Tim Walberg

Tim Walberg

Timothy Lee "Tim" Walberg (born April 12, 1951 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American politician . Between 2007 and 2009 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives . After his election victory in 2010, he was able to take over this mandate again on January 3, 2011.

Career

Tim Walberg attended Western Illinois University in Macomb between 1969 and 1970 . He then studied until 1975 at Fort Wayne Bible College and then until 1978 at Wheaton College , also in the state of Illinois. Later he took up the profession of clergyman. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1983 to 1998 . In 2004 he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the upcoming elections for Congress. In the 2006 congressional election , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Joe Schwarz on January 3, 2007 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Mark Schauer in 2008 , he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 2009 . He was considered conservative there and was a member of the Agriculture Committee , the Labor and Education Committee and some sub-committees. In the 2010 elections , Walberg was able to win back his old seat in Congress. This result was in line with the federal trend in favor of the Republican Party. After three re-elections so far in 2012, 2014 and 2016, he can continue to exercise his office today. His new legislative term runs until January 3, 2019 with the option of a further candidacy in 2018.

Tim Walberg is married and has three children. Privately he lives in Tipton .

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• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia

Web links

• Tim Walberg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)