Question: In what state did Ashwin Madia run in an election against the American politician who won and has been serving in the United States House of Representatives 2009?

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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.

Emerson Etheridge: Henry Emerson Etheridge (September 28, 1819 – October 21, 1902) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district from 1853 to 1857, and again from 1859 to 1861.  He also served one term in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1845–1847) and one term in the Tennessee Senate (1869–1871).  After Tennessee seceded in 1861, he was elected Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, serving until 1863.

United States House of Representatives Page: United States House of Representatives Page Program was a program run by the United States House of Representatives, under the office of the Clerk of the House, in which voluntary appointed high school juniors applicants acted as non-partisan federal employees in the House of Representatives, providing supplemental administrative support to House operations in a variety of capacities in Washington, D.C., at the United States Capitol.  Pages reported to "Chief Pages", commonly referred to as work bosses (or "House Page Work Supervisors") on the Democratic and Republican sides of the House of Representatives Floor.  As was the practice in Middle Ages, pages were used as a messaging service for the four main House Office Buildings (Rayburn, Longworth, Cannon, and Ford) as well as inside the Capitol.  Other Page responsibilities included: taking statements from members of Congress after speeches (for the Congressional Record), printing and delivering vote reports to various offices, tending members' personal needs while on the floor of the House, managing phones in the cloakrooms, and ringing the bells for votes.  Pages were nominated by representatives based upon a highly competitive application process.  Congressional Pages had served within the U.S. House of Representatives for almost 180 years.

Katcho Achadjian: Katcho Achadjian (born June 2, 1951) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly.  He is a Republican representing the 35th district, encompassing San Luis Obispo County and part of Santa Barbara County.  He previously represented the 33rd district, and prior to being elected to the State Assembly, was also a member of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors.  In 2016, he chose not to run for re-election to the Assembly in order to run for the United States House of Representatives from the 24th district, where he was defeated in the primary election.

Henry B. Payne: 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.

Ashwin Madia: 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.

Joshua A. Newville: Joshua A. Newville, known as simply Josh Newville (born August 9, 1984), is an American attorney and gay rights advocate.  He is an Associate Attorney at Madia Law LLC, a Minneapolis, MN-based law firm owned by Ashwin Madia specializing in civil rights and employment discrimination civil litigation.  In 2014, Newville sued state officials in both South Dakota and North Dakota over the states' bans on same-sex marriage.  Newville gained national attention for taking on the last two unchallenged state bans on same-sex marriage in the United States.

Anne Northup: Anne Meagher Northup (born January 22, 1948) is an American Republican politician from the state of Kentucky.  From 1997 to 2007, she represented the Louisville-centered 3rd congressional district of Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives, where she served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.  She lost reelection to Democratic politician John Yarmuth in the 2006 election.  She then ran for governor, losing by 15 points to embattled Governor of Kentucky Ernie Fletcher in the Republican primary election for the 2007 Kentucky gubernatorial election.  Prior to her election to the United States House of Representatives, Northup had served in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Ron Slotin: Ronald D. "Ron" Slotin (born 1963/64) is an American politician from the state of Georgia.  He served in the Georgia State Senate, opting not to run for reelection in 1996 so that he could run for the United States House of Representatives seat for Georgia 's 4 congressional district .  He ran in the 2017 special election to represent Georgia 's 6 congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, but was unsuccessful.

Christopher Harris Williams: Christopher Harris "Kit" Williams (December 18, 1798 – November 27, 1857) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's United States House of Representatives, thirteenth and United States House of Representatives, eleventh districts in the United States House of Representatives.

Supporting paragraphs: Ashwin Madia Erik Paulsen
Answer: Minnesota