Biography
A Representative from Missouri. Born in Columbia, Boone County, Mo. , July 10, 1958. Graduated from Rolla High School, Rolla, Mo. , 1976. B. A. , University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. , 1979. J. D. , University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Mo. , 1983. Unsuccessful candidate for election the United States House of Representatives in 1990. Member, Missouri state house of representatives, 2000-2004. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-January 3, 2013). Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012.