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Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold
(born March 2, 1953) is an
American
politician
and
lawyer
from the
state
of
Wisconsin
. He was a member of the Democratic Party of the
United States
Senate from 1993 to 2011 and a Wisconsin State Senator from 1983 to 1993.
On May 14, 2015 he announced his candidacy for a 2016 U.S. Senate run against the incumbent Senator,
Ron Johnson
.
[1]
He was defeated by Johnson in a rematch of their 2010 Senate race.
[2]