Brad Schimel

Brad Schimel (born February 18, 1965) is an American prosecutor and the Wisconsin Attorney General, serving since January 5, 2015. The former District Attorney of Waukesha County, Wisconsin and a Republican, Schimel was elected Attorney General on November 4, 2014 and took office on January 5, 2015, succeeding fellow Republican J. B. Van Hollen.

Background

Schimel earned his Juris Doctor at the University of Wisconsin Law School (1990). He is a graduate of Mukwonago High School and holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1987). He began his career as a prosecutor in 1990 when he joined the Waukesha County District Attorney’s office. In, 2006 Schimel was elected Waukesha County District Attorney.

In 2011, Schimel was appointed to serve on the Wisconsin Judicial Council and the Wisconsin Crime Victim Council. He is currently serves as Secretary. He is a founding member of the Waukesha County Victim Impact Panel for intoxicated drivers and President of the Preventing Alcohol-Related Crashes (PARC) Task Force, 2004-2011.

Schimel is an instructor in the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Department at Waukesha County Technical College and is a former adjunct instructor at Concordia University Wisconsin.

Attorney General of Wisconsin

On October 7, 2013, Van Hollen announced he would not seek reelection in 2014 for a third term as state attorney general.^[1] Van Hollen endorsed Schimel as his replacement.^[2]

In the November 4, 2014 general election, Schimel defeated opponent Susan Happ.^[3]

In a case where the Republican legislature has so gerrymandered electoral districts that the party controls 64% of the legislative seats though the state is almost equally divided in the popular vote, a federal appeals court rejected the most recent plan by a 2-1 margin. A.G. Schimel then petitioned the Supreme Court in 2017 to overturn that decision and said, "...our redistricting process was entirely lawful and constitutional, and the district court should be reversed.” However, Trevor Potter, a former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission and president of the Campaign Legal Center, objected, and wrote: “The threat of partisan gerrymandering isn’t a Democratic or Republican issue; it’s an issue for all American voters.”^[4]

Electoral history

References

External links

• Wisconsin Attorney General's Office
• Schimel's campaign website

Attorneys General of Wisconsin
Territory	Baird Wells Jackson Lynde H. Smith
State	Brown Coon E. Estabrook G. Smith W. R. Smith Bouck Howe W. Smith Gill Barlow Sloan Wilson Frisby C. Estabrook O'Connor Mylrea Hicks Sturdevant Gilbert Bancroft Owen Haven Blaine Morgan Ekern Reynolds Sr. Finnegan Loomis Martin Broadfoot Fairchild Thomson Honeck Reynolds Jr. Thompson La Follette Warren Miller La Follette Hanaway Doyle Lautenschlager Van Hollen Schimel

Current statewide political officials of Wisconsin
U.S. Senators	Ron Johnson Tammy Baldwin
State government	Scott Walker, Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, Lieutenant Governor Doug La Follette, Secretary of State Brad Schimel, Attorney General Matt Adamczyk, Treasurer Tony Evers, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Senate	Mary Lazich, President Vacant, President pro tempore Scott L. Fitzgerald, Majority Leader Jennifer Shilling, Minority Leader
Assembly (House)	Robin Vos, Speaker Tyler August, Speaker pro tempore Jim Steineke, Majority Leader Peter W. Barca, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Patience D. Roggensack Shirley Abrahamson Ann Walsh Bradley Annette Ziegler Michael Gableman Rebecca Bradley Daniel Kelly