ABOUT JEFF:

Community

• Youth football and soccer coach.
• Sunday School teacher and church council member
...at Calvary Lutheran Church.
• Member of Governor’s Workforce Development Council.
• Volunteer at Plymouth Creek Elementary School.
• Board member of Plymouth Christian Youth Center
... in North Minneapolis.


Professional

• Small business owner (Midwest Employment Resources)
...in Plymouth.
• Nationally-recognized speaker on employment law
...and harassment investigations.
• J.D., Georgetown University Law School,
... Washington, D.C., 1992.
• B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., 1989.


Personal 

• Married to wife, Sondi, since 1993.
• Two sons, Thor (10) and Rolf (7).
• Born and raised in Detroit Lakes, Minn.
• Plymouth resident since 1995.

 
Political/Legislative

• State Representative – 2001 to 2007.
• Assistant House majority leader - 2003 to 2007.
• Republican candidate for Minnesota Attorney
... General - 2006.
• Chief author of House bills to:

...—Significantly limit the power of government to
..... take private property through eminent domain.

...—Eliminate state mandates imposed on Minnesota
..... school districts.

...—Prohibit children under 17 from renting or buying
..... extremely violent or pornographic video games.

...—Combat the methamphetamine epidemic and
..... meth lab proliferation.

...—Require sexual predators to wear GPS
..... monitoring devices.