Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Leader
Kevin McCarthy
Preceded by
Steve Stivers
Succeeded by
Richard Hudson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 6th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2015
Preceded by
Michele Bachmann
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 19B district
In office January 4, 2005 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by
Dick Borrell
Succeeded by
Joe McDonald
Personal details
Born
Thomas Earl Emmer Jr.
(1961-03-03) March 3, 1961 (age 63) South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Jacqueline Emmer
(m. 1986)
Children
7
Education
University of Alaska, Fairbanks (BA)
William Mitchell College of Law (JD)
Website
House website Party website
Tom Emmer's voice
Tom Emmer speaks in support of the Financial CHOICE Act, legislation to replace portions of the Dodd-Frank Act Recorded June 8, 2017
Thomas Earl Emmer Jr.[1] (born March 3, 1961) is an American attorney and politician who has served as majority whip in the United States House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he has represented Minnesota's 6th congressional district since 2015.
Before his election to Congress, Emmer served three terms as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011. He lost the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election to Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party nominee Mark Dayton by less than half a percentage point.[2][3] Emmer was elected to Congress in 2014, winning the 6th district seat being vacated by Michele Bachmann. He has been reelected four times. The district includes the far western and northern suburbs of Minneapolis in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, most of the St. Cloud metropolitan area, and a large part of rural Central Minnesota, generally an agricultural region.
Emmer chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2019 to 2023. After Republicans gained a narrow-than-expected majority in the 2022 U.S. House of Representatives elections, he won a contested election for majority whip, 115-106.[4]
Emmer initially cast doubt on the 2020 U.S. presidential election results, saying that certain states used "questionable" practices in administering the vote.[citation needed] After signing an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit seeking to contest the outcome in key swing states, Emmer ultimately voted to certify the Electoral College vote count.[5]
Emmer was the House Republican Conference's third nominee for the October 2023 Speaker of the House election, after Steve Scalise withdrew and Jim Jordan failed to garner the votes needed in the first three ballots. He withdrew himself from the race shortly after former president Donald Trump voiced his opposition, calling him "totally out-of-touch with Republican Voters" and a "Globalist RINO".[6]
^Helgeson, Baird (July 11, 2010). "Tom Emmer: Riding a new populist wave". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on July 17, 2010.
^"Republican concedes Minnesota governor's election". Reuters. December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^Radelat, Ana (November 16, 2022). "Emmer wins contested House leadership race; projected majority whip". MinnPost. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
^Kaczynski, Andrew (October 23, 2023). "Tom Emmer cast doubt on the 2020 election and supported lawsuit to throw election to Trump". CNN. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^McGraw, Meredith. "'I killed him': How Trump torpedoed Tom Emmer's speaker bid". POLITICO.
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