Here's some background stuff I didn't know about Tim for anyone for might care to take a look. I knew Tim because I worked in a small (now defunct) law firm where he was a partner. What I do know is that he's been being groomed for decades to (ultimately) have the position of President of the United States. (It wouldn't surprise me one bit if he's not hoping Hillary will suffer a brain aneurism or heart attack if it will clear the way for him - oh, and as a Virginia resident at the time Kaine was Governor I would strongly suggest that everyone hang on to their wallets). His wife Ann is a daughter of former Virgina Governor Linwood Holton. She is also a lawyer and at one time a Judge (I believe in the Juvenile Court). She was appointed Secretary of Education by current Virginia Governor Terry McCauliff ... surely everyone knows the Clinton/McCauliff connection.
Tim Kaine - Discover the Networks
Tim Kaine- pretty interesting guy
Timothy Michael "
Tim"
Kaine (born February 26, 1958) is an American attorney and politician serving as the
junior United States Senator from
Virginia. A
Democrat, Kaine was elected to the Senate
in 2012 and is the nominee of his party for
Vice President of the United States in the
2016 election.
Born in
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Kaine grew up in
Overland Park, Kansas, graduated from the
University of Missouri, and earned a law degree from
Harvard Law School before entering private practice and becoming a lecturer at the
University of Richmond School of Law. He was first elected to public office in 1994, when he won a seat on the
Richmond, Virginia, City Council. He was then elected
mayor of Richmond in 1998, serving in that position until being elected
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2001. Kaine was elected
governor of Virginia in 2005, serving from 2006 to 2010. He was chairman of the
Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011.
He is the eldest of three sons
[1][2] born to Mary Kathleen (née Burns), a home economics teacher, and Albert Alexander Kaine, Jr., a welder and the owner of a small iron-working shop.
Kaine received his
B.A. in
economics from the
University of Missouri in 1979, completing his degree in three years and graduating
summa cum laude.
[1][2] He was a
Coro Foundation fellow in Kansas City in 1978.
[9] He entered
Harvard Law School in 1979, interrupting his law studies after his first year to work in
Honduras[10][11][a] for nine months from 1980 to 1981, helping Jesuit
missionaries who ran a
Catholic school in
El Progreso.
[7][14] While running a vocational center that taught carpentry and welding, he also helped increase the school's enrollment by recruiting local villagers.
[2] Kaine is fluent in
Spanish as a result of his year in Honduras.
[14]
In May 1994, Kaine was elected to the
city council of the
independent city of
Richmond,
[16] from the City's 2nd District.
[20][21] He defeated incumbent city councilman Benjamin P.A. Warthen
[8] by 97 votes.
[22] Kaine served four terms on the council, the latter two as mayor.
[16][23]
So has been a lawyer, a city council member, a mayor, Lt Governor, Governor and U.S. Senator.
Based upon his experience he certainly is qualified.
