Russ Feingold

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Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He has served as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate and the junior Senator from Wisconsin since 1993. A recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, Feingold is best known for his maverick voting and cosponsorship of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("McCain-Feingold Bill"), a major piece of campaign finance reform legislation. He was also the only Senator to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act. He had been mentioned as a possible candidate in the 2008 Presidential election, but chose not to run following the November midterm elections of 2006.

On 2/22/08, Sen. Feingold indicated he voted for Sen. Obama in Wisconsin's primary and "he likely will vote for Obama's nomination" according to the news report.

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