Kory Kath

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kory Kath | image = | state_house = Minnesota | state = Minnesota | district = 26A | term_start = 2009 | term_end = January 7, 2013 | preceded = Connie Ruth | succeeded = ''district redrawn'' | party = Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | birth_date = July 1977 | birth_place = Meriden, Minnesota | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Gustavus Adolphus College<br>Southwest Minnesota State University | profession = educator, legislator | spouse = | children = }} '''Kory L. Kath''' (born July 1977) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 26A, which included all or portions of Steele and Waseca counties in the southeastern part of the state. As a Democrat, Kath was also an American Studies, Economics and Political Science teacher at Owatonna High School in Owatonna, where he is currently Principal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15305 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Kath, Kory |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

Kath was first elected in 2008, succeeding four-term Rep. Connie Ruth, who did not seek re-election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10576 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Ruth, Connie |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref> He was re-elected in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.blog.gustavus.edu/2010/11/03/five-alumni-elected-to-state-legislature/|title = Five Alumni Elected to State Legislature|date = November 3, 2010}}</ref> He was vice chair of the House K-12 Education Policy and Oversight Committee, and was a member of the Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee and the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee. He also served on the Finance Subcommittee for the State Government Finance Division, and on the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Subcommittee for the Crime Victims/Criminal Records Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15305 |title=Kory Kath (DFL) 26A - Minnesota House of Representatives |publisher=House.leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

Kath graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter in 2000, receiving his B.A. in Political Science and Secondary Education. He went on to Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, earning his M.S. in Educational Leadership. Prior to becoming a teacher, he worked as a constituent advocate for the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=109221|title = The Voter's Self Defense System}}</ref>

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== External links == {{MN-legdb|15305}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=15305 Rep. Kath Web Page] * [https://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=109221 Project Votesmart - Rep. Kory Kath Profile] * [https://archive.today/20130128220747/http://www.mankato-freepress.com/local/local_story_365220024.html Mankato Free Press 12/30/2008: "Kory Kath hits ground running"]

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