Steve Kagen

Steven Leslie " Steve" Kagen ( born December 12, 1949 in Appleton, Wisconsin) is an American politician. Between 2007 and 2011 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Steve Kagen first attended the Appleton East High School and then studied at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. After a subsequent medical studies at the same university and its made ​​in 1976 Admitted to the doctor, he began to work in his new profession. He specialized in allergies and was the founder of four allergy clinics in Appleton, Green Bay, Fond du Lac and Oshkosh. Here he succeeded in medical research some new insights in the fields of allergy and asthma. For seven years he also acted as the sole advisor to the allergy CNN. Kagen was now also a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

Politically, Kagen joined the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 2006 he was in the eighth constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Mark Andrew Green on January 3, 2007. After a re-election in 2008, he was able to implement his mandate in Congress until January 3, 2011. There he was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Transport and infrastructure, and in five sub-committees. In the 2010 elections, he was defeated by Republican Reid Ribble. The election result was in the national trend in favor of the Republican Party.

Steve Kagen is married to Gayle Kagen. Private the couple lives in Appleton.