Kaine, Tim (1958-…), was the Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States in 2016. Kaine and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, lost to their Republican opponents, New York businessman Donald J. Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence. Prior to his nomination for vice president, Kaine had represented Virginia in the United States Senate since 2013. Kaine had earlier served as the state’s lieutenant governor and governor.
Early life and family.
Timothy Michael Kaine was born on Feb. 26, 1958, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He grew up near Kansas City, Missouri. Kaine earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Missouri in 1979. He then enrolled at Harvard Law School. He spent about a year serving as a Roman Catholic missionary in Honduras, where he became fluent in Spanish. He then returned to Harvard. He graduated in 1983.
While studying at Harvard, Kaine met fellow law student Anne Holton. Anne’s father, A. Linwood Holton, Jr., had served as the governor of Virginia from 1970 to 1974. The couple married in Richmond, Virginia, in 1984. They have two sons, Nat and Woody, and a daughter, Annella. From 1998 to 2005, Anne Holton served as a judge on the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. She served as Virginia secretary of education from 2014 to 2016.
Political career.
After earning his law degree, Kaine worked as a lawyer in private practice in Richmond, Virginia. As a lawyer, he often worked on civil rights and fair-housing issues. He also taught legal ethics at the University of Richmond School of Law. He was elected to the Richmond City Council in 1994. He served as the city’s mayor from 1998 to 2001.
In 2001, Kaine was elected Virginia’s lieutenant governor. In 2005, he won election as governor. As governor, Kaine promoted education and worked to balance the state’s budget. He also focused on issues related to transportation and infrastructure—that is, public services and facilities. He held the office until 2010. From 2009 to 2011, Kaine was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In 2012, Kaine defeated George Allen, a former Virginia governor and senator, in an election for a U.S. Senate seat. As a senator, Kaine has served on the Senate Armed Services, Budget, Foreign Relations, and Aging committees. He became known as a strong supporter of overhauling the nation’s immigration system.
In July 2016, Clinton, after becoming the presumptive (likely) Democratic presidential nominee, chose Kaine as her running mate. Later in July, the pair were officially nominated for president and vice president at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the November election, Trump and Pence defeated Clinton and Kaine. In 2018, Kaine won reelection to his Senate seat.
See also Allen, George Felix ; Clinton, Hillary Rodham .
