Mark Pocan

Democratic Congressman Mark Pocan served in the United States House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District since 2013 and was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1999 to 2013, representing the 78th district. In November 2012, Rep. Pocan replaced Congressman Tammy Baldwin, who was elected to the U.S. Senate. After graduation from Kenosha public schools, Pocan earned a Bachelor's Degree in journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986, following which he operated a printing company in Kenosha. His father William Pocan was a longtime Kenosha alderman. Active in Democratic politics since college, Pocan was was elected to the Dane County Board from 1991 to 1996.