I first saw the info in Anoka County Union, print edition, and have not found it on the online site. However, reports are online here quoting a Jungbauer candidacy announcement, MPR's Polinaut here, a brief Wikipedia page here and MinnPost here. The official senate site is here, and the photo from during the recently-ended legislative session and this "about" excerpt are from the campaign site, here:A pastor, a water treatment designer and a business man, Senator Jungbauer has fused his diverse backgrounds for a common goal of common sense public service, particularly in the field of environmental policy. After an early political start lobbying Congress for farm policy reform, Senator Jungbauer spent two decades becoming a national expert on waste-water treatment design, earning a patent in bioremediation and consulting on water projects in Poland, Germany, Honduras and the Philippines. A degree from Moody Bible Institute also prepared Jungbauer for years of youth ministry and coupled with his professional experience, enabled he and his family to join church members on several missions to build safer water quality infrastructure in third world communities.
Years of listening to each side’s frustrations in key debates -- from environmental and land use policies to the respective concerns of unions and employers - renewed Jungbauer’s interest in public service and building better consensus in state and local law. After winning two terms as the Mayor of his hometown, Jungbauer ran for and was elected to the Minnesota State Senate in 2002.
Recently, Senator Jungbauer has been appointed to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) standing committee on Agriculture, Environment & Energy.
When he’s not working at the Capitol, Jungbauer spends his free hours pursuing a degree in Environmental Policy at Metropolitan State University and his main stress relievers are running, biking and traveling to new locations with his family.
That's the main part of that web bio statement, but read it all and check the links. If the effort leads to a blind end, the Senate seat will not likely be sought by any GOP challenger, there is security that way in entering the statewide contest.