Michele Marie Bachmann (née Amble; April 6, 1956 is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota's 6th congressional district, and a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. She previously served in the Minnesota State Senate and is the first Republican woman to represent the state in Congress
Bachmann is a supporter of the Tea Party movement and a founder of the House Tea Party Caucus1 Early life, education, and early career
Bachmann was born in Waterloo, Iowa, "into a family of Norwegian Lutheran Democrats; her family moved from Iowa to Minnesota when she was 13 years old After her parents divorced, Bachmann's father, David John Amble, moved to California, and Bachmann was raised by her mother, Jean (née Johnson), who worked at the First National Bank in Anoka, Minnesota. Her mother remarried when Bachmann was a teenager; the new marriage resulted in a family with nine children.
She graduated from Anoka High School in 1974 and, after graduation, spent time working on a kibbutz in Israel In 1978 she graduated from Winona State University with a B.A.
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