10 Things You Didn't Know About Reince Priebus

By Caitlin Huey-Burns

January 24, 2011 RSS Feed Print

1. Reince R. Priebus was born on March 18, 1972, in Kenosha, Wis., to Dimitra and Roula Priebus, a former electrician who works in real estate.

2. Priebus graduated cum laude in 1994 with a political science and English degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he was study body president.

3. Before attending law school, Priebus served as committee clerk for the Wisconsin State Assembly Education Committee. In 1998, he graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was president of the Student Bar Association.

4. After law school, Priebus joined the Milwaukee firm Michael Best & Friedrich, and he later became a partner in the litigation practice group and co-chair of the firm's government and public policy group.

5. Priebus married his wife, Sally, in 1999. The couple, who first met in high school and went to prom together, have two children and live in Kenosha.

6. In 2004, Priebus ran an unsuccessful bid to challenge Democratic state Sen. Robert Wirch, despite having raised more money than his opponent.

7. In 2007, Priebus was elected chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party. The position granted him membership to the Republican National Committee.

8. Priebus was named by the Milwaukee Business Journal as one of the city's "40 under 40" in 2008.

9. In 2009, Priebus managed former RNC head Michael Steele's campaign for the chairmanship. [See 10 things you didn't know about Michael Steele.]

10. Priebus said he and his family will move to Washington to be near the RNC headquarters.

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Jane::: Did anybody question your grandson's birth certificate? There are requirements to enroll in grade school, and one of them is a shot record. I don't recall the need to produce a shot record to become president. As for a mortage statement, isn't that a statement to prove that you live in a home that is owned by your family? I don't think the White House is owned by the president. As for past schools, hasn't that been discussed enough to suit you? President Obama is NOT enrolling in grade school.

Susie of TX 4:42PM January 21, 2012

Today, 21 January, he told Chuck Todd that people weren't interested in Mutt Romney's taxes or the 20 year old story about Newt Gingrich. My interest is in the TWO illegal and unfunded wars of George W Bush's and the unfunded Medicare Prescription program of his. Therefore, I am not interested in any republican who is running.

Mamma Griz of TX 4:30PM January 21, 2012

I can't imagine this Washington crony is anything but a true baby kissing politician. His party represents (DID) discrimination, inequality and disparity. The RNC has become bigoted and unAmerican, proposing limitations of citizens rights, protecting corporations with deregulations and pummeling the 99%. Under this party our nation has lost most of its wealth and has obstructed our democratic system of government to near collapse.

Reinhold is willing to destroy our nation so that his party can seem like saviours in an election they have no chance of winning. Americans aren't stupid, we won't wait while the GOP destroys our nation for outdated, bigoted ways of thinking. Americans have moved forward while the GOP is living in the past, thanks to Reinhold "rinse cycle" Priebus and the Tea Party extremists they have embraced.

Rob San Diego of VA 5:47PM January 06, 2012

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