Sean Duffy | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2025 | |
20th United States Secretary of Transportation | |
Assumed office January 28, 2025 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Steven G. Bradbury (nominee) |
Preceded by | Pete Buttigieg |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 7th district | |
In office January 3, 2011 – September 23, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Dave Obey |
Succeeded by | Tom Tiffany |
District Attorney of Ashland County | |
In office August 1, 2002 – July 9, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Michael Gableman |
Succeeded by | Kelly McKnight |
Personal details | |
Born | Sean Patrick Duffy October 3, 1971 Hayward, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 9 |
Education | Saint 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. Duffy has been the 20th United States Secretary of Transportation since 2025. 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]