A Representative from Minnesota. Born in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, September 23, 1955. Graduated from Central High School, Waterloo, Iowa, 1973. B. A. , University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1979. M. A. , University of Colorado, Denver, Denver, Colo. , 1992. Radio broadcaster. Television host. Columnist. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress (January 3, 2017-January 3, 2019). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 2020.