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Doug La Follette was born on 6 June, 1940 in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., is a Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Discover Doug La Follette's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 6 June, 1940
Birthday 6 June
Birthplace Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1940

Douglas J. La Follette (born June 6, 1940) is an American academic, environmental scientist, and politician who served as the 30th secretary of state of Wisconsin from 1983 to 2023.

He is a member of the Democratic Party.

At the time of his retirement, La Follette was the longest-serving statewide elected official (excluding U.S. senators) in the United States; he was narrowly re-elected in 2022 to an unprecedented 12th term in office, but retired shortly after the start of the new term.

1970

Known as an environmentalist before running for public office, he was a Wisconsin organizer of the first Earth Day for Gaylord Nelson in 1970 and co-founded Wisconsin's Environmental Decade (now known as Clean Wisconsin) with Peter Anderson.

His great-grandfather has been described as an uncle of Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Chemical & Engineering News, while Dissent Magazine referred to the great-grandfather as Robert La Follette's brother.

WKOW News and WEAU News state that Robert La Follette was Doug's great-uncle.

Robert's grandson, former Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette, has described Doug La Follette as a "second cousin, three times removed" from Robert La Follette.

Alternatively, Milwaukee Magazine has noted Doug as a first cousin three times removed of Robert La Follette.

According to professor and author Nancy Unger, Doug is a third cousin of Bronson.

La Follette first ran for office in the 1970 U.S. House of Representatives election, losing to Les Aspin in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district.

1973

La Follette served in the Wisconsin State Senate for Kenosha in 1973 and 1974.

1974

La Follette was elected Secretary of State of Wisconsin in 1974.

1975

He previously served as the 28th secretary of state from 1975 to 1979, and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1973 to 1975.

A distant relative of the prominent Wisconsin La Follette family, La Follette was born in Des Moines, Iowa.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Marietta College, his Master of Science in chemistry from Stanford University, and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Columbia University.

He began a teaching career as an assistant professor at University of Wisconsin–Parkside in Kenosha.

La Follette also served as a research associate at University of Wisconsin–Madison.

He also owned a small business.

Doug went on to serve with Bronson from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1987.

1978

He unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin on a ticket with Governor Martin Schreiber in 1978.

1982

In 1982, he was again elected secretary of state, defeating incumbent Vel Phillips.

During his time in office, the Wisconsin legislature repeatedly reduced the office's duties and budget.

He has run opposed and unopposed several times for secretary of state and shuns fundraising in the style of former Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire.

1983

At the time of his retirement, La Follette was the longest serving non-federal statewide elected official in the United States holding the same office, having served from January 3, 1983 to March 17, 2023.

1988

In 1988, he ran for the U.S. Senate, losing the primary to Herb Kohl.

1990

In 1990, his opponent, Madison attorney and radio personality Stuart Levitan, campaigned on a promise to eliminate the secretary of state's office, whose duties have been reduced and transferred to other agencies (including the State Board of Elections) by the state legislature, under La Follette's tenure.

Since being elected secretary of state, La Follette has run twice for federal office.

1996

In 1996, he made another bid for the U.S. House of Representatives, losing in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district to Lydia Spottswood, who went on to lose the general election to Mark Neumann.

2012

In 2012, La Follette ran in the Democratic primary in the special election to recall Scott Walker.

In 2023, La Follette resigned as secretary of state.

Governor Tony Evers appointed former State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski to the position.