Ron Kind

Ronald James " Ron " Kind ( born March 16, 1963 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is an American politician. Since 1997 he represents the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ron child studied at Harvard University until 1985, and then for a year at the London School of Economics in London. After a subsequent law degree from the Law School of the University of Minnesota and its made ​​in 1990 admitted to the bar he began to work in his new profession. Between 1992 and 1996 he served as a prosecutor in La Crosse County.

Politically, child joined the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1996 he was in the third electoral district of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Steven Gunderson on January 3, 1997. After he was confirmed in all subsequent elections, he can exercise his mandate in Congress today. He is a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, which deals with the tax laws, and the Committee on Natural Resources. In both committees, he is also still in several sub-committees. In Congress, he sat down for a mainly social and environmental protection. He also supported the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA). In the congressional elections of 2010, he won with 50 % of the vote against Republican Dan Kapanke ( 47%). He can take an additional two -year term on January 3, 2011.

With his wife, Tawni Ron child has two children.