Michele Bachmann

Michele Marie Bachmann is an American politician. She is a member of the ‘Republican Party,’ also referred to as the ‘GOP,’ of the US. She has served as a member of the ‘US House of Representatives’ and also as a member of the Minnesota senate. An LLM degree holder in tax law, she earlier worked as an attorney for the ‘Internal Revenue Service’ (IRS) and commenced her political activities in the early 1990s. She was a member of the Minnesota senate from the 56th district, from January 2001 to January 2003, and then, from the 52nd district, from January 2003 to January 2007. With time, she earned recognition in local politics for opposing various issues, such as gay marriage, the state-mandated set of educational standards, and taxes. She served as a member of the ‘US House of Representatives’ from Minnesota's 6th congressional district, thus becoming the first woman from the ‘Republican Party’ to represent the state in ‘Congress.’ She backs the American conservative ‘Tea Party’ movement. She founded the ‘Tea Party Caucus’ and served as its first chair. She was among the most forthright critics of the then President, Barack Obama. She became a candidate for the ‘Republican’ presidential nomination for the US presidential election in 2012, but withdrew from the race when she finished 6th at the Iowa ‘Republican’ caucus.