Michael Kilgore

Michael Kilgore (born April 22, 1908) is an American professor and political activist from Minnesota. He is a candidate for District 8 in the 1948 United States house of representatives election.

Early life and education
Michael was born in Watkins, Minnesota to Harold and Edwina on April 22, 1908. Growing up in a devoutly Catholic household Michael was influenced from a young age by his mother's unwavering faith and by his father's work as a local community development manager.

Michael attended St Anthony's Catholic school and later Saint John's preparatory school which he graduated from in 1924, Michael would later go on to attend at the University of St. Thomas and earn a Bachelor's Degree in the Art of Economics.

Early work & military service
Shortly after graduating from St. Thomas Michael married Carolina Ford whom he had met at the campus while studying, later on they moved to St. Paul Minnesota permanently and began raising 3 children. Michael took a job initially at a furniture store as a salesman before being accepted for a professor role at St Thomas.

After teaching at St. Thomas for almost 10 years Michael enrolled with the US army at the outbreak of World War 2, through this Michael rose to the rank of Sargent and commanded a group during the D-Day efforts and through Allied campaigns within northern France as well as Belgium, while shortly injured from a collapsing building during the battle of the bulge he would later return to the United States and settle in with his family.

Entry into politics
When Michael returned home from Europe he began what he described as an awakening to political efforts, coming from a long line of progressive republican supporting family members, Michael himself first voted in the presidential election of 1932 where he cast his vote for President Herbert Hoover, however as time progressed Michael found himself feeling less and less aligned with the ideals of business-oriented policies which he saw as the role of the Republican Party.

Placing himself currently as on the left of the political spectrum, Michael has been an unabashed supporter of the New Deal policies of former president FDR and has supported many other economically left-wing ideas, on social views Michael has been described as having both moderate and progressive views. He has for example openly stated his support for desegregation of the United States Army as well as taking strong opposition towards the policies known as "Jim Crow" in the south.

However Michael has also been noted as a supporter of school prayer and as having a strong opposition towards relaxed drug laws, increased birth control access and abortion.