Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2007-2014

Candidate, United States Senate, 2014

Founder, Populist Caucus, United States House of Representatives

Member, Task Force to Protect Iowans' Consumer Privacy

Platform Committee Member, Democratic Party, Black Hawk County, Iowa, 1998, 2004

Platform Committee Member, Democratic Party, First Congressional District, 2004

Platform Committee Member, Democratic Party, Second Congressional District, 1998

Attorney, Dutton, Braun, Staack, and Hellman, Public Limited Company

President, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Northeast Iowa

Board Member, Iowa Legal Aid

Former President, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association

Board Member, Visiting Nurses Association

President, Waterloo Dollars for Scholars

Precinct Coordinator, John Edwards Presidential Campaign, 2004

Volunteer, Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign, 2004

Favorite Book:

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee; We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates; It Can't Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis; In the Fall, Jeffrey Lent; Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford; R.L.'s Dream, Walter Mosely, The Beet Queen, Louise Erdrich; Goodby, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War, William Manchester; Blue Highways, William Least-Heat Moon; Parting the Waters, Taylor Branch

Favorite Musician:

Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows, Miles Davis, Alicia Keys, Jackson Browne, The Killers, Norah Jones, U2, Jane Monheit

Favorite Quote:

"I will study and prepare myself and someday my chance will come." Abraham Lincoln (This quote was on my grade school report cards from 1st through 6th grade)

"A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way." (Anonymous)

Favorite TV Shows:

The Office; Frontline; Rachel Maddow Show; American Experience; Countdown; Diners, Dives and Drive-Ins; The Colbert Report; Man vs. Food

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Hiking, biking, Rock Band, ping pong, basketball, reading, movies, vacations, spending time with my family, genealogy

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Bruce is running for US Senate to keep fighting for the middle class, because that's where he comes from. He'll keep working to create jobs, help small businesses succeed, raise the minimum wage, and protect Social Security and Medicare.