Kurt W. Schuller (born June 21, 1955) is the former State Treasurer of Wisconsin and a

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from Eden, Wisconsin.

Biography

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Schuller graduated from Concordia University Wisconsin with an associate degree in management and communications. Schuller owned and managed restaurants and lives in Eden. He worked for 20 years as a

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, became the general manager of The Club Forest Restaurant, owned and operated Wolfendale's Restaurant in Sussex from 1996 to 2005, and worked for Old Country Buffet. On November 2, 2010, he defeated incumbent

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for the office of the State Treasurer of Wisconsin. Schuller pledged to serve one term in office and to work for the abolition of the office.

Wisconsin 2014 elections

In March 2014, he announced that he was not running for re-election. He was instead running for a seat on the Fond du Lac County

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. In the Wisconsin Spring Election 2014, Schuller was defeated in his race for the board.Wisconsin 2014 Spring Elections
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