Douglas LaFollette (born June 6, 1940) is a United States politician in the state of Wisconsin. He is the present Secretary of State of Wisconsin.

Known as an environmental activist before running for public office, he co-founded Wisconsin's Environmental Decade (now known as Clean Wisconsin) in 1970 with Peter Anderson. He was also an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin.

He has served in the Wisconsin State Senate, where he was elected as a Democrat. LaFollette currently serves as the Wisconsin Secretary of State, to which he was elected in 1974 and 1982 and was reelected since 1986.

LaFollette is the author of the 1991 book The Survival Handbook: A Strategy for Saving Planet Earth.

He served on the board of directors of Friends of the Earth. In 2003 he ran and was elected to the to the board of directors of the Sierra Club for a three-year term. He ran with the endorsement of "Sierrans for U.S. Population Stabilization" (SUSPS), a club faction that wanted the club to include an immigration reduction policy as part of its population policy. He did not seek reelection in 2006. LaFollette was formerly on the advisory board of Carrying Capacity Network and is currently an adviser to NumbersUSA.^*

2006 election

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On September 12th, LaFollette will face a primary challenge from fellow Democrat Scot Ross. An informal straw poll conducted at the Democratic Party's State Convention showed LaFollette with 205 votes, Ross with 297, and 46 undecided. ^*

External links

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• Doug LaFollette official re-election campaign site
• Wispolitics article on the convention straw poll.
• Clean Wisconsin
• Office of the Wisconsin Secretary of State
• "Que Sierra, Sierra: Immigration controversy engulfs Sierra Club board election" by Michelle Nijhuis, March 2004, Grist magazine.
• An article by Doug LaFollette on Earth Day and the legacy of Sen. Gaylord Nelson

Wisconsin State Senators | 1940 births | Living people