Background
Wirch, Robert W. was born on November 16, 1943 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States.
Wirch, Robert W. was born on November 16, 1943 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States.
Bachelor, University Wisconsin, Parkside, 1970.
He previously served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1993 through 1997. He received a bachelor"s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Parkside in 1970 and served in the United States Army Reserve from 1965 to 1971. In 1992, Wirch was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly and served there until 1997.
Wirch was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 1996 and was reelected in 2000, 2004 (that year, he ran against none other than future Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus), and 2008.
He served as the Democratic Minority Caucus Chairperson from 2003 to 2005. 2011 Wisconsin protests
On February 20, 2011, it was reported that Wirch, along with 13 other Democratic Wisconsin State Senators, had left the state, allegedly to deny the State Senate a quorum on Governor Scott Walker"s Budget Repair legislation.
The Budget Repair bill later passed. On February 24, 2011, Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch officially registered with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board as a result of the 2011 Wisconsin protests.
13,537 valid signatures of electors residing within the 22nd District had to be collected by April 25, 2011 to generate a recall election.
On April 21, Taxpayers to Recall Robert Wirch filed 18,300 signatures with Wisconsin"s Government Accountability Board.
Member of Kenosha Sport Fishing & Conservation Association, Polish Legion of America Veterans, Danish American Club.
Married; 2 children.