Michael Brodkorb is an American communications consultant, media specialist, researcher, author and former

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Republican

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Personal life

He graduated from high school in

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in 1992. He attended both the

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and the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. He lives in

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, with his wife and three children.

Writing and media career

Brodkorb's work as a special correspondent to the Star Tribune led him to author his first book, ''The Girls Are Gone'''','' published by WiseInk Publishing in October, 2018. Brodkorb served as a columnist at MinnPost while writing ''The Girls Are Gone''. In 2019, ''The Girls Are Gone'' was awarded a gold medal

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Award for excellence in

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. Brodkorb created and maintains a website related to his work on the Minnesota case on which ''The Girls Are Gone'' is based
Missing in Minnesota
began as a place for case updates and has transitioned into the online companion to ''The Girls Are Gone''. Brodkorb also serves as a volunteer speaker for Minnesotans for Safe Driving. “I used to travel the state on behalf of candidates ...” Brodkorb said in an interview... “And now I travel and speak to groups about how lucky I feel to be alive.”

Early career

Brodkorb is the former deputy chair of the

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, former communications director for the Republican

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in the

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, under Senator Minority Leader

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and later to Amy Koch when she was the majority leader of the state senate. In his role as an aide to Senjem and Koch, he is credited with helping to engineer the Republican takeover of the state senate in 2010. He was the creator of the blog Minnesota Democrats Exposed. Brodkorb served as deputy chair of the Minnesota Republican Party from 2009 to 2011, when he resigned to work for the congressional campaign of Minnesota state senator Mike Parry. Brodkorb resigned both from his position in the Senate and his position with the Parry campaign in December 2011. On January 23, 2013, Brodkorb was injured in a single-car crash on Interstate 35E when his vehicle hit a concrete wall. He pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.

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