Tom Saxhaug (born February 22, 1948) is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 3, which includes portions of Aitkin, Itasca, Koochiching and Lake of the Woods counties in the northern part of the state. A Democrat, he was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.

Saxhaug is a member of the Senate's Education Committee and Environment and Natural Resources Committee. He also serves on the Environment and Natural Resources subcommittees for Forestry (which he chairs) and for Public Lands and Waters, and on the Finance subcommittees for the E-12 Education Budget and Policy Division, the Economic Development and Housing Budget Division, the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division, and the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Budget Division-Natural Resources (which he also chairs).

Saxhaug completed his secondary education at Grand Rapids High School in Grand Rapids and later received a B.A. from St. Olaf College in Northfield. Prior to his election to the Senate, he served on the Grand Rapids City Council from 1995-1997, and was an Itasca County Commissioner from 1997-2003. He and his wife, Nancy, have two children.

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External links

• Senator Saxhaug Web Page
• Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Senator Tom Saxhaug