Spencer Coggs

George Spencer Coggs (born August 6, 1949) is an American public administrator and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Coggs was a City of Milwaukee health officer (and Chief Steward of his AFSCME union local[1]), postal worker and industrial printer.

Coggs announced December 22, 2009, that he was running for the position of Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin in 2010.

[3]) On September 14, he lost the Democratic nomination in a four-way race, with fellow legislator Tom Nelson winning an absolute majority (52%) over Coggs' 21% and two other candidates with smaller percentages.

[4][5] In February 2012, Coggs was one of two State Senators (the other being fellow Democrat Tim Carpenter) to win a place on the ballot for Milwaukee City Treasurer in the Spring 2012 election, defeating former State Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass (like Coggs, a former AFSCME activist) and Socialist Rick Kissell in the non-partisan primary.

Coggs (right) with AFSCME organizers during campaign work for the 2008 elections
Coggs speaking in the state senate in 2009
Coggs chairing a committee hearing in 2009
Coggs speaking during the protest outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 12, 2011 during the 2011 Wisconsin protests