Russ Feingold

Born

1953-03-02

Birthplace

Janesville, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

Russell Dana Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee in the 2016 election for the same U.S. Senate seat he had previously occupied. From 1983 to 1993, he was a Wisconsin state senator representing the 27th district.