Tim Carpenter

Timothy W. "Tim" Carpenter is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 3rd District since 2003. He earlier served in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 20th District from 1985 through 2003.

Early life, education, and career

Carpenter was born on February 24, 1960 in Milwaukee and graduated from Pulaski High School. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a master's degree from University of Wisconsin–Madison after studying at its La Follette Institute.

Wisconsin legislature

Carpenter was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1984 and served nine terms representing the 9th Assembly District until 2002, holding the post of Speaker Pro Tempore in 1993. He was first elected to represent Wisconsin's 3rd Senate District in 2002. During the 2007–08 biennium, he served as President Pro Tempore of the Wisconsin State Senate.

During the 2007-08 biennium, he was the chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care, and Job Creation.

Tim Carpenter (fighter)

Tim Carpenter (born July 24, 1980) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator's Light Heavyweight division.

Early life

Tim Carpenter was born in West Chester Pa. He was the youngest of 5 kids. His father was a public school social studies teacher and his mother worked at west chester university. He was a very fat child and teenager growing up. At the age of 15 he began training in Judo under Pa state Champion Joe Condello who was one of Ishikawa senseis top american students. Through his training in judo he began to lose weight and get in shape and began to compete in Judo competitions. He went on to become one of the top ranked junior judo athletes in the country placing 2nd in the 97 USJI highschool nationals, 1st in the 98 USJI National Junior Olympic championships, 1st place in the 98 Pa state Judo championship. His success in competition earned him an opportunity to train for a short time at the US olympic training center. Living and training with some of the top athletes in the world.