Brett Hulsey is a Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 consultant

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 and Democratic

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 politician and legislator.

Background

Hulsey earned a B.A. in political economy

Political economy

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 from Middlebury College

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 in 1982, and an M.S. in natural science

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 from the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

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 in 1988. He is the owner of an energy and environmental consulting firm

Consultant

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. He has served as a Dane County

Dane County, Wisconsin

As of the census of 2000, there were 426,526 people, 173,484 households, and 100,794 families residing in the county. The population density was 355 people per square mile . There were 180,398 housing units at an average density of 150 per square mile...

 supervisor since 1998.

Personal life

As of 2010 he had been married to Mary Kay for 17 years; they have one son (Tyler) and one daughter (Lea).

Legislative career

Hulsey was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly

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's 77th district in 2010 to succeed fellow Democrat Spencer Black

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, receiving a plurality of 12,138 votes to 7,761 for Green

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 Ben Manski

Ben Manski

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, 4,666 for Republican

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 David Redick, and 372 for David Olson of the Constitution Party

Constitution Party (United States)

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. This was one of only two races in the state where, in an election contested by both major parties, the first and second places were not taken by a Republican and a Democrat. The other was the 25th Assembly district, where the former Democratic incumbent successfully ran as an independent against candidates from both major parties.