| Al Doty | |
| State House: | Minnesota |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | 12B |
| Term Start: | January 3, 2007 |
| Term End: | January 3, 2011 |
| Preceded: | Greg Blaine |
| Succeeded: | Mike LeMieur |
| Party: | Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
| Birth Date: | 19 October 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Minnesota |
| Alma Mater: | University of Minnesota Morris University of Manitoba |
| Profession: | senior citizen advocate, educator, legislator |
| Spouse: | Donna |
| Children: | 2 |
| Residence: | Royalton, Minnesota |
Al Doty (born October 19, 1945) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 12B, which includes portions of Crow Wing and Morrison counties.[1] A Democrat, he was first elected in 2006 when he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Greg Blaine.[2] He was re-elected in 2008, but was unseated by Republican Mike LeMieur in the 2010 general election.[3]
Doty taught social studies, coached wrestling, and was technology coordinator at Pierz High School in Pierz from 1968 until he retired in 1999. After retiring, he went to work as a senior citizen advocate for Horizon Health, Inc. in Pierz.
In 2004, Doty ran for the District 12B seat as an Independence Party candidate against Rep. Blaine and DFL-endorsed candidate Bob Keeton. Blaine won the election.[4] In March 2006, he was asked by the DFL Party to run as their candidate after Bob Keeton dropped out. He won the election by 582 votes.[5] In 2008, he was challenged by Little Falls city councilman Mike LeMieur. He was re-elected by a narrow margin of 76 votes.[6] In 2012, Doty ran for the Minnesota Senate in the redrawn District 9 and was defeated by Paul Gazelka.
Doty served on the House Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee and on that committee's subcommittee for Veterans Affairs. He was also a member of the Finance subcommittees for the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division, and the Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division.
Note: The ±% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party from the previous election.