A surprisingly large number of the republicans (or in the judiciary, conservatives) who were elected to statewide and national office for Wisconsin (including many in leadership roles) were not born in the state of Wisconsin and many of them were not raised in Wisconsin. Why? I don't know. But take the poll at the end of the diary and maybe we can figure it out together. And yes, I know it's spelled 'poll'.
U. S. Senator
Senator Ron Johnson - born and raised in Minnesota
U. S. House
Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner - born in Illinois
State Executive
Governor Scott Walker - born in Colorado, early schooling in Iowa
Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch - born in Michigan, raised in Ohio
State Judiciary
Justice of the Supreme Court David Prosser - born in Illinois
Justice of the Supreme Court Annette Ziegler - born and raised in Michigan
Justice of the Supreme Court Pat Roggensack - born in Illinois, raised in Iowa? Illinois?
State Senate
Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald - born in Illinois
Senator Alberta Darling - born in Indiana, raised in Illinois
Senator Sheila Harsdorf - born and raised in Minnesota
Senator Randy Hopper - born and raised in Illinois
Senator Frank Lasee - born in California
Senator Van H Wanggaard - born in Kansas
Senator Terry Moulton - born in Montana
Senator Pam Galloway - born in Alabama, raised in Illinois? Virginia? Ohio?
State Assembly
Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald - born in Illinois
Assemblyman Dale Kooyenga - born and raised in Illinois
Assemblyman Erik Severson - born and raised in Minnesota
Assemblyman Dean Knudson - born and raised in North Dakota
Assemblyman Chris Kapenga - born and raised in Michigan
Assemblyman Evan Wynn - born and raised in Illinois
Assemblywoman Amy Loudenbeck - born in Michigan and raised in Illinois
Assemblyman Travis Tranel - born and raised in Iowa
Assemblyman Richard Spanbauer - born in New York
Assemblywoman Michelle Litjens - born in Missouri, raised in Missouri? Michigan?
Assemblywoman Patricia Strachota - born in Ohio, raised in Ohio? Indiana?
Assemblyman Jeff Stone - born in Kansas, raised in Ohio