A Representative from Minnesota. Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, April 6, 1956. Graduated from Anoka High School, Anoka, Minn. , 1974. B. A. , Winona State University, Winona, Minn. , 1978. J. D. , Coburn School of Law, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Okla. , 1986. L. L. M. , College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. , 1988. Lawyer, private practice. Attorney, United States Department of the Treasury. Member of the Minnesota state senate, 2001-2006. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-January 3, 2015). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.