Keith Ripp

{{Short description|American politician (born 1961)}}

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|name = Keith Ripp

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|office = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

|constituency = 42nd district

| term_start = January 7, 2013

| term_end = December 29, 2017

| predecessor = Fred Clark

| successor = Jon Plumer

|constituency1 = 47th district

| term_start1 = January 5, 2009

| term_end1 = January 7, 2013

| predecessor1 = Eugene Hahn

| successor1 = Robb Kahl

|party = Republican

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|13}}

|birth_place = Madison, Wisconsin

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|profession = Politician

|spouse = Lori Ripp

|residence = Lodi, Wisconsin

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|website = [http://www.legis.state.wi.us/w3asp/contact/legislatorpages.aspx?house=Assembly&district=42 Official website]}}

Keith Ripp (born November 13, 1961) is a Wisconsin politician.

Ripp was born in Madison, Wisconsin and was raised in Lodi. He graduated from Lodi High School in 1980, and took farming courses from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/09bb/pdf/1-98.pdf]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Ripp continues to run the family farm in northern Dane County, Wisconsin.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keithripp.com/biography.php |title=Keith Ripp for Wisconsin State Assembly |access-date=2010-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819151208/http://www.keithripp.com/biography.php |archive-date=2009-08-19 |url-status=dead}} He is a former president of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board{{Cite web |url=http://www.wisoybean.org/association/WSMB_06study.php |title=Wisconsin Soybean Association - About Us |access-date=2010-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430075301/http://www.wisoybean.org/association/WSMB_06study.php |archive-date=2011-04-30 |url-status=dead}} and the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association.{{cite web|url=http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/HT/1998/CornGrowersNews.htm|title=Wisconsin Corn Agronomy - Corn Hybrid Trials, Crop Variety Testing|publisher=corn.agronomy.wisc.edu|accessdate=2016-06-20}}

Ripp served as a supervisor for the Town of Dane from 2006 to 2009. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.wi.us/w3asp/contact/legislatorpages.aspx?house=Assembly&district=42&display=bio|title=2015 Wisconsin State Representatives|publisher=legis.state.wi.us|accessdate=2016-06-20}} Ripp resigned from the Assembly on December 29, 2017, to become the assistant deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.{{cite news|title=GOP lawmakers Frank Lasee and Keith Ripp resign to take jobs in Gov. Scott Walker's administration|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/29/gop-lawmakers-frank-lasee-and-keith-ripp-resign-take-jobs-gov-scott-walkers-administration/990429001/|accessdate=January 4, 2018|work=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|agency=Associated Press|date=December 29, 2017}}