Background
Skoe, Rod W. was born on August 9, 1954 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States.
Skoe, Rod W. was born on August 9, 1954 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States.
Skoe completed high school at Kelliher High School in Kelliher, and later received a Bachelor of Arts from in Minneapolis.
Logger, 1979—1985; farmer, since 1985. Former chairman Clearwater Company DFL. Former director Clearbrook-Gonvick School Board.
Chairman Cultivated Wild Rice Council, Minnesota. Member Dist 2B Minnesota House of Representatives, 1999—2002. Commissioner Dist 4 Clearwater.
Director & chairman Clearwater Health Service Board. Director Northern Wild Rice Producers Co-Operation, Minnesota. Advisor Agriculture Utilization Research Institute.
Member District 2 Minnesota State Senate, since 2003.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, Democratic Party.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 2, which includes all or portions of Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and Wadena counties in the northwestern part of the state.
Married Sarah Hoagberg. 2 children.