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Where was Martin Olav Sabo educated from 1959 to 1960?
Martin Olav Sabo Martin Olav Sabo ( February 28 , 1938 – March 13 , 2016 ) was an American politician who served as United States Representative for , which includes Minneapolis ; the district is one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota . Early life and education . Sabo was born in Crosby , North Dakota , the son of Norwegian immigrant parents . He received a B.A . from Augsburg College in Minneapolis in 1959 , later pursuing graduate studies at the University of Minnesota . Career . Minnesota Legislature . He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1960 at the age of 22 , later serving as minority leader ( 1969–72 ) and as the first Democrat to serve as house speaker ( 1973–78 ) . During his tenure in the state house he served terms as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures and of the National Legislative Conference , and was a presidential appointee to the National Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations . U.S . Congress . When eight-term incumbent and fellow Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party ( DFL ) member Donald M . Fraser stepped down to run for the U.S . Senate , Sabo became the DFL candidate to succeed him in what had become the most reliably Democratic district in Minnesota ( Fraser had defeated a 10-term Republican in 1962 and hadnt faced serious opposition since ) . He won easily in November 1978 and was reelected thirteen times without serious opposition , serving in the 96th , 97th , 98th , 99th , 100th , 101st , 102nd , 103rd , 104th , 105th , 106th , 107th , 108th and 109th congresses . During the 103rd Congress ( 1993–94 ) he chaired the House Budget Committee . As chairman of the Committee , he shepherded the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 through the House , legislation that allowed the United States to erase its budget deficit by 1999 . ( The deficit subsequently returned. ) In the 109th United States Congress he sat on the House Appropriations Committee , and was the ranking member of that committees Homeland Security subcommittee . A Lutheran , Sabo was married and had two children and six grandchildren . His daughter , Julie Sabo , is a former member of the Minnesota Senate and was the 2002 DFL nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota . Sabo was inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame in 1994 . During the course of his career Sabo referred to himself as a liberal decentrist , preferring progressive politics , but local control instead of federal control . Sabo was considered to be the most liberal member of the Minnesota delegation in the 109th Congress , scoring 4% conservative by a conservative group and 90% progressive by a liberal group . Later career . On March 18 , 2006 , he announced that he would not seek reelection for the 110th Congress , ending 46 years as an elected official , including 28 years in Congress – the second-longest tenure in either house of Congress in the states history , behind only fellow Democrat Jim Oberstar . He endorsed his longtime chief of staff , Mike Erlandson , in the DFL primary—the real contest in this district . Erlandson lost to State Representative Keith Ellison , also a progressive DFLer , who won the general election and succeeded Sabo on January 4 , 2007 . Sabo served as a co-chair of the National Transportation Policy Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center . For his work on acquiring funding for transportation projects and specifically pedestrian and bicycling funding , the Midtown Greenway bridge in Minneapolis was named the Martin Olav Sabo Bridge . Personal life . Sabo died March 13 , 2016 , in Minneapolis , Minnesota , at the age of 78 . He had been hospitalized with breathing difficulties . U.S Senator Amy Klobuchar called Sabo a friend and mentor , and Governor Mark Dayton praised him as a great political leader and an outstanding public servant . Sabo was a lifelong smoker until he quit in 2003 . Electoral history . - 2004 race for U.S . House of Representatives – 5th district - Martin Olav Sabo ( DFL ) ( inc. ) , 70% - Daniel Mathias ( R ) , 24% - Jay Pond ( G ) , 6% External links . - Minnesota Legislators Past and Present - Martin Sabo legislative and congressional papers are available for research at the Minnesota Historical Society