Thomas Reynolds | |
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Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 5th district |
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In office 2003–2007 |
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Preceded by | Peggy Rosenzweig |
Succeeded by | Jim Sullivan |
Personal details | |
Born |
Milwaukee |
December 16, 1956
Political party | Republican |
Thomas G. "Tom" Reynolds (born December 16, 1956) is an American politician who formerly served in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the 5th district. He is a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
Reynolds was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Nathan Hale High School in 1975. In addition to serving in the state senate, Reynolds is the owner of a printing business. He has five children.
Reynolds was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 2002 after defeating incumbent Sen. Peggy Rosenzweig, who Reynolds claimed was too liberal, in the Republican primary that April. Before his defeat in 2006, he sat on the Committee on Housing and Financial Institutions, the Committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, and chaired the Committee on Labor and Election Process Reform. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Democrat Jim Sullivan.