Martin Sabo
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Martin Olav Sabo (born February 28, 1938) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and the current United States Representative for Minnesota's fifth Congressional district (map (http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/mn05_109.gif)), based in Minneapolis.
Sabo was born of Norwegian immigrant parents in Crosby, North Dakota and in 1959 received a B.A. from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, later pursuing graduate studies at the University of Minnesota. A member of the DFL, he became a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1960, later serving as minority leader (1969-72) and as house speaker (1973-78). During his tenure in the state house he served terms as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures and of the National Legislative Conference, and was a presidential appointee to the National Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
When Congressman Don Fraser stepped down to run for mayor of Minneapolis, Sabo became the Democratic candidate to succeed him. He won easily in the heavily Democratic 5th district and has easily won reelection thirteen times since then. During the 103rd Congress (1993-94) he chaired the House Budget Committee. In the present (109th) Congress he sits on the House Appropriations Committee, and is the ranking member of that committee's Homeland Security subcommittee.
A Lutheran, Sabo is married and has two children and six grandchildren. His daughter, Julie Sabo, is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and was the 2002 Democratic Farmer Labor Party nominee for Lieutenant Governor.
External link
- Official website (http://www.house.gov/sabo/)