic nomination as lieutenant governor on a ticket with Lori Swanson. They lost to Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan. State Democratic Chair Ken Martin eulogized Nolan as “an ambassador for the DFL creed that ‘we all do better when we all do better.’”
Nolan. 1943-2024.