Michele Bachmann

Michele Marie Bachmann (née Amble; born April 6, 1956) is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing , 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 Caucus.

Early life, education, and early career

Born Michele Marie Amble in Waterloo, Iowa, "into a family of Norwegian Lutheran Democrats", The Des Moines Register, October 20, 2009.Ode, Kim (July 22, 2007), , Star Tribune, retrieved March 25, 2011 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., Ancestry.com

She graduated from Anoka High School in 1974 and, after graduation, spent time working on a......
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