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Trump nominates former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation
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Trump nominates former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation

President-elect Trump has announced that he is nominating former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, who is also a Fox News contributor and co-host of FOX Business, to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

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Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol in 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ roll call)

“Sean has been a great and well-liked public servant. He began his career as a district attorney for Ashland, Wisconsin, and was later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District,” Trump said in his announcement Monday. “Sean will use his experience and the relationships he built over many years in Congress to preserve and rebuild our nation’s infrastructure and fulfill our mission of ushering in the Golden Age of Travel, with an emphasis on safety, efficiency and innovation. Importantly, he will vastly improve the travel experience for all Americans!”

While in Congress, Duffy helped advocate for fiscal responsibility, economic growth, and rural development.

Duffy joined FOX News Media in 2020 as a contributor. He currently co-hosts FOX Business’ The bottom line alongside Dagen McDowell. He also provides political analysis across all FOX News Media platforms.

Before joining the network, Duffy served as a United States Congressman for nearly nine years, representing the people of Wisconsin’s Seventh Congressional District, the state’s largest district. During his term, he served as a member of the Financial Services Committee and as Chairman of the Insurance and Housing Subcommittee. Previously, he served as District Attorney of Ashland County, Wisconsin, where he devoted resources to prosecuting child sex crimes. Working with law enforcement, he established Ashland County as one of the first counties in the state to investigate and prosecute child sex crimes on the Internet.

He recently contributed to extensive coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Duffy is married to FOX & Friends weekend co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy, whom he met on MTV’s iconic reality TV show, The real world. Together they have nine children: Evita, Jack, Lucia-Belen, John-Paul, Paloma, Maria-Victoria, Margarita, Patrick and Valentina. In 2021, they co-authored “All American Christmas,” the third title under the newly launched FOX News Books imprint. Featuring an inside look at how the family of 11 celebrates the holidays, along with stories from various FOX News Media personalities. the book, which topped the New York Times bestseller list in the hardcover nonfiction category. According to Bookscan, the title was among the top 50 best-selling books in the country in 2021.

He is a graduate of St. Mary’s University and received his doctorate from William Mitchell College of Law.