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5 unusual facts about Jim Doyle


Bruce Dethlefsen

He was WisconsinPoet Laureate for 2011-2012, having been appointed by Governor James Doyle.

Donald P. Dunbar

Following a tour of duty in the Iraq War, Dunbar was named Adjutant General of Wisconsin by Jim Doyle in 2007.

Lake Delton

Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle announced on June 10 that the state would repair the lake.

Louis B. Butler

Butler was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Jim Doyle in August 2004; his term expired on July 31, 2008.

Merrimac Ferry

It cost $2.2 million to build and was dedicated to sitting Governor Jim Doyle.


Ed Thompson

Thompson became the Libertarian party nominee in April and ran against Democrat Jim Doyle, the state Attorney General, and incumbent Republican Governor Scott McCallum, former Lieutenant Governor who had assumed the office in 2001 after Governor Tommy Thompson left to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Jim Holperin

In 2003, Governor Jim Doyle appointed him as Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.

Kevin Barrett

Following a June 28, 2006 talk radio segment on WTMJ, Barrett's views came to the attention of Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, U.S. Representative Mark Green, and State Representative Stephen L. Nass.

Paul Lundsten

During his time as Assistant Attorney General, he served with Attorneys General Bronson La Follette, Don Hanaway and Jim Doyle, who would later become Governor of Wisconsin.

Peggy Krusick

On August 14, 2012, Krusick was defeated in the Democratic primary by Daniel Riemer, a 25-year-old law student and son of an advisor to former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle.


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