Brad Pfaff is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district since 2021.
16 Facts About Brad Pfaff
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Brad Pfaff was an unsuccessful candidate for United States House of Representatives in 2022.
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Brad Pfaff previously served as secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection in 2019, during the first term of Governor Tony Evers, but his appointment was rejected by the Republican state Senate ten months into his term.
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Brad Pfaff was born in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and raised on his family's farm there.
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Early in his career, Brad Pfaff became involved in public service and politics, working as an aide to state representative Virgil Roberts.
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Brad Pfaff then worked as a constituent outreach staffer for US senator Herb Kohl.
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Brad Pfaff received the Democratic Party nomination without opposition in the primary, but was defeated in the general election by about 2,000 votes.
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In 2004, Brad Pfaff made another run for office, running for Wisconsin Senate in the 32nd Senate district seat, which was vacated by Mark Meyer's appointment to the state Public Service Commission.
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Brad Pfaff resigned from the county board in 2009 after he received his federal appointment.
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In 2009, Brad Pfaff was appointed the Wisconsin executive director for the Farm Service Agency at the USDA.
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In 2015, Brad Pfaff was appointed to serve as the USDA Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs, a position responsible for the implementation and delivery of all Title 1 crop commodity programs and the Conservation Reserve Program.
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In December 2018, Governor-elect Evers announced his nomination of Brad Pfaff to serve as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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Brad Pfaff began work in January 2019, but his appointment remained contingent on confirmation by the Wisconsin Senate.
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In 2020, Brad Pfaff decided to make another run for Wisconsin Senate in the 32nd Senate district, following the announcement that incumbent Democratic senator Jennifer Shilling would not seek re-election.
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Brad Pfaff went on to win the 2020 general election, narrowly defeating Dan Kapanke in a rematch of their 2004 election.
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Brad Pfaff was narrowly defeated by Republican Derrick Van Orden in the 2022 general election.