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The secretary of state may be removed from office through an impeachment trial. [8] They may also choose to resign from office. No secretary of state has ever been impeached. [3] Only one secretary of state has resigned, when Douglas La Follette retired on March 17, 2023. [5]
La Follette served in the Wisconsin State Senate for Kenosha in 1973 and 1974. [12] La Follette was elected Secretary of State of Wisconsin in 1974. He unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin on a ticket with Governor Martin Schreiber in 1978. In 1982, he was again elected secretary of state, defeating incumbent Vel Phillips in ...
Sarah Ann Godlewski (born November 9, 1981) [1] is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the 31st secretary of state of Wisconsin since March 2023. She was previously the 36th state treasurer of Wisconsin (2019–2023).
From 1836 until 1848, what is now Wisconsin was part of Wisconsin Territory. [7] The Organic Act which created the territory provided for the office of a secretary, to be appointed by the president, [1] whose duties consisted of recording the proceedings of the territory's legislature, and the laws it produced, as well as the proceedings of the territorial governor.
In March 2011, Duffy attended a Polk County Republican public town hall-style meeting in his district. In the video, following the passage of a state bill which would have effectively frozen the salaries of state employees, Duffy was asked about whether he would be willing to cut his own $174,000 salary.
2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill or the Wisconsin Budget Adjustment Act, [1] [2] is a controversial law enacted by the 100th Wisconsin Legislature which significantly limited the rights and compensation of state and local government employees in Wisconsin.
In North Dakota, the secretary of state is a member of, and ex officio secretary to, the Emergency Commission. [38] In Ohio, the secretary of state is a member of the Apportionment Board, which meets every decade following the decennial census to redraw boundaries for each of the 99 Ohio House and 33 Ohio Senate districts. Other members of the ...
Jon E. Litscher (born October 22, 1944) is a retired American public administrator and politician from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.He served as the 4th and 9th secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (1999–2003; 2016–2018), serving under governors Tommy Thompson and Scott Walker.