Thomas G. Reynolds

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Thomas G. Reynolds (born December 16, 1956), better known as Tom Reynolds, is an American politician who formerly served in the Wisconsin State Senate. He represented the state's fifth Senate district. He is a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

Reynolds was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from Nathan Hale High School in 1975. In addition to serving in the state senate, Reynolds is the owner of a printing business. He has five children.

Reynolds was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 2002 after defeating incumbent Sen. Peggy Rosenzweig, who Reynolds claimed was too liberal, in the Republican primary that April. Before his defeat in 2006, he sat on the Committee on Housing and Financial Institutions, the Committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, and chaired the Committee on Labor and Election Process Reform.^[1] He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Democrat Jim Sullivan.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Wisconsin State Senate. Sen. Tom Reynolds. Retrieved on March 27, 2006.
2. ^ Jim Sullivan for Senate. Jim Sullivan. Retrieved on October 5, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Reynold's State Senate website
• Spivak, Cary and Dan Bice. "Reynolds exhibits signs of quirkiness" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 17, 2005.
• "Salad Days: Tom Reynolds, civil unions and not-so-civilized discourse" ' Vital Source Magazine, October, 2006.
• http://www.widigest.com/html/index.html
• http://www.bootsandsabers.com

[edit] Electoral history

• 2006 Race for Wisconsin State Senate - 5th District
  • Jim Sullivan (D), 51%
  • Tom Reynolds (R) (inc.), 49%

• 2002 Race for Wisconsin State Senate - 5th District
  • Tom Reynolds (R), 53%
  • George L. Christenson (D), 47%

• 2002 Race for Wisconsin State Senate - 5th District Republican Primary
  • Tom Reynolds (R), 55%
  • Peggy Rosenzweig (R) (inc.), 45%

• 1998 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - 4th District
  • Jerry Kleczka (D) (inc.), 58%
  • Tom Reynolds (R), 42%

• 1996 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - 4th District
  • Jerry Kleczka (D) (inc.), 58%
  • Tom Reynolds (R), 42%

• 1996 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - 4th District Republican Primary
  • Tom Reynolds (R)
  • J. Mac Davis (R)

• 1994 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - 4th District
  • Jerry Kleczka (D) (inc.), 54%
  • Tom Reynolds (R), 45%

Preceded by Peggy Rosenzweig

Wisconsin State Senator-5th District 2003 – present

Incumbent