Tom Tiffany

Tom Tiffany
Wisconsin State Senate District 12
Incumbent
In office
January 7, 2013 - Present
Term ends
January 2, 2017
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$49,943/year
Per diem	$88/day
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 8, 2016
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
Wisconsin State Assembly District 35
2011-2013
Education
Bachelor's	University Wisconsin-River Falls, 1980
Personal
Birthday	12/30/1957
Place of birth	Wabasha, MN
Profession	Agriculture and Petroleum business
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Thomas Tiffany is a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing District 12 since 2013. Tiffany previously served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 35 from 2011 to 2013.

Tiffany worked for seven years for a farm supply cooperative in Southern Minnesota before moving to the Rhinelander Region. In 1991, he began a small excursion business, Wisconsin River Cruises. He also served on the Minocqua-Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for eight years and served as president for two years of the Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Chamber of Commerce.

Tiffany is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - River Falls, holding a BS in Agricultural Economics.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Tiffany served on the following committees:

Wisconsin Committee Assignments, 2013
• Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Vice-Chair
• Natural Resources
• Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Chair
• Administrative Rules
• Tax Exemptions

2011-2012

At the beginning of the 2011 legislative session, Tiffany served on the following committees:

Wisconsin Committee Assignments, 2011
• Forestry, Chair
• Natural Resources
• Tourism, Recreation and State Properties

Elections

2012

Tiffany won election in the 2012 election for the Wisconsin State Senate, District 12 seat. He ran unopposed in the primary election and defeated Susan Sommer (D) and Paul Ehlers (L) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Wisconsin State Senate, District 12, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Susan Sommer	40.5%	36,809
	Republican	Tom Tiffany	56.2%	51,176
	Libertarian	Paul Ehlers	3.3%	2,964
	-	Scattering	0%	45
Total Votes				90,994

2010

Tiffany was elected to the District 35 Assembly seat. He defeated Democrat Jay Schmelling in the November 2 general election. He defeated Republican Jeremy Cordova in the September 14 primary.

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 35 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Tom Tiffany (R)		11,830
Jay Schmelling (D)		8,515

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 35 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Thomas Tiffany (R)		3,708	63.77%
Jeremy Cordova (R)		2,107	36.23%

Campaign themes

• Building Jobs - Top priority is to bring business and more jobs to Northern Wisconsin.
• Real tax relief - Supports a limit on property tax increases to under the rate of inflation.
• DNR reform - Supports a more accountable DNR and wants to structurally reform the agency.
• Government mandates - Opposes forced mandates on local governments.

Campaign donors

In Wisconsin, there is a $500 campaign contribution limit for donations to partisan Assembly candidates.

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, when Tiffany first won election to the State Assembly, he collected $77,025 in donations.

His largest contributors in 2010 were:

Donor	Amount
Republican Party of Lincoln County	$2,000
Ed Klune	$1,000
Xcel Enegry	$500
Wisconsin Energy Group	$500
Wisconsin Republican Party	$500
AT&T	$500
Wisconsin Realtors Association	$500
13 individual donors	$500 each

Personal

Tiffany and his wife, Christine Scully, have three children and live in Hazelhurst.

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• Lawmakers react to fish re-stocking plan - MyFox Wausau
• State stewardship funds trimmed by $18 million - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Bill Berry: Vinehout fighting uphill battle on frac sand mines - Capital Times
• Dalai Lama addresses Wisconsin legislature - WAOW
• Government and Political Roundup: Local government in Madison urging ... - Pierce County Herald
• Patrick Durkin: North Woods worries overshadow start of inland fishing season - 77Square.com
• Letter: Representatives should remove vouchers from budget proposals by ... - Starjournalnow
• Local Leaders React to Mining Permit Application - WJFW-TV
• States Rush to Fix Capitol Buildings After Years of Decline - Stateline
• Zachary Quinto to make Broadway bow in 'Menagerie' - Salon

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Tom Tiffany on the Wisconsin State Assembly website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010

References

Political offices
Preceded by Jim Holperin (D)	Wisconsin State Senate District 12 2013-Present	Succeeded by '
Preceded by '	Wisconsin State Assembly District 35 2011-2013	Succeeded by Mary Czaja (R)