An interactive timeline of Sen. Jessica King’s life and career
Jessica King, born in Fond du Lac, Wis. to disabled parents, successfully unseated an incumbent state legislator in August 2011, only the fourth time this has happened in Wisconsin history. Her path to the Capitol was filled with more challenges than the average politician endures: from foster care to a grain farm to law school, King has rising stock and a politician’s dream résumé at just 36.



