Former Rep. Jim Ramstad’s father dies

Everyone at PIM offers our deepest condolences to the family of former U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad on the passing of his father.

The Pioneer Press reports that the former GOP congressman’s father, Marvin, died Wednesday in St. Louis Park at age 89.

The elder Ramstad was president and CEO of Midwest Motors in Jamestown, N.D., according to the paper. He retired to Plymouth in 1984. He was active in campaigns for his son and his daughter, Tax Court Judge Sheryl Ramstad, the paper reports.

Jim Ramstad represented Minnesota’s Third Congressional District in the western Twin Cities suburbs from 1991 to 2008. He also served in the Minnesota Senate for much of the 1980s.