Question: Which American politician serving in the United States House of Representatives defeated Terri Bonoff in the general election?
Context: Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.  In 1940, Attlee took Labour into the wartime coalition government and served under Winston Churchill, becoming the first person to hold the office of Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.  He went on to lead the Labour Party to an unexpected landslide victory at the 1945 general election; forming the first Labour majority government, and a mandate to implement its postwar reforms.  The 12.0% national swing from the Conservatives to Labour was unprecedented at that time and remains the largest ever achieved by any party at a general election in British electoral history.  He was re-elected with a narrow majority at the 1950 general election.  In the following year, Attlee called a snap general election, hoping to increase his parliamentary majority.  However, he was narrowly defeated by the Conservatives under the leadership of Winston Churchill; despite winning the most votes of any political party in any general election in British political history until the Conservative Party's fourth consecutive victory in 1992.  Attlee remains the longest-ever serving Leader of the Labour Party. Terri E. Bonoff (born August 1, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Minnesota.  She is a former member of the Minnesota Senate, representing District 44, which included portions of Minnetonka, Plymouth and Woodland in Hennepin County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.  A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in 2016.  She was defeated by incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen in the general election. Hiroko Nakano (仲野 博子 , Nakano Hiroko , born 1959) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.  A native of Mutsu, Aomori and graduate of Hirosaki Gakuin University she ran for the Diet for the first time in 2000 after serving three terms in the city assembly of Nemuro, Hokkaido since 1989.  In her second attempt, she won a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2003 general election. Jigar Ashwin Madia, known as Ashwin Madia (born March 3, 1978), is an American attorney and Iraq War veteran who ran for the United States Congress in Minnesota's 3rd congressional district in 2008.  He won the endorsement of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party (DFL) against other candidates including State Senator Terri Bonoff (DFL); the only announced candidate for the Republican nomination was Erik Paulsen. Erik Philip Paulsen (born May 14, 1965) is an American politician serving in the United States House of Representatives for Minnesota 's 3 congressional district since 2009.  A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and as Majority Leader from 2003 to 2007.  His district in the western part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area includes Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Edina, Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth and Wayzata. Masashi Nakano (中野 正志 , Nakano Masashi , born February 29, 1948) is a Japanese politician and Secretary-General of the Party for Japanese Kokoro.  A native of Shiogama, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University, he was first elected to the assembly of Miyagi Prefecture in 1983.  During his second term as an assemblyman, he contested the national House of Councillors election in 1989 as an independent but was defeated.  He was elected to the House of Representatives in the national Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party in the 1996 general election, representing Miyagi District No.2.  In the 2000 general election he was defeated in his district by Sayuri Kamata.  In the 2003 general election he was again defeated by Kamata in Miyagi No.2, but was elected to return to the House of Representatives as a member for the Tōhoku proportional block.  He retained his seat in the 2005 general election and was appointed Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in Shinzo Abe's first ministry in 2007.  He contested his seat in the 2009 general election as a Liberal Democratic Party candidate and with an endorsement from the Komeito Party, but lost his seat as the LDP lost a general election for the first time since the party was formed in 1955. Svante L. Myrick (born March 15, 1987) is an American politician serving as the mayor of Ithaca, New York.  He is a member of the Democratic Party.  In September 2011, Myrick won a contested primary election for the Democratic Party mayoral nomination, and on November 8, 2011, won the general election with 54.9% of the vote, defeating three other candidates (two independents and one Republican).  Upon taking office In January 2012, he became the city’s youngest mayor and its first African-American mayor.  Myrick was born in Florida and raised in the small town of Earlville, New York.  First elected at age of 20 to Ithaca's Common Council, he was one of the youngest elected African Americans in United States history.  At 30, he is one of the youngest mayors in US history and one of the few to be popularly elected by citywide vote. Henry B. Payne (November 30, 1810September 9, 1896) was an American politician from Ohio.  Moving to Ohio from his native New York in 1833, he quickly established himself in law and business while becoming a local leader in Democratic politics.  After serving in the Ohio Senate, Payne was elected to a single term in the United States House of Representatives in 1874.  In the House, he worked unsuccessfully for a compromise in the debate over whether all of the nation's currency should be backed by gold.  He was defeated for reelection, but served on the Electoral Commission that convened in early 1877 to resolve the dispute over the results of the 1876 presidential election.  He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1880, but lost to Winfield Scott Hancock, who would go on to lose the general election to James A. Garfield.  He was elected to the United States Senate in 1884.  His election by the Ohio legislature was tainted with charges of bribery, but after investigation by the Senate, Payne was permitted to keep his seat.  In the Senate, he voted for moderate tariff reforms and against the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, but was otherwise a reliable Democratic vote.  He did not run for reelection, and died in 1896. Atzo Nicolaï (born 22 February 1960) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).  He served as a member of the House of Representatives from 19 May 1998 until 22 July 2002 when he became State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinets Balkenende I and II.  He again had a short stint as an MP following the Dutch general election of 2003 serving from 30 January 2003 until 27 May 2003.  He became Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Balkenende III serving from 7 July 2006 until 22 February 2007 following the resignation of Alexander Pechtold.  After the Dutch general election of 2006 Nicolaï returned to the House of Representatives and took office on 30 November 2006.  Following the Dutch general election of 2010 Nicolaï became a likely candidate as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the cabinet formation of 2010 but his appointment was blocked by the coalition partner Party for Freedom (PVV).  Nicolaï resigned as an MP on 31 May 2011.  Next day he became a member of the board of directors of the chemical multinational DSM. The Michigan Attorney General election of 2018 will take place on November 6, 2018, alongside elections to be Michigan's governor, Class I United States Senator, [Michigan Secretary of State election, 2018|Secretary of State]], as well elections for Michigan's 14 seats in the United States House of Representatives, all 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives; to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan.  Incumbent Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette is prohibited from seeking a third term due to term limits.  The Michigan GOP is looking to win its 5th straight Attorney General election.  Along with the offices of Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State, the nominees for Attorney General will be chosen by party delegates at their respective party conventions.
Answer: Erik Paulsen