Ron Johnson

ABOUT RON JOHNSON

Tea Party politician who became a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin in 2011 after serving as the chief executive officer of a polyester and plastics manufacturer. He was reelected in both 2016 and later in 2022.

He graduated from the University of Minnesota before working as an accountant for Jostens, an American company that provided yearbooks and class rings for high schools and colleges.

He was criticized by victims' rights groups in 2010 when he opposed a Wisconsin bill that would have eliminated the time limit for future child sex abuse victims to bring lawsuits. His political fame has earned him over 50,000 on Instagram.

He had three children with his wife Jane.

He began serving with Tammy Baldwin in the Senate after she was elected in 2013.