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Christensen graduated from St. Paul High School, earned his undergraduate degree from Midland Lutheran College, and his Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law in Houston. He was admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1992. Christensen was vice president of COMREP, Inc. He was the marketing director for Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company. For his last several years prior to serving in Congress, he was an insurance executive and helped form the Aquila Group, Inc. Christensen was elected as a Republican to the 104th and 105th United States Congresses serving from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 1999. In 1998, he ran for Governor of Nebraska but was defeated in a landslide to Mike Johanns. He has been married twice. His current marriage is to the former Miss America, Tara Dawn Holland, who he married on November 21, 1998; they have one child. He met her on February 14, 1997, while Miss Holland was visiting Omaha, Nebraska as part of George Bush's promotion of literacy, "Literacy in America, Power of One." Rep. Christensen was married to Meredith Stewart Maxfield, but they divorced in 1996. |
