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Timothy Joseph "Tim" Penny (born November 19 1951 ), is an American Politician from Minnesota . Penny was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor member of the United States House Of Representatives , 1983–1995, representing Minnesota's 1st Congressional District in the 98th , 99th , 100th , 101st , 102nd , and 103rd Congresses . In 1993, he announced that he would not seek a seventh term. Penny was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota , and was educated at Winona State University , receiving a bachelor's degree in political science in 1974. He was a member of the Minnesota State Senate , 1976–1982. In 2000, Penny briefly considered running for Senate as a Democrat . Jesse Ventura unsuccessfully tried to recruit him to run on the Reform Party ticket. Ventura later left the Reform Party for the Independence Party , where he recruited Penny to run as his replacement. Penny's unsuccessful 2002 run for Governor Of Minnesota as the Independence Party candidate received 16% of the vote, despite polls indicating a dead heat between him, DFL candidate Roger Moe , and Republican candidate Tim Pawlenty less than a month before the election. His running mate for the election was state senator Martha Robertson of Minnetonka , a moderate Republican . Penny is currently the President of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation. He is also a Senior Fellow at the at the University Of Minnesota Law School and is on the Board of Directors for the Energy Literacy Advocates . Penny lives in Waseca, Minnesota and has four children. He is the co-author of ''Payment Due'', ''Common Cents: A Retiring Six-Term Congressman Reveals How Congress Really Works — And What We Must Do to Fix It'', and ''The 15 Biggest Lies in Politics''. REFERENCES
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