Alan Lasee

Alan J. Lasee (born July 30, 1937) is a retired American dairy farmer and Republican politician from Brown County, Wisconsin. He served nearly 34 years in the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 1st Senate district from 1977 to 2001; through his long career in the Senate, he served in several caucus leadership positions, culminating in his service as president of the Senate for the 96th and 97th Wisconsin legislatures (2003–2007). Before being elected to the Senate, he served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

His successor in his Senate seat, Frank Lasee, is his first cousin.

Biography

Lasee was born in the town of Rockland, Brown County, Wisconsin, and attended St. Norbert High School. He is married and has six children. He is a former dairy farmer and member of many Brown County organizations. He also raises exotic animals including llamas, camels, miniature donkeys, and fainting goats.

Lasee was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1974 and to the Wisconsin Senate in 1977 in a special election (following the death of then-senator Jerome Martin). He was the Minority caucus chairperson in 1979, 1981 and 1987. He then was President Pro Tempore in 1993 and 1995. He became president of the senate in 2003 and in 2005.

Alan Lasee sat on the committee on Campaign Finance Reform and Ethics, the Committee on State and Federal Relations, and co-chairs both the Joint committee on Employment Relations and the Joint committee on Legislative Organization. Throughout his legislative career, he tried to bring back the death penalty to Wisconsin, but was ultimately unsuccessful. On January 11, 2010, Senator Lasee announced his retirement from the Wisconsin Legislature. Alan's younger cousin, Frank Lasee, won this open seat in the November 2010 election.

External links

• at Vote Smart
• atBallotpedia
• in the Wisconsin Blue Book (2005–2006)