Timothy Walz

Tim Walz has been a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 1st Congressional District of Minnesota since 2007.

Environmental record
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Biography
Walz was born in West Point, Nebraska in 1964. When he was 17 he joined the Army National Guard and served for the next 24 years including in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Walz had previously started a small business, Educational Travel Adventures, Inc., that provides educational trips to China for high school students. Walz has also been an accomplished football coach and high school teacher, winning the 2002 Minnesota Ethics in Education award winner, 2003 Mankato Teacher of the Year, and the 2003 Minnesota Teacher of Excellence.

2006 election
Walz defeated Republican Rep. Gil Gutknecht 53% to 47% to take possession of the seat in the 2006 congressional elections. 

Money in politics
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Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

 * House Committee on Agriculture
 * Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research
 * Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management


 * House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
 * Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, & Emergency Management
 * Subcommittee on Highways, Transit & Pipelines
 * Subcommittee on Railroads


 * House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 * Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

External resources

 * Tim Walz for Congress, official campaign site.

Local blogs and discussion sites

 * Minnesota Democrats Exposed
 * Bluestem Prairie: News from Minnesota's First Congressional district
 * Inside Minnesota Politics
 * Minnesota Campaign Report
 * MN Publius.com
 * Paleocon Strikes
 * Evil Bobby
 * CubeZoo