1. Kurt Bills has taught and coached high school since 1994.
16 Facts About Kurt Bills
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Kurt Bills served on the Rosemount City Council from 2008 to 2010.
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Kurt Bills then served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012.
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Kurt Bills was the Republican nominee for United States Senate in Minnesota in 2012, losing in a landslide to Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar.
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Kurt Bills is the former head coach of the wrestling team.
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In 2008, Kurt Bills was elected to the Rosemount City Council from a field of 26 candidates.
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Kurt Bills cited his students for his reason to enter the political arena.
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Kurt Bills ran for the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2010 in District 37B.
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Kurt Bills's district included Rosemount and parts of Apple Valley, in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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Kurt Bills was a chief author of bills supporting scholarships for early high school graduation; reduction of pay for legislators if the budget were not balanced by the end of the legislative session; and making gold and silver legal tender in Minnesota.
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On May 21,2011, Kurt Bills joined the House Republican Majority in voting for a constitutional amendment to constitutionally ban marriage for same-sex couples.
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Kurt Bills was among those legislators during the July 2011 Minnesota government shutdown who declined their pay.
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In March 2012, Kurt Bills announced his candidacy for the US Senate seat held by Amy Klobuchar.
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Kurt Bills was endorsed by GOP presidential contender Ron Paul, US senator Rand Paul and Minnesota House speaker Kurt Zellers.
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At the state Republican convention in May 2012, Kurt Bills received the Senate endorsement on the second ballot.
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Kurt Bills won the Republican primary on August 14,2012.