Education
Gustavus Adolphus College.
Gustavus Adolphus College.
A Democrat, Kath was also an American Studies, Economics and Political Science teacher at Owatonna High School in Owatonna. Kath was first elected in 2008, succeeding four-term Republican Connie Ruth, who did not seek re-election.
He was re-elected in 2010.
He also served on the Finance Subcommittee for the State Government Finance Division, and on the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Subcommittee for the Crime Victims/Criminal Records Division. Kath graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter in 2000, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Secondary Education.
He went on to Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, earning his Master of Surgery in Educational Leadership. Prior to becoming a teacher, he worked as a constituent advocate for the late United States. Senator Paul Wellstone.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
He was vice chair of the House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight Committee, and was a member of the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee.