Rod Grams (born February 4, 1948) is an American politican. He served the state of Minnesota as both a member of the United States House of Representatives and a Senator as a member of the Republican party. He was born in Princeton, Minnesota. He attended Brown Institute, 1966-1968, Anoka Ramsey Junior College, 1970-1972, and Carroll College, 1974-1975. He worked as a television news anchor and producer in Helena, Montana, Wausau, Wisconsin, Rockford, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was the president of a construction and residential development company in Minneapolis. He served in the House from January 3, 1993 to January 3, 1995. He ran for David Durenberger's open U.S. Senate seat in 1994 and was elected. He lost his re-election bid in 2000 to Mark Dayton.