Rebecca Kleefisch
| Rebecca Kleefisch | |
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| 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Governor | Scott Walker |
| Preceded by | Barbara Lawton |
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Rebecca Ann Reed August 7, 1975 Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Joel Kleefisch |
| Education |
University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) |
Rebecca Ann Kleefisch (née Reed; born August 7, 1975) is an American former television news anchor and politician, who is currently serving as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. She was elected to the position on November 2, 2010, as the running mate of Governor Scott Walker. She and Walker were the subjects of a recall election on June 5, 2012. She won the recall election, and became the first Lieutenant Governor to face and win a recall election.
Rebecca Ann Reed was born in Pontiac, Michigan. Her family later relocated to Ohio where she won the 1994 Miss Ohio Teen-USA title. On August 16, 1994, she competed in the nationally televised 1994 Miss Teen-USA pageant as Miss Ohio Teen-USA in Biloxi, Mississippi, but did not place in the competition. Reed graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She was a reporter for WIFR-TV in Rockford, Illinois, and then was a reporter and later morning anchor for WISN-TV ABC affiliate Channel 12 in Milwaukee, before leaving in 2004. Kleefisch formed her own company, Rebecca Kleefisch Enterprises, Inc. and was a contributor to Charlie Sykes' program on WTMJ Radio in Milwaukee.
Although Kleefisch's husband Joel had been a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly since being elected in 2004, Kleefisch's own first entry into politics began when she ran for Lieutenant Governor in 2010 and won a three-way primary race before being elected in November 2010. She declared her candidacy live via webcam from her kitchen table, expressing concern for the future of her children and touting her "kitchen table common sense."
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