Sean Patrick Duffy was born on October 3,1971 and is an American politician, prosecutor, former sports commentator and reality television personality who is currently a co-host of The Bottom Line on Fox Business, as well as a contributor on Fox News.
29 Facts About Sean Duffy
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Sean Duffy has a marketing degree from St Mary's University, and a JD degree from William Mitchell College of Law.
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Sean Duffy started log rolling at age five and speed climbing at 13.
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In 1997, Sean Duffy appeared on The Real World: Boston, the sixth season of the MTV reality television show, and on Road Rules: All Stars in 1998, where he met his future wife Rachel Campos.
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Sean Duffy has been an ESPN color commentator for televised competitions and in 2003 appeared as both a competitor and commentator on ESPN's Great Outdoor Games.
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Sean Duffy was named Badger State Games Honorary Athlete of the 2004 Winter Games.
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Sean Duffy was reelected unopposed in 2002,2004,2006 and 2008.
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Sean Duffy was on the Republican slate of the 10 Wisconsin electors for the 2008 presidential election.
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On July 8,2009, Sean Duffy announced his campaign for Congress in Wisconsin's seventh congressional district.
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Sean Duffy was considered an underdog in the race until May 2010 when 15-term incumbent Democratic Representative Dave Obey announced that he would not seek re-election.
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On June 4,2010, Sean Duffy announced his resignation from the position of Ashland County District Attorney to focus on the congressional race.
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The resignation was effective three weeks later and Sean Duffy returned to work in his father's law practice.
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Sean Duffy won the race on November 2,2010, in a nationwide wave of Republicans being elected to Congress.
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In 2011, Sean Duffy voted to eliminate Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements for federal projects.
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In March 2011, Sean Duffy was criticized when a video published by the Polk County Republicans, showing a public town hall-style meeting in his district, was picked up by media commentators.
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Sean Duffy responded that he would only be willing to do so as part of a general round of salary cuts for government employees, and insisted that he was "struggling" to get by, despite his salary being nearly three times the average for Wisconsin residents.
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Sean Duffy was on the Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood.
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Sean Duffy supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the US to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.
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In January 2017, Sean Duffy co-sponsored legislation that would end protection for grey wolves in the Endangered Species Act.
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In February 2017, Sean Duffy made controversial statements in an interview with CNN's Alisyn Camerota while discussing the topic of President Trump's immigration and travel ban, which focused on combating radical Islamist terrorists.
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In July 2018, Sean Duffy said that Europe, China, Canada and Mexico had committed "economic terrorism in a way" by placing retaliatory tariffs on the United States in response to tariffs enacted by the Trump administration.
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Sean Duffy resigned his seat effective September 23,2019, to care for a newborn daughter with a heart defect.
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The bill gave the commission more room to get rid of policies that Sean Duffy believes jeopardize the safety of the US banking system.
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In December 2015, Sean Duffy introduced legislation to establish a five-person financial oversight board over Puerto Rico in exchange for allowing public entities in Puerto Rico access to Chapter 9 restructuring.
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Sean Duffy was appointed Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in November 2014, taking over from Patrick McHenry.
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Sean Duffy was a member of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises.
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Sean Duffy served on the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
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Sean Duffy is married to Rachel Campos-Sean Duffy, a fellow alumna of The Real World, and Fox News personality, whom he met when they were co-stars on Road Rules: All Stars.
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Sean Duffy's nephew, Erik Johnson, is an American ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche.