A member of the Republican Party , she was a candidate for president of the United States in the election , but dropped out after the Iowa Caucus. She graduated from Oral Roberts University 's O. After graduating, she briefly worked in tax law for the Internal Revenue Service before becoming a stay-at-home mother.
She became involved in local politics, specifically around education. Bachmann formally entered politics in , when she was elected to the Minnesota Senate.
In , she was elected to the U. House of Representatives. After her unsuccessful run for president, Bachmann was elected to another term in the House in , before announcing her retirement before the election. LaFave; the new marriage resulted in a family with nine children. In Anoka High School , Bachmann was a cheerleader.
A member of ORU's final graduating class, she was also part of a group of faculty, staff, and students who moved ORU's library to what is now Regent University. Bachmann grew up in a Democratic family and has said she became a Republican during her senior year at Winona State University.
I don't think I am a Democrat. I must be a Republican. In the presidential election , she voted for Ronald Reagan and worked for his campaign. Bachmann's political activism gained media attention at an anti-abortion protest in The Medical Center performed abortions and employed pro-choice activist Jane Hodgson. Bachmann voiced her opposition to tax dollars going to the hospital; to the Star Tribune , she said, "in effect, since , I have been a landlord of an abortion clinic, and I don't like that distinction".
