Thomas P. Tiffany (born December 30, 1957) is an American businessman and politician serving as the
U.S. representative
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for
Wisconsin's 7th congressional district
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since 2020. A member of the
Republican Party, he was elected to the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
in 2011 and the
Wisconsin Senate
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in 2013.
Tiffany succeeded
Sean Duffy
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in Congress, winning a
special election
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against
Democrat
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Tricia Zunker.
Early life and education
Tiffany was born in
Wabasha, Minnesota
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Name
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, and grew up on a dairy farm near
Elmwood,
Pierce County, Wisconsin
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, with five brothers and two sisters.
He graduated from
Elmwood High School in 1976 and earned his
B.S.
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in
agricultural economics from the
University of Wisconsin–River Falls
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in 1980.
Private career
Tiffany managed the petroleum division of a farm cooperative in
Plainview, Minnesota, before moving to
Minocqua, Wisconsin
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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
Little Rice, Wisconsin
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Geography
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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
Wisconsin State Senate
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, first against Senator
Roger Breske
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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
Sean Duffy
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resigned on September 23, 2019, after his youngest daughter was diagnosed with a heart condition. Tiffany announced that he would run in a
special election
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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
House of Representatives
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to sign an
amicus brief
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in support of ''
Texas v. Pennsylvania'', a lawsuit filed at the
United States Supreme Court
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contesting the results of the
2020 presidential election, in which
Joe Biden defeated incumbent
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked
standing
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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
Juneteenth
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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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* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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*
Committee on Natural Resources
Caucus memberships
*
Republican Study Committee
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Although the prima ...
*Congressional Dairy Farmer Caucus
*Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
*
Congressional Taiwan Caucus
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Freedom Caucus
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Personal life
Tiffany and his wife, Christine, have three children.
Electoral history
Wisconsin Senate (2004, 2008)
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", Republican Primary Election, September 14, 2004
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 2, 2004
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 4, 2008
Wisconsin Assembly (2010)
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, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 2, 2010
Wisconsin Senate (2012, 2016)
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 6, 2012
U.S. House of Representatives (2020)
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", Republican Primary Election, February 18, 2020
, colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", Special Election, May 12, 2020
U.S. House of Representatives (2022)
References
External links
Congressman Tom Tiffanyofficial U.S. House website
Tom Tiffany for CongressTom Tiffanyat
Wisconsin Legislature
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1957 births
21st-century American politicians
Businesspeople from Wisconsin
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
People from Minocqua, Wisconsin
People from Pierce County, Wisconsin
People from Wabasha, Minnesota
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–River Falls alumni
Wisconsin city council members
Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators