Background
Day was born on a farm in Rochester, Minnesota, where he graduated from Rochester High School. He earned a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Political Science and Business Administration from Winona State College, now Winona State University.
Day currently lives in Owatonna, Minnesota where he has worked in printing sales, franchise sales, Director of Franchise Sales and Development for Century 21, a real estate broker, and an IBM Salesman, from which he is now retired. He served on the Owatonna City Council from 1976 to 1980, and was a Steele County commissioner from 1980 to 1988. He is married to wife, Janet, and has four children: Dan, Steve, Debbie and Julie. He is Catholic.
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