Priscilla Lord

Priscilla Lord (born June 21, 1942) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 Minnesota U.S. Senate election.
Biography
Lord was born in Minneapolis to Miles and Maxine Lord. Her father would later serve as Minnesota Attorney General from 1955 to 1960 and then as Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota and as U.S. Attorney. Her late brother, Jim Lord, served as a state senator and State Treasurer (1975-1983). Lord is currently the Managing Partner at Lord + Heinlein Law Office.
A graduate of the University of Minnesota, she worked for Hubert Humphrey, Senator and Young Life before teaching third grade and special education. She worked in investment real estate for ten years, and once sat on the Sunfish Lake City Council.
Lord, who obtained a J.D. degree from Hamline University, opened her own practice as a personal injury lawyer in 1993. In 2006 and 2007, she was named a Minnesota Super Lawyer by .
In July 2008, she announced that she would be challenging Al Franken, who had been endorsed by the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, for the party's nomination in the U.S. Senate election. Described by the Associated Press as Franken's "most visible Democratic rival," she won 29 percent of the primary vote to Franken's 65 percent. Brian Bakst of MPR News writes she "managed to take some glow off Franken’s victory." During the primary campaign, NPR reported Lord Faris went "negative" on Franken with her first anti-Franken ad. During the general election campaign, Republican candidate Norm Coleman repurposed part of an ad by Lord Faris into an ad against Franken.
Lord was married to Wayne Faris, with whom she had three children. Her teenaged son, Wayne Faris, Jr. was killed by a drunk driver in 1989, after which she spent two years lobbying for MADD and advocating social host legislation.

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