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Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Its current U.S. senators are Republican Ron Johnson (since 2011) and Democrat Tammy Baldwin (since 2013), making it one of four states to have a split United States Senate delegation. William Proxmire was the state's longest serving senator (served 1957–1989).
A member of the United States Senate can resign by writing a letter of resignation to the governor of the state that the senator represents. [1] Under Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States, and under the Seventeenth Amendment, in case of a vacancy in the Senate resulting from resignation, the executive authority of the state (today known in every state as the governor ...
Following Obey's announcement, Democratic state Senator Julie Lassa joined the race. On June 4, 2010, Duffy announced his resignation from the position of Ashland County district attorney to focus on the congressional race. The resignation was effective three weeks later and Duffy returned to work in his father's law practice.
He previously served in the Wisconsin Assembly, representing the 26th district from 1998 to 2002. In December 2014, he resigned from the Senate, to become chief lobbyist for the Milwaukee-based law firm of Foley & Lardner. [1] Leibham is married to Heather (née Hanson); they have two sons and a daughter. [2]
She was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 2010, defeating incumbent Democrat Russ Decker. [1] [2] [3]She had been facing an effort to recall her from office. [4] However, on March 16, 2012, Galloway announced her resignation from office due to health issues in her family, [5] leaving the Senate evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin said she was "prepared to vote to expel" fellow Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez if he refused to resign following his conviction Tuesday in a federal corruption trial.
Herbert Hiken Kohl (February 7, 1935 – December 27, 2023) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.He served 24 years as a United States senator from Wisconsin, from 1989 to 2013, and earlier served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
Sinykin made her first bid for elected office in 2023, following the early resignation of state senator Alberta Darling. Darling's resignation from the 8th Senate district left Republicans one seat short of a supermajority in the upper chamber of the Wisconsin Legislature and necessitated a Spring special election. At the time, the 8th Senate ...