Gary George (Wisconsin politician)
| Gary George | |
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| Member of the Wisconsin State Senate from the 6th District | |
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In office 1981–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Monroe Swan |
| Succeeded by | Spencer Coggs |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 8, 1954 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison, and University of Michigan |
Gary George (born March 8, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served as a Democratic legislator until he was recalled from office.
Born March 8, 1954 in Milwaukee, George graduated from Marquette University High School, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison and received his law degree from University of Michigan in 1979. He is African-American.
George ran in 1980 in the Democratic primary election for the Wisconsin State Senate's Sixth District against incumbent Monroe Swan, who was considered the easy favorite, until his removal from office because of his felony conviction for illegally using federally funded Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) money for his campaign for the nomination for lieutenant governor. In the general election George easily defeated Republican James Barrington, thus winning his first Senate seat. He was reelected in 1984 and held the Senate office until 2003. He ran uncontested in the 1992 general election. He ran unopposed in almost all of his senatorial elections.
George served in many leadership positions during his terms in office, including: Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Co-Chair of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, and Co-Chair of the Joint Finance Committee (a position he held for four years). George ran for governor in 2002. However, he never made it into the Democratic primaries, since the Election Board Commissioners were required to remove him from the ballot, because at least 221 signatures and addresses had been falsified, nullifying the validity of George's nomination.
George also ran for governor of Wisconsin in the 1998 Democratic primary against Ed Garvey, getting in relatively late and getting about 20 per cent of the vote in the September primary. Garvey was defeated by incumbent Republican governor Tommy Thompson in November.
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