Paul Kohls

Kohls was the lead Republican on the House Finance Subcommittee for the Public Safety Finance Division. He was also a member of the Taxes Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Committee, and of the Public Safety Policy and Oversight Subcommittee for the Crime Victims/Criminal Records Division.[3] As a legislator, he focused on improving Minnesota’s tax and regulatory environment and garnered statewide attention with his spending freeze proposal in December 2008.[4]

Kohls worked as an attorney at the former Minneapolis law firm of Rider Bennett and as a law clerk at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. He worked as an attorney and senior manager at Allianz Life Insurance Company. He took a leave of absence from that position to focus on his campaign for Governor.[5] After withdrawing from the gubernatorial race, he accepted a job with AgStar Financial Services of Mankato, one of the nation’s largest farm credit associations.[6]

Kohls attended college at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul. He was active in College Republicans during college, and was a member of the football team during his first year. He graduated in 1996 with a B.A. in political science, summa cum laude. He continued his education at the University of Minnesota Law School, receiving his J.D., cum laude, in 1999.[7]

Kohls is married to Kelly (Yetzer) and has three children, Stanley, Caroline and Henry.

• Paul Kohls at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present
• Rep. Kohls Web Page
• Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Paul Kohls
• Project Votesmart: Rep. Paul Kohls Profile
• Paul Kohls Campaign Web Site (District 34A)
• Kohls for Governor