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With [[John McCain]], Feingold received the 1999 [[Profile in Courage Award|John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Feingold wins JFK Profile in Courage award|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/1999/05/24/daily8.html|access-date=10 February 2016|publisher=Milwaukee Business Journal|date=May 24, 1999}}</ref> He and McCain cosponsored the [[Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act]] (McCain–Feingold Act), a major piece of [[campaign finance reform]] legislation. He was the only senator to vote against the [[Patriot Act]] during the first vote on the legislation.
 
Feingold was mentioned as a possible candidate in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], but in November 2006 announced he would not run.<ref name="ruled_out">{{cite news | url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=529983 | title=Feingold rules out 2008 run for president | work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] | date=November 11, 2006 | access-date=March 3, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320204649/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=529983 | archive-date=March 20, 2007}}</ref> In 2010, Feingold [[2010 United States Senate election in Wisconsin|narrowly lost his campaign for reelection]] to the U.S. Senate to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee [[Ron Johnson (Wisconsin politician)|Ron Johnson]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Wisconsin's Feingold loses Senate re-election bid, NBC projects|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWBT01422520101103|access-date=November 3, 2010|work=[[Reuters]] |first=Jeremy |last=Pelofsky |date= November 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Feingold Falls in Wisconsin, CBS News Projects |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021577-503544.html|access-date=November 3, 2010|agency=[[CBS News]]|first=Neil|last=Katz|date=November 3, 2010}}</ref> On June 18, 2013, he was selected by [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[John Kerry]] to replace [[R. Barrie Walkley]] as a special envoy to the [[African Great Lakes#African Great Lakes Region|Great Lakes]] region of Africa.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/us/politics/ex-senator-feingold-chosen-as-special-envoy-to-african-region.html|title=Ex-Senator Feingold Chosen as Special Envoy to African Region|date=June 18, 2013|access-date=June 19, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|first=Steven|last=Lee Myers}}</ref>
 
On May 14, 2015, Feingold announced his candidacy for his old Senate seat in [[2016 United States Senate election in Wisconsin|2016]].<ref name=politico/> He was defeated by Johnson in a rematch of their 2010 Senate race.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/ron-johnson-defeats-russ-feingold-in-wisconsin-s-u-s/article_43e418f1-ec66-5aeb-8f37-702d2e52e134.html|title=Ron Johnson defeats Russ Feingold in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race|newspaper=[[Wisconsin State Journal]]|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2016|first1=Mark|last1=Sommerhauser|first2=Steven|last2=Verburg}}</ref> In 2020, Feingold became president of the [[American Constitution Society]].
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