House 2009-2010 (District 38B)
Party when first elected: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Counties Served:
Dakota
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
4/21/1973 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Catholic
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Eagan
Occupation (when first elected):
Attorney; Winthrop and Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis
EDUCATION
Glenwood City High School, Wisconsin; Secondary; Graduate
Loras College, Iowa; B.A.; Media and Public Address, Political Science Emphasis; Magna Cum Laude, 1996
University of Iowa, Law School; J.D.; Law, With High Distinction, 2001
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Sara
Children:
Two children: (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was adopted and raised on a dairy farm.
He was listed as being 35 years old in 2008 so his birth year must be around 1973.
He successfully sought the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party endorsement to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 2012 election. (He faced no primary opponent.) His opponent was Republican United States Representative John Kline. He lost the general election.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 2006 elections.
He was a member of St. Thomas Becket Catholic Church in Eagan, Minnesota.
Religion provided by the St. Paul Pioneer Press Voter's Guide, 2008.