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Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN1]
U.S. Representative, Minnesota’s 1st District

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State:Minnesota [map]
District:1st Congressional District [map]
Party:Democrat
Birthday:Apr 6, 1964 / 45 years old

To contact Timothy Walz, visit his official website. (Read our tips for communicating with Congress.) See the Project Vote Smart page for Walz for more biographical and issue information.

On the Floor
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Congressional Service

Timothy Walz has represented Minnesota’s 1st congressional district since 2007.

Below are the past and present terms in the Senate, House, and White House held by Timothy Walz:

WhenRoleRepresenting
2007-2010
U.S. RepresentativeMinnesota’s 1st
(was preceeded by Gilbert Gutknecht)

Sponsorship Analysis

"Ideometer"Walz is a moderate Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

These labels come from the Political Spectrum statistical analysis that we have carried out. The statistical analysis puts members of Congress on a scale based on patterns of bill sponsorship, and is blind to party affiliation and the content of bills. From there, we have somewhat arbitrarily divided the Members of Congress into far-left/right, rank-and-file, and moderate (i.e. centrist). For each party, the most extreme 23% of Members of Congress are labeled far-left or -right. The most centrist 30% (i.e. those closest to the other party) are labeled moderate. The remaining 47% are labeled as rank-and-file.

"Leader-Follower Score"
Walz is a follower according to our statistical analysis of bills in this legislative session. Walz tends to cosponsors the bills of other Members of Congress who do not cosponsor Walz’s own bills. For more, see congressional statistics.

To compute the leader-follower score for Walz, we make a table that lists all other Members of Congress. Each row has the number bills sponsored by Walz and cosponsored by the other Member of Congress divided by the number of bills sponsored by the other Member of Congress and cosponsored by Walz.

This is a measure of who is following who. The higher the number, the more times others are cosponsoring Walz's bills without Walz returning the favor. We then take the mean of (the logorithms of) these ratios. Thanks to Joe Barillari for the idea.

Voting Record

Voting RecordTimothy Walz missed 19 (1%) of 2915 votes since Jan 4, 2007. The graph to the left shows the number of missed votes over time. Click for a larger chart and a list of recent votes.

Money & Influence

The top campaign contribution to Walz in 2007-2008 was $51,889 from employees of Mayo Clinic. Timothy Walz’s net worth was between $-225,988 and $509,996 in 2007, according to Walz’s mandated financial disclosure statements. For more information, see the Center for Responsive Politics’ page for Walz.

Committee Membership

Timothy Walz sits on the following committees:

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Walz’s most recently sponsored bills include...

H.R. 3787: To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
H.R. 2782: To amend title 23, United States Code, to incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3030: Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2009
H.Res. 571: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should relinquish its temporary ownership interests in the General Motors Corporation and Chrysler Group, LLC, as soon as possible and should not micromanage or unduly intercede in management decisions of such companies.
H.R. 3135: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional incentives for facilities producing electricity from wind.

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Photo from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.