{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dave Olin | state_house = Minnesota | state = Minnesota | district = 1A | term_start = January 3, 2007 | term_end = January 3, 2011 | preceded = Maxine Penas | succeeded = Dan Fabian | party = Democratic Farmer Labor Party | birth_date = 1947 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Concordia College, Moorhead<br>University of Minnesota Law School | profession = Attorney, legislator | spouse = Muriel | children = 2 }} '''David M. Olin''' (born 1947) is an American politician and a former Democratic Farmer Labor Party member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 1A, which includes all of Kittson and Roseau counties, as well as portions of Marshall and Pennington counties in the northwestern part of the state.<ref name="01a">[http://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/gis/html/l2002/pdf/01a.pdf "01a"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927205802/http://www.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/gis/html/l2002/pdf/01a.pdf |date=2011-09-27 }}. Retrieved August 10, 2007.</ref> First elected in 2006, he was re-elected in 2008, but was unseated by Republican Dan Fabian in the 2010 general election.<ref>http://dailyme.com/story/2010110300007169/fabian-wins-minnesota-1a-house-seat.html{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Olin won his first term in 2006 when he defeated Republican DelRay Flom, an agricultural businessman, by a margin of 54% to 46%.<ref name="Election Reporting">[http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20061107/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=01A "Election Reporting"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718170855/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20061107/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=01A |date=2011-07-18 }}. Retrieved August 10, 2007.</ref> Incumbent Rep. Maxine Penas, a Republican, did not seek re-election.<ref name="The bottom of the ticket">[https://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2006/07/mn_house_races.shtml "The bottom of the ticket"]. Retrieved August 10, 2007.</ref>
Olin was a member of the House Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee, the House Civil Justice Committee, and the House Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee. He also served on the Finance Subcommittee for the Public Safety Finance Division, and on the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Subcommittee for the Crime Victims/Criminal Records Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15250 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Olin, David M |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}</ref>
Olin was raised near Ada,<ref name="Minnesota Election Analysis">[http://www.locklaw.com/practice/govrel_state/polnews.htm "Minnesota Election Analysis"]. Retrieved August 10, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313144153/http://www.locklaw.com/practice/govrel_state/polnews.htm |date=March 13, 2007 }}</ref> and later received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history from Concordia College in Moorhead and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.<ref name="Dave Olin (DFL) 01A">[http://ww3.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?district=01A "Dave Olin (DFL) 01A"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070909151145/http://ww3.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?district=01A |date=2007-09-09 }}. Retrieved August 10, 2007.</ref> Prior to be elected a state representative, he served as Pennington County Attorney for 32 years.<ref name="The bottom of the ticket"/> He currently resides in Thief River Falls.<ref name="Dave Olin (DFL) 01A"/>
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==External links== {{MN-legdb|15250}} *[https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?district=01A Rep. Olin Web Page] *[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=230 Minnesota Public Radio - Votetracker: Dave Olin Voting Record] *[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=67989 Project Vote Smart - Rep. David M. 'Dave' Olin Profile] *''Follow the Money'' - David M. (Dave) Olin Campaign Contributions **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=110566 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=93980 2006]
{{s-start}} {{succession box|title=Minnesota State Representative for District 1A|years=2007 – 2011 |before=Maxine Penas|after=Dan Fabian}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olin, Dave}} Category:Living people Category:1947 births Category:Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Category:People from Thief River Falls, Minnesota Category:Lutherans from Minnesota Category:University of Minnesota Law School alumni Category:People from Ada, Minnesota Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature