Who Is Herb Kohl? Age, Biography, Ethnicity, Wife, Children, Net-Worth

He spent the next six years quietly running an investment firm before fulfilling a lifelong dream by buying the Bucks. That move gave Kohl statewide name recognition, which paid off three years later when he launched a campaign for the seat of William Proxmire, who announced his retirement after representing the state since 1957.

Kohl beat out former Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl in the 1988 Democratic Primary then, in the general election, held off Republican challenger Susan Engeleiter for a five-point victory.

He’d be reelected three more times, winning each race by a landslide. In 2011, Kohl announced he would not seek another term, saying at the time “the office doesn’t belong to me, it belongs to the people of Wisconsin and there is something to be said for not staying in office too long.”

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