Background
Kalin was born in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota and grew up in Sioux City, Iowa.
Kalin was born in Saint Louis Park, Minnesota and grew up in Sioux City, Iowa.
He graduated from South High School in Minneapolis. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics in 1996.
He was a candidate in the 2014 Minnesota Secretary of State election. From 2001 to 2003 he did graduate study in architecture and planning at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Kalin was the sole proprietor of JNK Studio from 1995 to 2004 and also taught at Watershed High School in Minneapolis from 1996 to 2000.
Kalin was first elected in 2006 and was reelected in 2008.
On March 2, 2010, he announced that he would not seek a third term. On July 9, 2013, Kalin announced his candidacy in the 2014 Minnesota Secretary of State election.
He announced he was withdrawing on October 4, 2013.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 17B, northeast of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He was a member of the House State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Committee, and also served on the Finance subcommittees for the Energy Finance and Policy Division and the State Government Finance Division, and on the State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Subcommittee for the Local Government Division.