Biography
A Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., July 12, 1954; graduated from South St. Paul High School, St. Paul, Minn., 1972; A.A., Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 1980; B.A., College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn., 1987; member of the Minnesota state house of representatives, 1992-2001; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-present).
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress