Age: 47
Family: Wife Lois Quam; three sons
Home: St. Paul
Education: B.A., Macalester College; law degree, University of Minnesota
Career: Founder of Minnesota 2020, St. Paul-based think tank; state House member, 1995-2007; House minority leader, 2003-07; assistant Hennepin County Attorney, 1994-98; assistant state attorney general, 1990-94.
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