Caleb Frostman (born November 22, 1984) is an American politician from the

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. He was Secretary of the

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in the administration of

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Tony Evers Anthony Steven Evers (born November 5, 1951) is an American educator and politician serving as the 46th governor of Wisconsin since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Wisconsin's Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2009 ...

from 2019 until his resignation on September 18, 2020. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the

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representing the

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Biography

Frostman is a native of

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. He worked for banks in the

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area and moved to

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, in 2016, where he worked for the

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Economic Development Corporation as their executive director. After Lasee, a

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, resigned his seat in the Wisconsin Senate, Frostman resigned from his job to run in the

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to fill the vacancy. On June 12, Frostman defeated

André Jacque André Jacque (born October 13, 1980) is an American politician who serves as a Wisconsin State Senator, representing the 1st senatorial district as a Republican since 2019. He previously served four terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly (2011&n ...

to win the seat. He was sworn in on June 28, 2018. He was later defeated by Jacque in November 2018, losing the chance of being elected for a full four-year term.

appointed him as Secretary of the

, though he remained secretary-designee until the Republican-controlled

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approved his appointment at the start of 2020. On September 18, 2020, Evers asked for Frostman's resignation, due to long-term issues involving the approval of payment of benefits to applicants during the

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which dated back to before the state's first

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. Frostman tendered his resignation soon after.

Electoral history

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frostman, Caleb Living people Politicians from Green Bay, Wisconsin State cabinet secretaries of Wisconsin Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators Wisconsin School of Business alumni 1984 births