Jesse Ventura's 'Body' Politics

JESSE (THE BODY VENTURA) (a.k.a. James George Janos)Birth date: July 15, 1951 Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minn. Current residence:Maple Grove, Minn. Family: Married Terry in 1975; teenage son and daughter Education: 1969 graduate of Roosevelt High School, Minneapolis, where he was captain of the swimming team and played football; attended North Hennepin Community College for one year. Military service: Six years in Navy; Vietnam veteran; SEAL, member, Underwater Demolition Team 12. Made 134 parachute jumps, scuba dived to a depth of 212 ft. Honorably discharged, 1973. Professional experience: Competed in Japan with the American Wrestling Association. Won World Heavyweight Tag-Team Champion title with the AWA. Retired from wrestling in 1984 with a pulmonary embolism. Refereed the World Wrestling Federation's Summer Slam 1988 tag-team match between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage and Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase. Worked as a TV commentator for the WWF. Later worked as a talk-show host at KSTP-AM and KFAN-AM. Movie roles: In the 1987 film "Predator," played Sergeant Blain, a mercenary soldier, with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Again with Schwarzenegger, portrayed Captain Freedom in the 1987 film "The running Man." Political experience: 1990, elected mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minn., in a landslide. Served a four-year term. Community involvement: Member, Make-A-Wish Foundation of MinnesotaBoard of Advisers; volunteer high-school football coach; vested member, Screen actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Announcers. Vanity license plate: UDTSEAL (Underwater Demolition Team SEAL) with a frame that says "Mess with the best, die with the rest." 'I'M NOT SOME DUMB WRESTLER'THE GOVERNOR-ELECT SPEAKS CANDIDLY ABOUT WRESTLING, HIS APPEAL AND HOW HE WANTS TO BODY-SLAM THE STATUS QUO

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH NEWSWEEK, Jesse Ventura spoke out in Body Language:

On his family and the election

I knew it would affect them, but didn't realize how overwhelmingly it would affect them. Now my kids have bodyguards. I guess they need them. But I used to be the one providing the security, not needing it. A guy my size goes wherever he wants.