Keith Ripp
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Keith Ripp is a 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...

 politician.

Ripp was born in Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

 and was raised in Lodi
Lodi, Wisconsin
Lodi is a city in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the census of 2000, the population was 2,882. The city's estimated 2005 population was 2,929...

. He graduated from Lodi High School
Lodi High School (Wisconsin)
Lodi High School is a high school located in Lodi, Wisconsin. It is part of the School District of Lodi.- Extra-curricular activities :Sports offered include baseball, softball, cross country, track, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, boys' soccer, girls' soccer,, football, wrestling, tennis,...

 in 1980, and took farming courses from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Ripp continues to run the family farm in northern Dane County, Wisconsin
Dane County, Wisconsin
As of the census of 2000, there were 426,526 people, 173,484 households, and 100,794 families residing in the county. The population density was 355 people per square mile . There were 180,398 housing units at an average density of 150 per square mile...

. He is a former president of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board and the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association.

Ripp served as a supervisor for the Town of Dane
Dane (town), Wisconsin
Dane is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 968 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.1 square miles , of which, 35.1 square miles of it is land and 0.03% is water.-Demographics:As...

 from 2006 to 2009. 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 2008.

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