Dave Kleis

Dave Kleis ( born January 21, 1964) is an American politician. He was in the Senate from Minnesota, and since 2005 has been mayor of the 60,000 -inhabitant city of St. Cloud. Kleis is a member of the Republican Party.

Life

After completion of the Litchfield High School Dave Kleis studied political science and history at St. Cloud State University. In 1989 he graduated from the University magna cum laude. He then served active in the United States Air Force and later was a reservist. In 1991, Dave Kleis opened a driving school.

The chance of a higher political office received Kleist end of 1994. Sen. Joanne Benson was running mate of Governor Arne Carlson and was named after his re-election Deputy Governor of Minnesota. The elections for the Senate seat now free of the Republican Benson won their party colleague Dave Kleis. Enough for him 42.45 % of the votes to prevail against several opponents. His fiercest competitor Joe Opatz of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota was 37.94 %. In the regular Senataswahlen 1996, 2000 (2- year term ) and 2002 Kleis was re-elected, each with over 50 % of the vote. Kleis worked in various Senate committees, most often in the areas of education and crime prevention. From 2001 to 2004 he was one of the deputy chairmen of the Republican minority fraction ( Assistant Minority Leader ).

2005 competed Dave Kleis to the office of mayor of St. Cloud. As early as 1989 he had set out for election but Chuck Winkelman inferior. This time Kleis moved up into the mayor's office, he defeated incumbent John Elle Becker with nearly 1,000 -vote lead. His Senate seat was Kleis after this election victory prematurely.

In 2008 and most recently in November 2012 Dave Kleis was re-elected, he had apart from write- in candidates no opponents.