Steve Sviggum
Statement about running for governor: Former Minnesota House Speaker Steve Sviggum has put his campaign on long-term hold following a ruling that his federal duties as the state's Labor and Industry commissioner prevent him from running for political office. “I’m suspending my campaign, I’m not ending it,” Sviguum told Mary Lahammer of “Almanac” on Aug. 19.
Party: GOP
Current government position: Minnesota commissioner of Labor and Industry.
Appointed: 2007
Birth date: Sept. 15, 1951
Home: Kenyon
Education: B.A., mathematics, St. Olaf College
Website: None
E-mail: Not available
Political experience: Former House speaker, 1999-2007; state representative from 1979 to 2007.
Background articles:
"No mutinies when Steve Sviggum captained the ship"
"Congratulations, Steve Swiggum"
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