Biography

Stone was born in Topeka, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

. He was raised in Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the 2000 census.Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane, who had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio...

, and graduated from West Muskingum High School

West Muskingum High School

West Muskingum High School is a public high school in Zanesville, Ohio, United States.-Curriculum:Educational opportunities include a challenging "College Prep" curriculum, a post secondary enrollment options program, general studies, in-house vocational programs in business, life skills,...

 before returning to Topeka to attend Washburn University

Washburn University

Washburn University is a co-educational, public institution of higher learning in Topeka, Kansas, USA. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,400 undergraduate students and...

. He graduated from that institution in 1983 with a bachelor of arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in political science and history, magna cum laude.

State and Local Politics

After moving to Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, Stone served in the city council of Greenfield, Wisconsin

Greenfield, Wisconsin

Greenfield is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 35,476 at the 2000 census.-History:Greenfield was originally created as the Town of Kinnickinnic around 1839. On Feb. 19, 1841, the name of the town was changed to Greenfield, taking its name from the name of the...

 from 1994 to 1998. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....

 in a special election in 1998. He has been re-elected since November 1998 to the legislature.

In 2010, Stone announced his candidacy for the office of Milwaukee County Executive, challenging Jim Sullivan

Jim Sullivan (Wisconsin politician)

Jim Sullivan is a former Democratic legislator who served in the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 5th District from 2007 to 2011.-Political campaigns:In 2006, he defeated Senator Thomas G. Reynolds by 2 percent of the vote...

, Lee Holloway

Lee Holloway

Lee Holloway is a Wisconsin social worker and politician who is serving his second term as chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. Since then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker was elected the Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker vacated the office of Milwaukee County Executive...

, Chris Abele

Chris Abele

Christopher Seton Abele is the current Milwaukee County Executive, an American business owner and philanthropist and president of the Milwaukee based Argosy Foundation. On December 15, 2010, media reports began to emerge of Abele's intentions to run for the County Executive seat in Milwaukee County...

, and Iesha Griffin in the nonpartisan February primary. While Stone won the primary with 43% of the vote, he lost the general election to Chris Abele

Chris Abele

Christopher Seton Abele is the current Milwaukee County Executive, an American business owner and philanthropist and president of the Milwaukee based Argosy Foundation. On December 15, 2010, media reports began to emerge of Abele's intentions to run for the County Executive seat in Milwaukee County...

.

Business career

Stone is the owner of the Greendale, WI based company, the Printing Factory, a company that he started with his wife Lynn.

As of February, 2011, there were no records with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions indicating the existence or corporate standing of the company

Voter ID

In 2005, Jeff Stone co-sponsored a Voter ID bill with Senator Joe Liebham of Sheboygan that passed the State Assembly and Senate, yet it was vetoed by Democrat Governor Jim Doyle

In 2011, Representative Jeff Stone and Senator Joe Leibham introduced a similar Voter ID bill providing more oversight and restrictions than past legislative proposals. Stone stated that his bill will provide people working at the polls with the right tools to know if the person voting is the person they claim to be. Opponents of the bill argue that the law will oppress minority voters who don't have photo identification. Supporters argue that it would protect against the type of voter fraud observed in Milwaukee during the 2004 Presidential election.

External links

• Jeff Stone official Wisconsin Assembly website
• Jeff Stone official campaign site
• Campaign 2010 campaign contributions at Wisconsin Democracy Campaign