Sean Duffy

Sean Duffy
Official portrait, 2017
United States Secretary of Transportation
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputySteven G. Bradbury (nominee)
SucceedingPete Buttigieg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 7th district
In office
January 3, 2011 – September 23, 2019
Preceded byDave Obey
Succeeded byTom Tiffany
District Attorney of Ashland County
In office
August 1, 2002 – July 9, 2010
Preceded byMichael Gableman
Succeeded byKelly McKnight
Personal details
Born
Sean Patrick Duffy

(1971-10-03) October 3, 1971 (age 53)
Hayward, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
(m. 1999)
Children9
EducationSaint Mary's University of Minnesota (B.A.)
William Mitchell College of Law (J.D.)

Sean Patrick Duffy (born October 3, 1971) is an American politician, prosecutor, former sports commentator, and personality. He was the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.[1]

Duffy was a cast member on The Real World: Boston, 1998's Road Rules: All Stars, and 2002's Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons, before going on to serve as district attorney of Ashland County, Wisconsin. He was a CNN and Fox News political commentator.

Duffy resigned from Congress on September 23, 2019.[2] In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump named Duffy as his nominee for secretary of transportation in his second presidency.[3]

  1. Lim, Naomi (August 24, 2016). "Trump ally: I'm not peddling 'conspiracy theories' about Clinton's health". CNN. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  2. Beck, Molly; Gilbert, Craig (26 August 2019). "Sean Duffy says he's leaving Congress in September". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. Gold, Michael (November 18, 2024). "Donald Trump said he would nominate Sean Duffy, a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin who is a Fox Business host and whose wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, is a Fox News host, to be his transportation secretary". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2024.

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