Amy Lynn Loudenbeck (born September 29, 1969) is an American politician and legislator.
Originally from the
Detroit
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and
Chicago
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area, Loudenbeck graduated from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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in 1991. She was elected to the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
in 2010 as a
Republican
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Political ideology
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from the 45th district. (Democratic incumbent
Chuck Benedict did not seek re-election.)
She was a candidate in the
2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election., calling for the
Wisconsin Elections Commission
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to be dismantled and power over elections returned to the Secretary of State.
She lost by a margin of 7,600 votes to incumbent
Doug La Follette
Douglas J. La Follette (born June 6, 1940) is an American academic, environmental scientist, and politician. A Democrat, he is the current Secretary of State of Wisconsin, and the longest-serving statewide elected official (excluding U.S. senato ...
.
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1969 births
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Living people
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
People from Clinton, Rock County, Wisconsin
Politicians from Chicago
Politicians from Detroit
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Women state legislators in Wisconsin
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