{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Doran Isackson | image = Minnesota State Senator Doran Isackson.jpg | image_size = 180px | birth_date = {{Birth date |1938|3|26}} | birth_place = Alexandria, Minnesota | death_date = {{Death date |1989|9|28}} | death_place = Storden, Minnesota | state_senate = Minnesota | district = 28th | term_start = January 4, 1983 | term_end = January 5, 1987 | predecessor = | successor = Jim Vickerman | party = Republican Party of Minnesota | alma_mater = University of Minnesota | occupation = Legislator, Farmer | majority = | spouse = Rosemary | children = 3 }}
'''Doran L. Isackson''' (March 26, 1938 – September 28, 1989) was a Republican politician from Minnesota and a Minnesota State Senator. Elected in 1982, Isackson served one term from 1983 to 1987. Democrat Jim Vickerman unseated him in the wave of DFL victories that swept southwestern Minnesota in the DFL "Firestorm" of 1986.<ref name="leg.state.mn.us">{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10272|title = Isackson, Doran L. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present}}</ref>
From the town of Storden, Isackson represented the old District 28 (most of which is in the current District 22), which included all or portions of Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Redwood and Watonwan counties. A farmer by profession, Isackson grew up in Douglas County, graduated from Alexandria High School in 1956, and was a 1960 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in agricultural education.<ref name="leg.state.mn.us"/> While at the university, he was a member of the Department of Animal Science's 1958 Poultry Judging Team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansci.umn.edu/judging%20teams/poultry1.htm |title=Poultry Judging Teams, Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota |accessdate=2009-02-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611233557/http://www.ansci.umn.edu/judging%20teams/poultry1.htm |archivedate=June 11, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref>
Isackson's legislative concerns in office included agriculture, business climate, jobs, the economy, workers' compensation, education, and transportation. He served on the Minnesota Senate's Agriculture & Natural Resources, Local & Urban Government, Public Utilities & State Regulated Industries, and Veterans & General Legislation committees and various subcommittees relevant to each.<ref name="leg.state.mn.us"/>
Isackson died unexpectedly at his home in Storden on September 28, 1989.
==Election results: 1982-1986== {{Election box begin | title=1986 Minnesota Senate District 28 Election}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate = '''Doran Isackson''' (Inc.) |votes = 10,166 |percentage = 42.70% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Jim Vickerman |votes = 12,986 |percentage = 54.85% |change = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1982 Minnesota Senate District 28 Election}} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Republican Party (US) |candidate = '''Doran Isackson''' |votes = 13,640 |percentage = 50.86% |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Democratic Party (US) |candidate = Bob Moritz |votes = 12,347 |percentage = 46.04% |change = }} {{Election box end}}
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==External links== {{MN-legdb|10272}}
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