Fond du Lac County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census,the population was 104,154. Its county seat is Fond du Lac. The county was created in the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and later organized in 1844. Fond du Lac is French for "bottom of the lake",given so because of the county's location at the southern shore of Lake Winnebago. Fond du Lac County comprises the Fond du Lac,Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Holyland region is in northeastern Fond du Lac County.
Waupun is a city in Dodge and Fond du Lac counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 11,344 at the 2020 census. Of this,7,795 were in Dodge County,and 3,549 were in Fond du Lac County. In Fond du Lac County,the Town of Waupun abuts the city of Waupun.
The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan,sometimes referred to as MIGOP. Ronald Weiser was elected chairman in 2021.
Wisconsin's 6th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in eastern Wisconsin. It is based in the rural,suburban and exurban communities between Madison,Milwaukee,and Green Bay. It also includes the village of River Hills in far northern Milwaukee County. The district is currently represented by Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeaulah) who took office in January 2015.
Michael J. Gableman is an American lawyer and former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. A Republican,he has been described as a hard-line conservative.
Randal B. "Randy" Hopper is a former Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing the 18th District from 2009 until losing his seat to Jessica King in a 2011 recall election. The 18th District includes the cities of Fond du Lac,Oshkosh,and Waupun.
Philip Greening was an American blacksmith,machinist and farmer from Lamartine,Wisconsin who spent a single one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Fond du Lac County. He ran as a "Greenback Democrat".
David Whitton was an American produce dealer and lawyer from Brandon,Wisconsin,who spent a single term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Fond du Lac County. He was elected as a member of the short-lived Wisconsin Reform Party.
Wolcott Turner Brooks was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
The 2016 United States presidential election in Minnesota was held on Tuesday,November 8,2016,as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Minnesota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican Party's nominee,businessman Donald Trump,and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee,former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Minnesota has ten electoral votes in the Electoral College.
WOW counties is a term that refers to Waukesha,Ozaukee,and Washington counties in southeastern Wisconsin. They lie to the west,north,and northwest of Milwaukee,respectively,and are part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Collectively,the three counties have a population of 641,131 as of July 2022. Like the collar counties surrounding Chicago,these counties have a primarily white population,and unusually so considering the trend of suburbs around cities in the Rust Belt region becoming more racially diverse. Racine County,to the south of Milwaukee County,has similar demographics outside the city of Racine,but is usually not included due to the city of Racine's population being just under 69% of the county's population.
The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election,scheduled for Tuesday,November 5,2024. Voters will elect a president and vice president for a term of four years. Incumbent President Joe Biden,a member of the Democratic Party,is running for re-election. His predecessor Donald Trump,a member of the Republican Party,is running for re-election to a second,nonconsecutive term. A number of primary election challengers have also declared their candidacies for the nomination of both major parties. The winner of this election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20,2025.
The 2020 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 3,2020. All of Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election,as well as sixteen seats in the Wisconsin State Senate and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Voters also chose ten electors to represent them in the Electoral College,which then participated in selecting the president of the United States. The 2020 Fall Partisan Primary was held on August 11,2020.
Timothy S. Ramthun is an American consultant and far-right politician from Fond du Lac County,Wisconsin. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2019 through 2022,representing the 59th Assembly district,and was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Wisconsin in the 2022 Republican primary.
Presidential primaries and caucuses are being organized by state Republican parties and legislatures to select their delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention,to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The elections will take place individually in all 50 U.S. states,the District of Columbia,and five U.S. territories,between January and June 2024. The 2024 Republican National Convention is scheduled to be held in July at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee,Wisconsin.
Members of the United States Republican Party have reacted differently to Republican President Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 United States presidential election,with many publicly supporting them,many remaining silent,and a few publicly denouncing them. Trump falsely claimed to have won the election,and made many false and unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. By December 11,2020,126 out of 196 Republican members of the House backed a lawsuit filed in the United States Supreme Court supported by nineteen Republican state attorneys general seeking to subvert the election and overturn the election results. The Trump campaign hired the Berkeley Research Group to investigate whether there had been voter fraud. The researchers found nothing,and the consultancy reported this to Trump and his chief of staff Mark Meadows on a conference call in the final days of the year,before the attack on the Capitol.
After Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election,Republican nominee and then-incumbent President Donald Trump pursued an unprecedented effort to overturn the election,with support and assistance from his campaign,proxies,political allies,and many of his supporters. These efforts culminated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack by Trump supporters,which was widely described as an attempted coup d'état. One week later,Trump was impeached for incitement of insurrection but was acquitted by the Senate by a vote of 57–43,10 votes short of the 67 votes required to convict him.
In direct response to election changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 United States presidential election in Wisconsin;the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign launched numerous lawsuits contesting the election processes of Wisconsin. All of these were either dismissed or dropped.
John H. Brinkerhoff was an American newspaper publisher,postmaster,and Republican politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Fond du Lac County,and was the publisher of the Waupun Times newspaper.
Jerry L. O'Connor is an American Republican politician and retired banker from Fond du Lac,Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing Wisconsin's 52nd Assembly district since January 2023. He was the president and C.E.O. of the National Exchange Bank &Trust of Waupun,Wisconsin,from 1998 until his retirement in 2020.
