James Steineke (born November 23, 1970) is a
Wisconsin
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real estate agent
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and
Republican
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politician. He was the majority leader of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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from January 2015 until his resignation from the Assembly in July 2022. He had represented the
Wisconsin's 5th Assembly district since 2011.
Early life and career
Born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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, Steineke attended the
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
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and the
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
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. He worked as a
realtor.
Public office
He was a member of the board of supervisors for the town of
Vandenbroek from 2005 to 2007, and was chairman of the town board from 2007 to 2011. He also served on the
Outagamie County board of
supervisors from 2006 to 2011.
Steineke was elected to the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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in 2010 in the
Wisconsin's 5th Assembly district, which then comprised much of eastern Outagamie County, the Town of
Maple Grove in Shawano County, and part of western Brown County.
He succeeded
Democrat
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Tom Nelson, who had decline running for re-election to seek election as
lieutenant governor. He has identified himself as a proponent of limited government and lower taxes.
In November 2020, Steineke was re-elected as the Assembly Majority Leader by his GOP colleagues.
In March 2021, Steineke applauded the conservative majority on the
Wisconsin Supreme Court
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for preventing Governor
Tony Evers
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from extending a face mask mandate intended to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
In January 2022, Steineke announced he would not run for re-election in
2022
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. After announcing his retirement, he denounced the
2020 election review recommendations of
Michael Gableman, saying that Gableman's suggestion that the legislature could "decertify the 2020 election" "would be the end of our republic as we know it."
References
External links
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Official websiteCampaign websiteRepresentative Jim Steinekeat
Wisconsin Legislature
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5th Assembly District map (2011–2021)
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1970 births
Living people
21st-century American politicians
American real estate brokers
County supervisors in Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
People from Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Politicians from Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh alumni
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