Montana Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy has claimed he grew up in “rural” Minnesota. His hometown is actually a quintessential slice of Twin Cities suburbia.
As he works to connect with voters in the very rural state he has adopted as his home, Montana Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy is touting what he claims is his own countryside upbringing in Minnesota.in October 2023. “And although we were not farmers, I grew up in an old farmstead and we were surrounded by farmland.”
The Republican candidate grew up in a multimillion dollar lake house in Shoreview, Minnesota, a quiet Twin Cities suburb just north of St. Paul with a population of roughly 27,000. Sheehy’s campaignAccording to a 1990 deed, Sheehy’s childhood home on Turtle Lake is 13 miles from the Minnesota State Capitol, 13 miles from the home of the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium, and just over 20 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America.
When Sheehy, who is 38 years old, was growing up in Shoreview, the town’s population was roughly the same: afrom 1990, the year his parents bought the property, states it was 24,587. Property records indicate the homes immediately surrounding Sheehy’s were largely built in the 1980s or early 1990s. Niche, a popular online source for school rankings and community reviews, called Shoreview “one of the best places to live in Minnesota” and even bestowed the community with the distinction of “#1 Best Suburb to Buy a House in Minneapolis-St. Paul Area.”
The National Republican Senatorial Committee and its chair, Montana Sen. Steve Daines, have backed Sheehy, as has Montana Gov. Greg. Gianforte and former President
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