Tom Tiffany
In 2004 and 2008, Tom Tiffany ran for the 12th State Senate District, first against Senator Roger Breske, and then Jim Holperin losing both times in very close elections. In 2010, he ran for the Wisconsin State Assembly after the position was vacated by retiring incumbent, Representative Donald Friske. Tiffany won the primary, and later defeated Democrat Jay Schmelling 58.09% – 41.81%.
In 2012 Tiffany chose not to seek re-election to the State Assembly and to seek election to the State Senate after Holperin announced he would not run for reelection. He defeated Democrat Susan Sommer, 56% – 40%, in the general election on November 6, 2012. Tiffany succeeded fellow Republican Sean Duffy in Congress, winning a special election against Democrat Tricia Zunker in 2020.
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“The science is clear — the gray wolf has met and exceeded recovery goals.”
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“Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
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The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities."
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“The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families…
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Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer
Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a…
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Tiffany wrong on claim that officials don’t want Wisconsinites to go to doctors, spend time outdoors
Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”
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Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”
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Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.