Pedro Colon
For State Assembly
About Representative Pedro Colón
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Pedro was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on April 7, 1968 and grew up on the south side of Milwaukee. He is a graduate of St. Matthew’s School and Thomas More High School. Pedro Colón received his B.A. in Political Science from Marquette University in 1990 and his Juris Doctorate in 1994 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he worked on the Law Review.
He is married to Betty J. Ulmer and they have two daughters, Lily and Julia. He and his family reside in the Walker’s Point neighborhood on Milwaukee’s south side.
Pedro Colón made history in 1998 as the first Latino elected to the Wisconsin State Legislature. He has been re-elected every two years since then and is currently serving his fifth term as the 8th Assembly District Representative. In the legislature he serves on the powerful budget writing Joint Committee on Finance. He also chairs the Governor’s Council on Migrant Labor.
In addition to his duties as a State Representative Pedro Colón is a Commissioner and past Chairman of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District Commission. He is also a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association and the National Association of Latino Elected Officials where he serves on the Board of Directors. He was named one of the Top 40 under 40 by the Milwaukee Business Journal in 1998 and in April 2005 received the Spirit of Marquette Award for Achievement Before 40 from Marquette University.
