Strom graduated from Carleton College (1987) in Northfield, Minnesota, with a degree in political science and he holds a master's degree in political science from Duke University (1992).
Strom hosted a weekly radio show on WWTC's "AM 1280 The Patriot" called "The David Strom Show"[1] which was part of a live, local Saturday lineup including The Northern Alliance Radio Network.
He was a nearly regular, bi-weekly, contributor to the local ABC affiliate's Sunday morning news program At Issue 3-5 minute "face-off" segment in which he sparred with an opponent of an opposing political view.
He was a Senior Policy Fellow and past president of the Minnesota Free Market Institute[2] and he served as executive director,[3] then research director[4] of the Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum.
Strom was a research director on campaigns for several Republican candidates for Governor, US Senate and Congress.