Russ Feingold | |
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_(3x4).jpg) Feingold in 2015 | |
| United States Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes and the Congo-Kinshasa | |
| In office July 18, 2013 – March 6, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Barrie Walkley |
| Succeeded by | Tom Perriello |
| United States Senator from Wisconsin | |
| In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Kasten |
| Succeeded by | Ron Johnson |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 27th district | |
| In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Everett Bidwell |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Wineke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Russell Dana Feingold March 2, 1953 Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | Sue Levine
(m. 1977; div. 1986)Mary Speerschneider
(m. 1991; div. 2005)Christine Ferdinand (m. 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
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Russell Dana Feingold (/ˈfaɪnɡoʊld/ FYNE-gold; born March 2, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee in the 2016 election for the same U.S. Senate seat he had previously occupied.[1] From 1983 to 1993, he was a Wisconsin State Senator representing the 27th District.[2]
With John McCain, Feingold received the 1999 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.[3] He and McCain cosponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain–Feingold Act), a major piece of campaign finance reform legislation. He was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act of 2001.
Feingold was mentioned as a possible candidate in the 2008 presidential election, but in November 2006 announced he would not run.[4] In 2010, Feingold lost his campaign for reelection to the U.S. Senate to Republican nominee Ron Johnson.[5][6] On June 18, 2013, he was selected by Secretary of State John Kerry to replace R. Barrie Walkley as a special envoy to the Great Lakes region of Africa.[7]
On May 14, 2015, Feingold announced his candidacy for his old Senate seat in 2016.[1] He was defeated by Johnson in a rematch of their 2010 Senate race.[8] In 2020, Feingold became president of the American Constitution Society.
- ^ a b Robillard, Kevin (May 14, 2015). "Feingold running for Wisconsin Senate". Politico. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Nelson, James (February 4, 2016). "Sen. Ron Johnson claims Russ Feingold is a career politician". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. PolitiFact. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Feingold wins JFK Profile in Courage award". Milwaukee Business Journal. May 24, 1999. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Feingold rules out 2008 run for president". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. November 11, 2006. Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ Pelofsky, Jeremy (November 3, 2010). "Wisconsin's Feingold loses Senate re-election bid, NBC projects". Reuters. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ Katz, Neil (November 3, 2010). "Feingold Falls in Wisconsin, CBS News Projects". CBS News. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ Lee Myers, Steven (June 18, 2013). "Ex-Senator Feingold Chosen as Special Envoy to African Region". The New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ Sommerhauser, Mark; Verburg, Steven (November 9, 2016). "Ron Johnson defeats Russ Feingold in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved November 9, 2016.