James Flynn (politician)

{{short description|American politician, 40th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Jim Flynn

| image = James Flynn (WI).png

|order = 40th

|office = Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

| governor = Tony Earl

| term_start = January 3, 1983

| term_end = January 5, 1987

| predecessor = Russell Olson

| successor = Scott McCallum

|office1 = Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Development

| governor1 = Tony Earl

| term_start1 = January 3, 1983

| term_end1 = January 5, 1987

| predecessor1 = Chandler L. McKelvey

| successor1 = Bruno J. Mauer

|state2 = Wisconsin

|state_senate2 = Wisconsin

|district2 = 8th

| term_start2 = January 1, 1973

| term_end2 = January 3, 1983

| predecessor2 = Allen Busby

| successor2 = Joseph Czarnezki

| party = Democratic

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|9|25}}

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| death_date =

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| profession = lawyer, politician

| education = {{unbulleted list

| Marquette University {{small|(B.A.)}}

| Marquette Law School {{small|(J.D.)}}

}}

| father =

| mother =

| spouse = Jennifer

| children = 2

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James T. Flynn (born September 25, 1944) is an American lawyer and retired politician. He was the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, serving from 1983 to 1987. Prior to that, he served ten years in the Wisconsin State Senate.{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/05bb/695-743.pdf |title=Wisconsin Constitutional Officers; Lieutenant Governors |accessdate=October 10, 2007 |date=July 2005 |work=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2005–2006 |publisher=Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |page=31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025041703/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/05bb/695-743.pdf |archivedate=October 25, 2007 }}{{cite report|chapter-url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1985 |title= The state of Wisconsin 1985-1986 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor1-last= Theobald |editor1-first= H. Rupert |editor2-last= Robbins |editor2-first= Patricia V. |location= Madison, Wisconsin |year= 1985 |chapter= Biographies and pictures |page=4 |accessdate= March 14, 2020}}

Biography

Flynn graduated from Pius XI High School in Milwaukee. He earned a B.A. degree from Marquette University in 1970 and a J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School in 1973. He worked as a house painter and subsequently as a teacher, serving at nearby St. Rose of Lima School in Milwaukee. Flynn was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate as a Democrat in 1972, and was re-elected in 1976 and 1980.

He won the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor in September 1982 and went on to win election alongside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Earl. He held office from 1983 until 1987; In January 1983, he was appointed and simultaneously served as the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Development. He did not run for re-election in 1986. After he left office, he retired from politics and took a job as a project development executive with American Medical Buildings.{{cite web|url=http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=2104&linkcatid=2042&linkid=1070&locid=126 |title=James T. Flynn |accessdate=October 10, 2007 |work=Office of the Lieutenant Governor |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528100723/http://ltgov.wisconsin.gov/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=2104&linkcatid=2042&linkid=1070&locid=126 |archivedate=May 28, 2010 }}

Flynn ran for a judgeship on the Wisconsin Circuit Court in Milwaukee County in 1999, but was defeated by incumbent Judge John E. McCormick.

In 2003, he was appointed to the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission by Governor Jim Doyle, and he was reappointed as chairman in 2005. His term expired in 2011.{{cite news|url= https://isthmus.com/news/news/gov-walkers-picks-recast-membership-of-wisconsin-labor-and-industry-review-commission/ |title= Gov. Walker's picks recast membership of Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission |newspaper = Isthmus |date= August 14, 2013 |last= Lueders|first= Bill |accessdate= March 14, 2020}}

Electoral history

=Wisconsin Senate (1972, 1976, 1980)=

=Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor (1982)=

{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election, 1982{{cite report|chapter-url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1983 |title= The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book |year=1983 |editor1-last= Theobald |editor1-first= H. Rupert |editor2-last= Robbins |editor2-first= Patricia V. |publisher= State of Wisconsin |location= Madison, Wisconsin |accessdate= March 13, 2020 |chapter= Elections in Wisconsin | pages=877, 900}}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, September 14, 1982

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Russell Olson (incumbent)

|votes = 276,496

|percentage = 36.77%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = James T. Flynn

|votes = 259,638

|percentage = 34.52%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Wayne P. Frank

|votes = 150,592

|percentage = 20.02%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Jack H. Gleason

|votes = 62,022

|percentage = 8.25%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Gerald Shidell

|votes = 1,766

|percentage = 0.23%

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Constitution Party (United States)

|candidate = Diana K. Simonson

|votes = 1,526

|percentage = 0.20%

|change =

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 752,040

|percentage = 100.0%

|change =

}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Gubernatorial General Election, November 2, 1982

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Tony Earl
James T. Flynn

|votes = 896,872

|percentage = 56.75%

|change = +11.86%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Terry Kohler
Russell Olson (incumbent)

|votes = 662,738

|percentage = 41.94%

|change = -12.43%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Larry Smiley
Gerald Shidell

|votes = 9,734

|percentage = 0.62%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Constitution Party (United States)

|candidate = James P. Wickstrom
Diana K. Simonson

|votes = 7,721

|percentage = 0.49%

|change = +0.07%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (United States)

|candidate = Peter Seidman
Margo Storsteen

|votes = 3,025

|percentage = 0.19%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party =

|candidate = Scattering

|votes = 254

|percentage = 0.02%

|change =

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 1,580,344

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = +5.29%

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

}}

=Wisconsin Circuit Court (1999)=

{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 19 Election, 1999{{cite report|chapter-url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1999 |title= State of Wisconsin 1999-2000 Blue Book |year=1999 |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Meloy |editor2-first= Patricia E. |publisher= State of Wisconsin |location= Madison, Wisconsin |accessdate= March 13, 2020 |chapter= Elections in Wisconsin | page=856}}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 6, 1999

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Nonpartisan politician

|candidate = John E. McCormick (incumbent)

|votes = 49,600

|percentage = 55.86%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Nonpartisan politician

|candidate = James Flynn

|votes = 39,195