A Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. , July 3, 1955. Graduated from Homestead High School, Mequon, Wisconsin, 1973. B. B. A. , University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. , 1978. J. D. , University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. , 1983. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Wisconsin state assembly, 1993-2004. Member of the Wisconsin state senate, 2004-2014. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present).