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Candidate Profile:
Russ Feingold
Office:
United States Senate
Party:
Democrat
Address:
PO Box 620062 ,
Middleton WI 53562
Phone:
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Opponents:
Stephen M Finn
Ron Johnson
Rob Taylor
Dave Westlake
Campaign Web site:
www.russfeingold.org/
Biography
From candidate site
In 1917, Feingold's family settled in Janesville, Wisconsin, where he was born to parents Leon and Sylvia on March 2, 1953. Feingold graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975, received a degree from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1977, and then went on to Harvard Law School, where he earned his degree in 1979.
In 1982, in his first try for elective office, Feingold defeated a longtime incumbent and was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate for the 27th District. Feingold was reelected in 1986 and 1990. When Feingold first ran for the U.S. Senate in 1992, he won a tough three-way primary, and went on to defeat a two-term incumbent. Feingold was reelected to the Senate in 1998 and 2004.
Senator Feingold has two daughters, Jessica and Ellen. Feingold is a member of Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He lives in Middleton, Wisconsin.
-- Committee on the Judiciary
-- Constitution Subcommittee, Chairman
-- Committee on Foreign Relations
-- Africa Subcommittee, Chairman
-- Committee on the Budget
-- Committee on Intelligence
- Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992; Re-elected in 1998 and 2004.
- Elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1982; Re-elected 1986 and 1990
- Practicing Attorney, Madison, Wisconsin, 1979 to 1985, at Foley & Lardner and La Follette & Sinykin
- Harvard University Law School, Juris Doctor with Honors, 1979
- Rhodes Scholar, Final Honours School of Jurisprudence, Magdalen College, Oxford University, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1977
- University of Wisconsin - Madison, Phi Beta Kappa, Bachelor of Arts with Honors, 1975
- Janesville Craig High School, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1971
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