Tom Emmer

A Representative from Minnesota. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. , March 3, 1961. Graduated from St. Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights, Minn. , 1979. B. A. , University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1984. J. D. , Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minn. , 1988. Radio host. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Independence, Minn. , city council, 1995-2002. Member of the Delano, Minn. , city council, 2003-2004. Member of the Minnesota state house of representatives, 2004-2010, deputy minority leader, 2007-2008. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 2004. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present). Majority whip (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).