DuWayne Johnsrud

{{Short description|American politician and farmer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = DuWayne Johnsrud

| state_assembly = Wisconsin

| district = 96th

| successor = Lee Nerison

| term_end = 2003

| term_start = 1985

| birth_place = Boscobel, Wisconsin, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|September 4, 1943}}

| party = Republican

}}

DuWayne Johnsrud (born September 4, 1943) is an American Republican politician and farmer from Wisconsin.

Background

Born in Boscobel, Wisconsin, Johnsrud was a farmer.{{cite news|title=Wisconsin's Wild Turkeys Thriving|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13793560/duwayne_johnsrud_born_1943/|newspaper=The Post-Crescent|date=January 10, 1988|page=70|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 16, 2017}} {{Open access}} He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1985 to 2003.[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3081&keyword=johnsrud DuWayne Johnsrud, Wisconsin Historical Society]'Wisconsin Blue Book 2001-2002,' Biographical Sketch of DuWayne Johnsrud, pg. 85 Johnsrud is also a competitive tobacco-spitter. In 1998, he placed fifth in a tobacco-spitting contest held in Westby, Wisconsin.{{cite news|title='Quality Control' Helps Tobacco-Spitting Winner|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13773498/duwayne_johnsrud_born_1943/|newspaper=Stevens Point Journal|date=January 12, 1998|page=17|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 15, 2017}} {{Open access}}

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