Rep. Michele Bachmann: A Timeline
Rep. Michele Bachmann: A Timeline
| Raises $13.2 million in the 2009-10 election cycle and
defeats state Sen. Tarryl Clark (DFL). |
June 13 - Announces will run; June 27 - formally announces
candidacy in Waterloo, IA. |
Jan. 20 - On Inauguration Day, Bachmann will be 55 years, 9 1/2 months old. | .. | . | . |
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| Elected to the State Senate, District 56, defeating
incumbent Republican in the primary. |
. | Elected to the State Senate, District 52,
defeating incumbent Democrat. |
.. | . | Elected to Congress, defeating Patty
Wetterling (DFL) by 50% to 42% in the open 6th CD. |
. | Re-elected to
Congress defeating Elwyn Tinklenberg (DFL) by 46% to 43%. |
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| Tax attorney with Internal Revenue Service district counsel office in St. Paul, MN, 1988-92. | The Bachmanns begin taking in foster children, continue to
1998 (total of 23). |
. | . | . | . | . | Unsuccessful campaign for a seat on the Stillwater school board.. |
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| . | . | . | First of five children, son Lucas, is born. | . | . | J.D. from O.W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. | . | .LL.M. in tax law from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. | . |
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| Parents David and Jean Amble
divorce. |
. | . | Mother re-marries. | Graduates from Anoka High School. Summer working on Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel. |
. | Volunteers on Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign. | . | B.A. in political science from Winona State University. Marries Marcus Bachmann. |
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| . | . | . | . | . | . | Born April 6, 1956 in Waterloo, IA. | . |
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© 2011 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action |
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