Background
Fields was born in Milwaukee on January 29, 1974, and graduated from Milwaukee Lutheran High School in 1992.
Fields was born in Milwaukee on January 29, 1974, and graduated from Milwaukee Lutheran High School in 1992.
In 2012, Fields was defeated in his bid for re-election in the Democratic primary by Mandela Barnes. He worked as a stockbroker, financial advisor, and banker. Fields, who had served as Fourth Congressional District Chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party and held other party office, was first elected to the Assembly in 2004, and was thrice reelected from 2006-2010).
His committee assignments included those on financial institutions (which he chaired during the 2009-2011 session).
Insurance; jobs, economy and small business, education reform. Transportation; ways and means, workforce development, economic development.
And urban and local affairs Defeat
In 2012, he lost his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary, falling to Mandela Barnes, son of a public school teacher, who had made major issues of Fields" support for the school voucher program, and Fields’ opposition to limiting interest rates charged by payday loan companies whose charges can exceed a 500% annual percentage rate.
(Fields" brother Jarett, who was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the nearby 19th District, was also defeated) Fields was one of two veteran Milwaukee-area Democratic incumbents (the other being Peggy Krusick) to be unseated in that August primary by challengers who argued that the incumbent was too conservative to represent the district properly.
Former chairman 4th Congressional district Democratic Party Wisconsin. Member of National Association Insurance & Finance Advisors, National Association Black Accountants, Young Professionals Milwaukee, Prince Hall Masonic Lodge, Alpha Phi Alpha.