Jeremy N. Kalin (born January 3, 1975) is a

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politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 17B, northeast of the

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metropolitan area. He was a candidate in the

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Early life, education, and career

Kalin was born in

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and grew up in

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. He graduated from Minneapolis South High School in

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. He attended the

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, graduating with a B.F.A. in ceramics in 1996. From 2001 to 2003 he did graduate study in architecture and planning at the

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. 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.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Kalin was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008. 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. On March 2, 2010, he announced that he would not seek a third term.

2014 Minnesota Secretary of State campaign

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.

Personal life

Kalin was a member of Concerned River Valley Citizens from 1997 to 2001, of the Chisago County Gateway Task Force from 2003 to 2004, and of the East Central Regional Arts Council from 2005 to 2006, and he has been a member of the

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since 2003. He married his wife, Hope, on August 12, 2007. They have two children, Jonah and Leah. Kalin is

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References

External links

Jeremy Kalin
''official campaign website''
Project Vote Smart - Rep. Jeremy Kalin Profile

Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Jeremy Kalin

Session Weekly 1/19/2007: "Designing new solutions: Kalin tries to keep the big picture in mind"
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