Thomas P. Tiffany (born December 30, 1957) is an American businessman and politician serving as the

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for

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since 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to the

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in 2011 and the

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in 2013. Tiffany succeeded

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in Congress, winning a

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against

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Tricia Zunker.

Early life and education

Tiffany was born in

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, and grew up on a dairy farm near Elmwood,

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, with five brothers and two sisters. He graduated from Elmwood High School in 1976 and earned his

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in agricultural economics from the

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in 1980.

Private career

Tiffany managed the petroleum division of a farm cooperative in Plainview, Minnesota, before moving to

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, to manage Zenker Oil Company's petroleum distribution in 1988. He and his wife, Chris, have operated an excursion business on the Willow Flowage since 1991. Tiffany served as the Town Supervisor of

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, from 2009 to 2013, and is an appointed member of the Oneida County Economic Development Corporation. In 2004 and 2008, he ran to represent the 12th district in the

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, first against Senator

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, and then Jim Holperin, losing both times in close elections. In 2010, he ran for the Wisconsin State Assembly after incumbent Donald Friske retired. Tiffany won the primary and defeated Democratic nominee Jay Schmelling, 58.09% to 41.81%. In 2012, Tiffany chose not to seek reelection to the Assembly and instead to run again for the Senate after Holperin announced he would not run for reelection. He defeated Democrat Susan Sommer, 56% to 40%, in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2020 special

Incumbent Representative

resigned on September 23, 2019, after his youngest daughter was diagnosed with a heart condition. Tiffany announced that he would run in a

to succeed him. He won the February 18 Republican primary and defeated Wausau attorney Tricia Zunker in the May 12 special election.

2020

Tiffany defeated Zunker in a rematch in the November 3 general election with 60.7% of the vote.

Tenure

Tiffany was sworn in on May 19, 2020. In December 2020, Tiffany was one of 126 Republican members of the

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to sign an

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in support of '' Texas v. Pennsylvania'', a lawsuit filed at the

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contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent

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. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked

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under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state. Tiffany was among the 120 House members, all Republicans, who objected to counting Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald joined Tiffany in this objection. In June 2021, Tiffany was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against legislation to establish June 19, or

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, as a federal holiday.

Iraq

In June 2021, Tiffany was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.

Committee assignments

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* Committee on Natural Resources

Caucus memberships

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*Congressional Dairy Farmer Caucus *Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus * Congressional Taiwan Caucus *

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Personal life

Tiffany and his wife, Christine, have three children.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Senate (2004, 2008)

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Wisconsin Assembly (2010)

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Wisconsin Senate (2012, 2016)

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U.S. House of Representatives (2020)

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U.S. House of Representatives (2022)

References

External links

Congressman Tom Tiffany
official U.S. House website
Tom Tiffany for Congress

Tom Tiffany
at

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