Kurt Bills
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| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 37B district |
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In office January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Phil Sterner |
| Succeeded by | district redrawn |
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Kurt P. Bills January 8, 1970 Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Bills |
| Children | Kyla, Cassandra, Hayden, Olivia |
| Alma mater | Winona State University |
| Occupation | High School Economics Teacher |
| Religion | Christian |
Kurt P. Bills (born January 8, 1970) is an American politician, who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011-2012. In 2012, he received the Republican nomination for United States Senate and ran against Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar in November losing to the incumbent by a margin of 35%.
Bills attended Winona State University earning a B.S. in secondary social studies education, B.A. in US history, and M.A. in education.
Since 1996, Bills has worked as a secondary at Rosemount High School, teaching courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and American Government & Politics. He is also the former head coach of the wrestling team.
In 2008, Bills was elected to the Rosemount City Council from a field of 26 candidates.
Bills cites his students for his reason to enter the political arena. In Bills words: "In 2007, when studying fiscal policy, national debt, deficits, and entitlements, a student asked why solutions are not sought if we know that we have structural problems. I explained how politicians make self-interested choices just like the rest of us. After a short discussion about party structure, media and election cycle politics, one of my more politically active students, in a mixture of depression, anger and frustration asked, 'Mr. Bills, what are we supposed to do about this?'"
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