Sen. Tim Kaine tapped as Clinton's choice for VP
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Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has been tapped as Hillary Clinton's choice for vice president, Clinton announced late Friday.
According to his U.S. Senate biography, Kaine is one of 20 people in American history to have served as a mayor, governor and U.S. senator.
He was elected to the Senate in 2012. He serves on the Armed Services, Budget, Foreign Relations and Aging Committees. He is a ranking member of the Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee and the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development.
Kaine is a founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Career and Technical Education Caucus, which focuses on improving access to CTE programs to ensure that students of all ages are prepared with the skills they need for the jobs of the 21st century. Many of his proposals to advance CTE were included in the 2015 re-write of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
In the 114th Congress, Kaine has introduced many pieces of important legislation for Virginia, including a bill to recognize six Virginia Indian tribes. Inspired by a discussion he had with advocates for sexual assault survivors at the University of Virginia, Kaine championed successful legislation to encourage public secondary schools to teach students about how to prevent dating violence and sexual assault. And after numerous discussions with recovering addicts, families, medical professionals and law enforcement officials about the growing opioid epidemic in Virginia, Kaine introduced legislation to increase access to life-saving overdose medication and prevent drug-related deaths.
Kaine also has focused closely on climate change and its effects, especially sea level rise and flooding. In 2014, he co-hosted a bipartisan conference that brought together policymakers, experts and regional stakeholders to discuss strategies to combat the threat that these challenges pose to Hampton Roads, Va.
Kaine grew up working in his father’s ironworking shop in Kansas City. He was educated at the University of Missouri and Harvard Law School and started his public service career by taking a year off from Harvard to run a technical school founded by Jesuit missionaries in Honduras. After law school, he practiced law in Richmond for 17 years and began teaching part-time at the University of Richmond in 1987.
He was first elected to office in 1994, serving as a city council member and then mayor of Richmond, Va. He became lieutenant governor of Virginia in 2002 and was inaugurated as Virginia’s 70th governor in 2006.
Kaine is married to Anne Holton, who currently serves as Virginia Secretary of Education. A former legal aid lawyer and juvenile court judge, Anne previously ran Great Expectations, a program for more than 500 foster children attending Virginia community colleges.
The Kaines have three grown children.
According to his U.S. Senate biography, Kaine is one of 20 people in American history to have served as a mayor, governor and U.S. senator.
He was elected to the Senate in 2012. He serves on the Armed Services, Budget, Foreign Relations and Aging Committees. He is a ranking member of the Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee and the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations and Bilateral International Development.
Kaine is a founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Career and Technical Education Caucus, which focuses on improving access to CTE programs to ensure that students of all ages are prepared with the skills they need for the jobs of the 21st century. Many of his proposals to advance CTE were included in the 2015 re-write of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
In the 114th Congress, Kaine has introduced many pieces of important legislation for Virginia, including a bill to recognize six Virginia Indian tribes. Inspired by a discussion he had with advocates for sexual assault survivors at the University of Virginia, Kaine championed successful legislation to encourage public secondary schools to teach students about how to prevent dating violence and sexual assault. And after numerous discussions with recovering addicts, families, medical professionals and law enforcement officials about the growing opioid epidemic in Virginia, Kaine introduced legislation to increase access to life-saving overdose medication and prevent drug-related deaths.
Kaine also has focused closely on climate change and its effects, especially sea level rise and flooding. In 2014, he co-hosted a bipartisan conference that brought together policymakers, experts and regional stakeholders to discuss strategies to combat the threat that these challenges pose to Hampton Roads, Va.
Kaine grew up working in his father’s ironworking shop in Kansas City. He was educated at the University of Missouri and Harvard Law School and started his public service career by taking a year off from Harvard to run a technical school founded by Jesuit missionaries in Honduras. After law school, he practiced law in Richmond for 17 years and began teaching part-time at the University of Richmond in 1987.
He was first elected to office in 1994, serving as a city council member and then mayor of Richmond, Va. He became lieutenant governor of Virginia in 2002 and was inaugurated as Virginia’s 70th governor in 2006.
Kaine is married to Anne Holton, who currently serves as Virginia Secretary of Education. A former legal aid lawyer and juvenile court judge, Anne previously ran Great Expectations, a program for more than 500 foster children attending Virginia community colleges.
The Kaines have three grown children.