The Honorable Jon Richards | |
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Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 30 | |
Assumed office September 22, 2020 | |
Appointed by | Tony Evers |
Preceded by | Jeffrey A. Conen |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 19th district | |
In office January 5,1999 –January 3,2015 | |
Preceded by | Barbara Notestein |
Succeeded by | Jonathan Brostoff |
Personal details | |
Born | Waukesha,Wisconsin,U.S. | September 5,1963
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Andrea Rowe Richards |
Residence(s) | Milwaukee,Wisconsin |
Alma mater | Lawrence University, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Profession | Attorney |
Jonathan David Richards (born September 5,1963) is an American attorney,judge,and Democratic politician. He currently serves as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County,since his appointment on September 22,2020,by Governor Tony Evers. He previously represented Milwaukee for 16 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin in 2014. [1]
Born in Waukesha,Wisconsin,Richards graduated from Waukesha North High School. He received his bachelor's degree from Lawrence University and went on to earn his J.D. from University of Wisconsin Law School. [2] He also attended Keio University in Tokyo,Japan. Richards taught English in Japan and volunteered with Mother Teresa in Calcutta,India. [3] [4]
Richards has been an attorney for more than 25 years. In 1998 he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 19th District for eight terms. He served as Assistant Minority Leader from 2003 to 2007. [4] He also served on the Joint Finance Committee and chaired the Public Health Committee.
In October 2013,Richards announced he would run for Attorney General of Wisconsin rather than running for a ninth term in the Assembly. [5] He came in second in the Democratic primary election of August 2014,with 90,101 votes (33%) to 144,369 (52%) for Susan Happ,who went on to lose the general election in November. [6] [7]
Following the end of his term in the Assembly,Richards joined the Milwaukee law firm Ziino,Germanotta,Knoll &Christensen. He also worked as a volunteer attorney with the Eviction Defense Project as well as for victims of human trafficking through Lotus Legal Clinic,and was director of the Take Back My Meds coalition—which encourages the safe disposal of unused medicines to prevent drug abuse and lake contamination. [8]
On September 22,2020,Governor Tony Evers announced he had appointed Richards to the Wisconsin Circuit Court seat recently vacated by the resignation of Judge Jeffrey Conen. [9] Judge Richards announced he will seek election to a full term on the court in the 2021 spring election. [10]
Year | Election | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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1998 [11] | Primary | September 8 | Jon Richards | Democratic | 1,921 | 65.18% | Jim Carpenter | Dem. | 534 | 18.12% | 2,947 | 1,387 |
Al Campos | Dem. | 492 | 16.69% | |||||||||
General | November 3 | Jon Richards | Democratic | 10,672 | 69.94% | Curtis Lamon | Rep. | 3,852 | 25.25% | 15,258 | 6,820 | |
Stephen Latin-Kasper | Ind. | 734 | 4.81% | |||||||||
2000 [12] | General | November 7 | Jon Richards (inc.) | Democratic | 18,722 | 97.83% | 19,137 | 18,307 | ||||
2002 [13] | General | November 5 | Jon Richards (inc.) | Democratic | 12,419 | 97.90% | 12,685 | 12,153 | ||||
2004 [14] | General | November 5 | Jon Richards (inc.) | Democratic | 24,344 | 98.31% | 24,762 | 23,926 | ||||
2006 [15] | General | November 7 | Jon Richards (inc.) | Democratic | 18,638 | 98.38% | 18,945 | 18,331 | ||||
2008 [16] | General | November 4 | Jon Richards (inc.) | Democratic | 25,281 | 98.52% | 25,660 | 24,902 | ||||
2010 [17] | General | November 2 | Jon Richards (inc.) | Democratic | 15,123 | 68.54% | Krista Burns | Rep. | 15,123 | 68.54% | 22,064 | 8,231 |
2012 [18] | General | November 6 | Jon Richards (inc.) | Democratic | 24,856 | 97.65% | 25,453 | 24,259 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic Primary, August 12, 2014 | |||||
Democratic | Susan V. Happ | 144,727 | 52.04% | ||
Democratic | Jon Richards | 90,215 | 32.44% | ||
Democratic | Ismael Ozanne | 42,627 | 15.33% | ||
Scattering | 564 | 0.20% | |||
Plurality | 54,512 | 19.60% | |||
Total votes | 278,133 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, April 6, 2021 | |||||
Nonpartisan | Jon Richards | 62,942 | 99.11% | ||
Scattering | 567 | 0.89% | |||
Total votes | 63,509 | 100.0% |
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