on Nixon’s "enemies list", a fact he cited in future campaign speeches. In a 1982 race, Dayton called his wealth his "original sin" and promised to close tax loopholes for corporations and the rich. Dayton has been married three times. In 1978, he married Alida Ferry Rockefeller, at the Rockefeller home in Tarrytown, New York. Alida is the youngest sister of U.S. Senator John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV. Together they had two sons, Eric and Andrew. They divorced in 1986. Despite his wealth, Dayton lives modestly. He is a recovering alcoholic and has been treated for mild depression. He revealed this information on his own initiative, saying he felt "people have the right to know." In December 2012, Dayton underwent vertebral fusion surgery at the Mayo Clinic to treat his spinal stenosis. On June 25, 2013, he had to cancel an appearance due to a muscle tear. In January 2016, Dayton fainted while speaking at a campaign event in Woodbury, Minnesota. He was hospitalized overnight. A year later, he collapsed while giving the State of the State address to the Minnesota legislature. After a check by emergency medical services, he was reported to be in fine condition and was sent home that evening. The next day he announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer a week earlier. On October 8, 2019, the University of Minnesota's Center for Integrative Leadership announced that Dayton had joined the center as an Executive Leadership Fellow for the 2019–2020 academic year. In December 2020, Dayton married former congressional intern and campaign staffer Ana Orke. He first met her at a 2005 political fundraiser when he was in the U.S. Senate. Electoral history 1982: U.S. Senator 1998: Governor of Minnesota 2000: U.S. Senator 2010: Governor of Minnesota 2014: Governor of Minnesota Footnotes External links Governor Mark Dayton official Minnesota site |- |- |- |- |- |- 1947 births 21st-century American politicians American chief financial officers American people of English descent American Presbyterians Democratic Party governors of Minnesota Democratic Party United States senators from Minnesota Living people People from Long Lake, Minnesota Rockefeller family State Auditors of Minnesota State cabinet secretaries of Minnesota Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players Yale University alumni American men's ice hockey goaltenders