Russ Feingold
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| United States Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes and the Congo-Kinshasa | |
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In office July 18, 2013 – March 6, 2015 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Barrie Walkley |
| Succeeded by | Tom Perriello |
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United States Senator from Wisconsin |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Kasten |
| Succeeded by | Ron Johnson |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 27th district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Everett Bidwell |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Wineke |
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Russell Dana Feingold March 2, 1953 Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sue Levine (1977–1986) Mary Speerschneider (1991–2005) Christine Ferdinand (2013–present) |
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Political Science (1975) (BA) Jurisprudence (1977) (BA), (2008) (MA) Law (1979) (JD) |
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University of Wisconsin–Madison Oxford University Harvard University |
| Website | Campaign website |
Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold (/ˈfaɪn.ɡoʊld/; born March 2, 1953) is a lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016, and previously served as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from January 3, 1993 to January 3, 2011. From 1983 to 1993, Feingold was a Wisconsin State Senator representing the 27th District.
With John McCain, he received the 1999 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Feingold and McCain cosponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain–Feingold Act), a major piece of campaign finance reform legislation. He was the only Senator to vote against the Patriot Act during the first vote on the legislation.
Feingold was mentioned as a possible candidate in the 2008 presidential election, but in November 2006 he announced he would not run. In 2010, Feingold lost his campaign for reelection to the U.S. Senate to Republican Ron Johnson. 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.
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