Jon Richards

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Early life and education

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]

Career

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 would seek election to a full term on the court in the 2021 spring election.[10]

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly (1998–2012)

Year Election Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality
1998 Primary[11] Sep. 8 Jon Richards rowspan="2" valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 1,921 65.18% Jim Carpenter valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. 534 18.12% 2,947 1,387
Al Campos valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. 492 16.69%
General[11] Nov. 3 Jon Richards rowspan="2" valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 10,672 69.94% Curtis Lamon valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. 3,852 25.25% 15,258 6,820
Stephen Latin-Kasper valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. 734 4.81%
2000 General[12] Nov. 7 Jon Richards (inc.) valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 18,722 97.83% --unopposed-- 19,137 18,307
2002 General[13] Nov. 5 Jon Richards (inc.) valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 12,419 97.90% 12,685 12,153
2004 General[14] Nov. 5 Jon Richards (inc.) valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 24,344 98.31% 24,762 23,926
2006 General[15] Nov. 7 Jon Richards (inc.) valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 18,638 98.38% 18,945 18,331
2008 General[16] Nov. 4 Jon Richards (inc.) valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 25,281 98.52% 25,660 24,902
2010 General[17] Nov. 2 Jon Richards (inc.) valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 15,123 68.54% Krista Burns valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rep. 15,123 68.54% 22,064 8,231
2012 General[18] Nov. 6 Jon Richards (inc.) valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic 24,856 97.65% --unopposed-- 25,453 24,259

Wisconsin Attorney General (2014)

Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 2014[19]
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Democratic Primary, August 12, 2014
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Jon Richards 90,215 32.44%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ismael Ozanne 42,627 15.33%
Scattering 564 0.20%
Plurality 54,512 19.60%
Total votes 278,133 100.0%

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Wisconsin Circuit Court (2021)

Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 30 Election, 2021[20]
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General Election, April 6, 2021
Script error: No such module "Political party". Jon Richards Template:Replace 99.11% Script error: No such module "String".
Scattering 567 0.89%
Total votes 63,509 100.0%

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References

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 19th district
January 5, 1999Template:Spaced ndashJanuary 3, 2015 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 30
September 22, 2020Template:Spaced ndashpresent Template:S-ttl/check 		Incumbent

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