Background
Gauthier, Jim was born on May 18, 1954 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
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Jim Gauthier
Edit Profilepolitician member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Education
He graduated from Anoka High School in Anoka, then attended the University of Minnesota and Hamline University in Saint Paul.
Career
He formerly represented District 35A in the Minnesota House of Representatives. He earned his D.C. from Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Bloomington in 1979. Abeler was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1998 and was re-elected every two years since then until retiring in 2014.
Prior to the 2002 legislative redistricting, he represented the old District 49A. He served as chair of the Health Policy and Finance Subcommittee for the Health Care Cost Containment Division during the 2005 to 2006 biennium. He was elected to the Minnesota Senate in a special election on February 9, 2016 and assumed office on February 22, 2016. Abeler was a candidate of the 2014 U.S. Senate election in Minnesota.
He lost the Republican nomination to Mike McFadden.
Membership
A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 35 in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Interests
Connections
Married Barb Abeler; 6 children.
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Nationality
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Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Republican party
Career
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1978 - 1987
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1987