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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Then-Democratic Presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, puts his arm around then-Virginia Gov. Tim. Kaine during a town hall meeting in Chester, Virginia, Aug. 21, 2008.
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With the Potomac River in the background, District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty, left, and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, center, listen to Virginia Gov. Time Kaine, right, speak at a news conference about proposed cleanup measures for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, at the Mount Vernon Estate in Mt. Vernon, Virginia, May 12, 2009.
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Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, left, examines the walking stick of patient Jerry Austin, of Keokee, as he mans the registration desk during the Remote Area Medical Health Clinic at the fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia, July 24, 2009.
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Michelle Marfo, 9, of Alexandria, Virginia, left, demonstrates her hand washing technique to Gov. Tim Kaine after the governor spoke about the H1N1 virus at Samuel Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria, Sept. 1, 2009.