Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine began his political career as a city councilman in Richmond, Virginia, in 1994. He then was voted the city's mayor, was elected lieutenant governor for the state of Virginia in 2002, and assumed the governorship in 2006. Before his election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Kaine was chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
In Pictures: Tim Kaine Through the Years
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Sen. Tim Kaine, participate in a rally at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia, July 14, 2016. Clinton has chosen Kaine to be her running mate in the 2016 presidential election.